Uncapie Bids An Affectionate-But-Welcomed Adieu To Batboys And Killer Kittens!!

Yo! I'm Uncapie! Weekly World News, the comic bookesque tabloid that graced newsstands and grocery stores across the nation since its debut in 1979, will finally print its last issue August 3rd. Like the late "National Lampoon" magazine from yesteryear, they were noted for such bizarre headlines as "Boy Locked In Refrigerator; Eats Own Foot," "Space Alien Meets With Bill Clinton," "I Was Bigfoot's Love Slave," "London Double-Decker Bus Found On Moon" and the most famous, "Bat Child Found In Cave," who later became their world renowned mascot, "Bat Boy." Bob Greenberger, an editor with the Weekly World News, explained that he and his staff were called into a meeting and were told that the board of directors decided that it was in the best interest of the new owners that publish several other newspapers to cease publication of Weekly World News and to focus on the serious side of journalism. Like we have enough of those already. Weekly World News was never taken to be serious. It was all about a bunch of guys sitting around(Probably drunk.) dreaming up the weirdest stories the public would buy. They were funny, strange-o and just too far out to be believed. Whose head didn't turn at the check-out line looking at some of those headlines and found yourself picking up a copy reading the story "Boy Gets Locked In Refrigerator Again! Eats Other Foot!" They created a comedic diversion in a world that's constantly under pressure allowing us to laugh at the world and at ourselves. And a few extraterrestrials thrown in for good measure. Thanks for the laughs guys! Uncapie