MAD magazine, the once-subversive humor publication that helped redefine American satire and influenced a half-century of comedians and comic artists, will soon disappear from the newsstand. And ...

Mad Magazine will still publish its annual year-end issue, as well as the occasional books and special editions. Fans have already started paying tribute to Mad Magazine on social media.

At its peak in 1974, Mad sold 2.1 million copies. It was wildly profitable, even though Bill Gaines (its publisher from the magazine's founding until his death in 1992) refused to accept advertising.

As the oldest humor magazine around — and one that shaped several generations of actors, comedians and writers — Mad is deserving of Bernstein’s in-depth look at its evolution through the years.

I once wrote that "all I know finds its foundation between the covers of Mad magazine." I started reading it when I was about 10, collected back issues, bought all the pocket-book digests and ...

Mad is a different magazine than it was 20 or 30 years ago, with issue-by-issue circulation hovering around 200,000 for the last decade. It’s harsher and more profane than it used to be, ...

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors of MAD Magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011, in ...

Mad magazine, but with the Hebrew Bible behind it. The sacred text of my childhood and the sacred text of my adulthood. So, in saying kaddish for Al Jaffee, let me acknowledge my debt to him.

The Unauthorized Story of Mad Magazine," the Pleasant Ridge filmmaker's tribute to the deeply influential comedy and satire magazine he fell in love with as a child, premieres locally at 7:30 p.m ...