Satirical Staple ‘MAD’ To Exit Newsstands And Recycle Its Classic Material

An 2018 exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library

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The funny, freckled face of Alfred E. Neuman is more or less retiring.

One of the last widely circulated print satirical magazines in America will leave newsstands after this year, according to sources at DC Comics, which publishes MAD magazine.

While the Harvard Lampoon remains in business, The Onion hasn’t been in print since 2013. The once-influential Spy was a casualty of the 1990s.