Not ANOTHER schmuck with a blog!
That’s right: here I am, just one more lonely guy spitting into the veritable hurricane that is the modern Intertubes. As my header and About Me page say, I’ve been a writer for MAD Magazine since forever – though not as much lately. (Why not? Let’s just say the editors and I have “grown apart” recently…like an old married couple.) And, while I certainly don’t want this blog to be entirely about MAD, there’s no denying that there are some “interesting” things going on with the mag right now. As in the old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times!” I haven’t visited the New York editorial offices of MAD in a few years, but reports from more than one friend who has are downright dismal: “overworked”…”depressing atmosphere”… So, what brought the magazine to this sad state? Ah…stay tuned!