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[Pearlee]

"MAD, the long-running satirical magazine that influenced everyone from "Weird Al" Yankovic to the writers of "The Simpsons," will be leaving newsstands after its August issue.   Really.

The illustrated humor magazine - instantly recognizable by the gap-toothed smiling face of mascot Alfred E. Neuman - will still be available in comic shops and through mail to subscribers.  But after its fall issue, it will just reprint previously published material. [emphasis added]

The only new material will come in special editions at the end of the year.

DC, the division of Warner Bros. that publishes the magazine, said MAD will pull from nostalgic cartoons and paraodies published over the magazine's 67-year run."

                                                                    -----From "Business Report"

[Vivian]

I LOVED MAD magazine when I was a kid. I’m not surprised to get this news but it still saddens me. The humor was fantastic!

PS. A reporter asked Mayor Pete if he agreed with people who said he resembled Alfred E Newman and was he saddened by the end of Mad Magazine...to which the mayor said that he had never heard of Mad and that it was likely a generational thing. Boy do 

I feel old!

[qualitygal]

Some family members and I were just talking about this magazine a couple of weeks ago.  Didn't know they still put it out.  I use to read my brother's mags for Spy vs. Spy. LOL

[Pearlee]

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@Vivian wrote:

I LOVED MAD magazine when I was a kid. I’m not surprised to get this news but it still saddens me. The humor was fantastic!

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@Vivian   I had the same thoughts.

[QVCkitty1]

Aww, that makes me sad, I loved that magazine in my youth.

[golding76]

My sense of irony and appreciation of insightful and acerbic wit were nurtured by Mad.

So sad to see it bite the dust. 

[firestorm]

Alfred E. Neuman reminds me of Chris Cuomo or vice versa. Good bye MAD.

[lmt]

Another one bites the dust.

I had no idea that Mad was still being published. I can't remember the last time I even saw it on newsstands.

[Pearlee]

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@firestorm wrote:

Alfred E. Neuman reminds me of Chris Cuomo or vice versa. Good bye MAD.

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@firestorm   Alfred E. N. always reminded me of Howdy Doody.

[IamMrsG]

I, too, am sorry to see this magazine's demise.

I kept a subscription throughout our son's childhood.  It was a great way to entice him to read, which ultimately turned into a life long pleasure for him.