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<DIV>Yea, it's lousy. I thought comics were recession
proof!!! </DIV>
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<DIV>They also canceled their "MAD Classics" and "MAD/Kids" magazines
too. </DIV>
<DIV>Anyone know if Sergio ever had original art in those? (I
was mainly a subscriber of the monthly) </DIV>
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<DIV>"The Beat" also reports of layoffs in the MAD Magazine Dept.:</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/">http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>And MAD #500 is only 2 months from now!</DIV>
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<DIV>First "Weekly World News" now this! agh!</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/23/2009 1:57:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
chadmriden@mac.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the news tip.. I hadn't seen that. You Groop guys might be
interested in a project I'm working on - <A title=http://comedynews.org/
href="http://comedynews.org/">http://ComedyNews.Org</A> is a
socially-powered comedy news site featuring interviews, reviews and news
stories from around the world. I just added this article to the "Upcoming
News" area. Feel free to create a login and comment / vote / submit comedy
news stories. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sorry for whoring a personal project, </DIV>
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<DIV>Chad</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:49 PM, <A title=mailto:Yodazone@aol.com
href="mailto:Yodazone@aol.com">Yodazone@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV>Terrible news! MAD Magazine is going from a
monthly book to quarterly!!</DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010923-MAD-Quarterly.html
href="http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010923-MAD-Quarterly.html">http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010923-MAD-Quarterly.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Does this mean more chance of a Groo
monthly??</DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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