The Weekly World News is folding.

The New York Times recently ran this pretty good story about the tabloid, the last issue of which is slated to be August 27. Word is that the WWN Web site will continue to exist, but the colorful tabloid racks won’t be the same without the blatantly outrageous and defiantly black-and-white publication.

For a coupla bucks, “The World’s Only Reliable Newspaper” provided more laughs per issue than the average sitcom or comedy film. How can you not want to read cover stories like “Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby,” “Garden Of Eden Found! (Original Apple Recovered)” and “200-Woman Harem To Be Sold On eBay”?

My favorite WWN memory occurred last summer. On the way to a West Virginia kayaking adventure, my son and I took a detour to visit Lost World Caverns in Lewisburg. What a thrill to discover  that it was the very cave in which Bat Boy was found!

Rest in peace, Weekly World News … at least until the space aliens resurrect you.

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 9:28 am and is filed under This 'n' That.