RE: Arsenic Lullaby- Rant- Avengers endgame and Mad Magazine
I have only good memories of Bill thanks to his work with Bongo and seeing his name for so many years, my love for Mad cannot be put into this small comment box. I completely see your point about time sensitive material in the mag, it should not feel like picking up a newspaper from a month ago when you get a fresh copy. With that being said, there is so many million of shows on every streaming service in which to parody, that they have too much content to deal with... which must be a nightmare for whomever is trying to figure out demographics to get advertisers. I forget where I was going with this comment, I'm just sad now. I wish I supported that Mad cartoon that was out more, didn't have the time, any time I caught it, it was fairly quality. Maybe their next venture will be a re imagining of the Mad TV show into like a Funny or Die type YouTube channel. Spy vs Spy Saturday morning kids show.
I saw Bill do nothing but make good decisions until Mad. I did work for Mad for seven years...the entire time trying to get them to understand that the landscape had changed and you can't do time sensitive sh*t anymore. The brand will live on...but the Magazine itself...I don't hold out a lot of hope.
7 years! Damn, awesome man. I think Mad magazine had an impact on me slightly more than the SNL writers room, almost as much as The Far Side or Simpsons as far as these things that helped defined what I find funny. Depressing times we live in, damn you internet!
I need to find your Mad magazine stuff. My Adolf Hitler Demon sketch on my wall just went up in personal value! Mad as a brand will sadly live on without a magazine, and maybe it shouldn't actually.