# mad magazine to cease publication **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496 "2019-07-04T05:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/1 "2019-07-04T05:23:25Z")
Aftermany decades mad magazine is ceasing publication .are any of you dopers former fans of the magazine as kids?? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/2 "2019-07-04T05:27:18Z")
I figured they were in trouble, as are most magazines, but I didn’t think they were this close to the edge. I would have picked _Playboy_ as the next famous magazine to cease publishing. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/3 "2019-07-04T05:29:16Z")
Aw, man. ☹ Truth be told, I thought it lost its appeal around 1975 or '80. But it was nice to know it was still around. In the coming years, who’ll be left to get the “What, me worry?” references? My father had a few issues from the 1950s, and those were really good. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/4 "2019-07-04T05:45:54Z")
I read Mad Mag pretty regularly from childhood through college. I always found something to laugh at. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/5 "2019-07-04T06:28:11Z")
Mad spokesman was quoted saying “I’m worried.” ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/6 "2019-07-04T06:35:50Z")
man, that sucks but prolly inevitable in this day and age. How can you do the last page fold up if it’s not in your hand. Course I’m guilty of helping their demise in that it’s been decades since I’ve bought a copy ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/7 "2019-07-04T08:14:46Z")
> [@bionic\_man](#): > > are any of you dopers former fans of the magazine as kids?? Anybody here like pizza? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/8 "2019-07-04T08:22:00Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > man, that sucks but prolly inevitable in this day and age. How can you do the last page fold up if it’s not in your hand. > > Course I’m guilty of helping their demise in that it’s been decades since I’ve bought a copy Ooof, yeah, sorry to see MAD go, but I haven’t purchased an issue since I was 10 years old. They’ve long been surpassed in cultural relevance in my world. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/9 "2019-07-04T08:27:02Z")
man, that sucks…but satire like that is lost on the younger people these days … but it was around long enough for some of their predictions to be true … maybe they’ll keep putting out books occasionally …my favorite was the then and now they used ot do like one was: back then: the art teacher busted johnny with a playboy and sent him to the principal’s office Now: since the art teacher was in the playboy Johnny and his friends had a good laugh as the art teacher is resigning in the principal’s office (they wrote it waayy more funnier tho ) ---
**Author:** ![CAH66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@CAH66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAH66)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/10 "2019-07-04T08:40:21Z")
I used to enjoy the folding covers that would make a different picture, and Spy vs Spy… ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/11 "2019-07-04T09:15:12Z")
Sad news indeed. I [posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=789808) about Mad Magazine’s influence a few years back. Just another example of wonderful things from childhood that have gone extinct. I’m going to need a long, stiff swig of Cocoa Marsh to get me through the agony of Mad’s demise. … drat, my stupid grocery store appears to be out of Cocoa Marsh! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/12 "2019-07-04T10:15:29Z")
Funny, my daughter showed me [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jKZ9KGtee0) yesterday. Does that guy remind you of [anyone](https://www.google.com/search?q=alfred+e+neuman&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS780US780&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPsJrOgJvjAhVDCs0KHdZeCMkQ_AUIECgB&biw=1235&bih=681#imgrc=rDxDqkyIjuYs-M:) in particular? … btw, I think I may have _squished_ my cat a bit too hard. Is it normal for blood to spurt from a cat’s eye socket? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/13 "2019-07-04T10:51:08Z")
I had a subscription for a few years. I may still have some of them somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/14 "2019-07-04T11:02:28Z")
I haven’t read an issue since the 70s, but I was obsessed with Mad as a kid. I would actually try to anticipate when each issue was due to come out and bike to the local drugstore when that day rolled around. Sometimes I was there on 4 or 5 consecutive days. Much disappointment on days I realized the old issue was still on display, much joy when finding a new cover. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/15 "2019-07-04T11:17:49Z")
I have very fond memories of reading Mad magazine when I was maybe 8 to 13 years old. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/16 "2019-07-04T11:24:16Z")
MAD and the Goon Show were strong influences on my developing sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/17 "2019-07-04T11:34:27Z")
The closest I can find for an announcement: > **[Mad Magazine to Effectively Shutter After 67 Years](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mad-magazine-effectively-close-67-years-1222636/)** > > Mad Magazine, the irreverent and highly influential satirical magazine that gave the world Alfred E. Neuman, will cease publication some time later this year after 67 years. ---
**Author:** ![Oglomott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oglomott/32/3543_2.png) [@Oglomott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oglomott)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/18 "2019-07-04T12:35:40Z")
My first issue was September 1964. Cost was 25 cents. Frankenstein was on the cover assembling a plastic model of Alfred E. Neuman. And I remember the Mad poiuyt! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/19 "2019-07-04T12:38:51Z")
They’re kind of like the Rolling Stones. At their best they were inspirational and transformative. But all their important achievements I can think of happened over 50 years ago and at this point they are still coasting on the momentum of their early stuff. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496/20 "2019-07-04T12:55:01Z")
Recycling old content with new covers. Hey guys, just let it die. > **[Mad Magazine to cease publication of new material](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48865342)** > > From the next issue, the US satirical magazine will only republish previous content with new covers. > [@](#): > > DC, which publishes the magazine, told ABC in a statement: “After issue #10 this fall there will no longer be new content - except for the end of year specials which will always be new. So starting with issue #11, the magazine will feature classic, best of and nostalgic content from the last 67 years.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/836496.md?page=2)