Mad Magazine has amused and outraged readers for nearly seventy years but now it is being pulled from newsstands, triggering testimonials from comedians and cartoonists.
The rollicking satirical mag with its freckled, big-eared mascot Alfred E. Neuman will be published monthly with original satire only until September, its publisher DC Comics told ABC news on Thursday.
But "after issue #10 this fall there will no longer be new content -- except for the end-of-year specials which will always be all new," it said in a statement.
"So starting with issue #11 the magazine will feature classic, best-of and nostalgic content from the last 67 years."
"I can't begin to describe the impact it had on me as a young kid - it's pretty much the reason I turned out weird. Goodbye to one of the all-time greatest American institutions."
"Goodbye, Mad Magazine. Thanks for inspiring generations & generations of comedy & most of all, thanks for the laughs. There was a moment in so many of our childhoods where you were the greatest thing ever."
But perhaps in a sign of the publication's shrinking reach, the 37-year-old Buttigieg answered: "I'll be honest, I had to Google that."