Sadly, in addition to the death of Mr. Gaines, most of the original 'gang of idiots', have long retired. I haven't picked up an issue in years.

Got to meet Bill Gaines briefly in New York in 1984. My bother was a rabid Mad Magazine collector and insisted on visiting the offices of his favorite publication. Gaine's office was bizarre down to the giant model of King Kong peering through the window. Never saw a room with soo many weird props.

Best part was they let us in the archives to paw through the orginal cartoon artwork from issues past.