END of an ERA

[G-spotter]

Weekly World News ceases print edition, goes online only

 

[rmncwrtr]

Bummer. No more alien babies or Big Foot sightings or selkie seductions to read about while standing in the checkout line

[Off_White]

Yes, I saw your new avatar pic in another thread and figured it was in honor of the passing of the greatest tabloid ever. Positively brilliant, and unlike the Onion, they never broke character.

 

to the Weekly World News.

[EWolfe]

Dammit, Man!

 

That was like the only rag that I was tempted to buy in the grocery line. For years!!

 

Somehow, always, the front page beckoned and repulsed in a manner wayyy ahead of it's time.

 

RIP to a pulp mag icon

 

[TREETOAD]

Conservative think tank weekly

[jordop]

How will the MIB check out the hotsheets while on the street now?

[EWolfe]

I had forgotten that one... :laf:

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

Shit, I thought this thread was about the Equal Rights Amendment.

[G-spotter]

[ScottP]

I bought my kid the last issue because he's almost 9 and really into shit like that. He laughed all the way through it. The cover mentioned it was the last issue and that the explanation was on the inside. Inside was the explanation that the staff was being into space by aliens for an undetermined amount of time.