via Dick Debartolo Big Changes At MAD Magazine!
Today we changed the toner cartridge at MAD, and changed the kitty litter box too. (Yes sometimes the staff uses a kitty box during meetings so as not to miss anything, but that's another story.) And oh yes, there were some other changes at MAD too! Starting with issue #500, which will come out in April, MAD will move to a quarterly publication schedule. MAD Kids, designed for younger readers, will cease publication with the issue on sale February 17th. And the final issue of MAD Classics will go on sale March 17th. For the serious, hard-hitting inside story of this big change, let our own MAD Editor, John Ficarra explain. “The feedback we've gotten from readers is that only every third issue of MAD is funny, so we've decided to just publish those." The cover price of the quarterly issues will be $5.99. Issue #501 will go on sale in August, with #502 in November. Issues of the magazine will be 56 pages, instead of the current 48 pages. “Remember, MAD started out as eight times a year, before going to 12 and now four.” said Ficarra, “Just as Nostradamus had predicted. Dick DeBartolo, will still be MAD's Maddest Writer, but now he'll only be MAD's Maddest Writer 4 times a year instead of the current 12 times a year. This will allow for 2 month coffee breaks every 3 months. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
