The word is out that MAD Magazine will soon be no more. Two more new issues will be published, and then some reprints done up to finish off mail order subscriptions, and that’ll be the end.
This isn’t unexpected, of course, but it’s sad to see the disappearance of yet another formerly grand outlet for great cartooning. As a matter of historical note, MAD was the last remaining vestige of what had been Entertaining Comics.
No spoilers, but I can still share two of my favorite moments in “Avengers: Endgame” without revealing anything.
They sure sound super played over the IMAX sound system!
Back on March 24 I said that Joe Sinnott would be returning to the Sunday funnies one more time inking the MUTTS comic strip, and today is it! Fantastic Four fans will get the joke about the cocoon.
I spent all day yesterday with Joe at the Empire State Comic Con in Albany. Joe’s doing great, and he’s as clever and fesity as ever.
Today’s MUTTS comic strip isn’t a one-of-a-kind artistic collaboration between cartoonist Patrick McDonnell and the recently retired Joe Sinnott, because one more will be coming along in a not-too-distant Sunday.
The idea for this little project came out of a visit that McDonnell had with Joe a few months ago. As familiar as I am with Joe’s technique, I see none of it here. A few of Joe’s trademark “Sinnott dots” on the floor would have been a giveaway of his handiwork, but there are none to be found. I’m told that’s because Joe wanted to be true to McDonnell’s drawings when applying ink to them, and he certainly succeeded.
