Pop Culture Roundup: Mad Magazine RIP; Mandrake; Marvel annuals; Monty Python

ITEM! It looks like Mad Magazine is finally, truly, actually shutting down.

ITEM! Mandrake the Magician Big Little Books.

ITEM! Remembering Marvel Comics' summer annuals.

ITEM! Michael Palin is producing a series of BBC Radio specials in celebration of Monty Python's 50th anniversary.