A lot of folks who were worried about the future of MAD magazine are real happy this morning to hear who its new editor is going to be. It's our friend Bill Morrison, who used to be the head guy at Bongo Comics and who is currently the President of the National Cartoonists Society.
There was this fear that they'd bring in a stranger who'd barely read MAD, let alone respected its heritage. We all know Bill well enough to know he's not that person. Here's the Hollywood Reporter announcing the news and here's Tom Richmond.
Congrats to Bill. I used to tell outgoing editor John Ficarra (and before him, Nick Meglin) that though they were friends of mine, MAD was so important to me that if they ever ruined it, I would not hesitate to publicly denounce them and put various curses on their heads. I can say the same thing to my friend Bill because I know I'll never have to do that with him.