Editing William Gaines (section)

===1960–1992===

In 1961, Gaines sold ''Mad'' to Premier Industries, a maker of venetian blinds,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2017/06/13/what-he-worry/ | title=News from ME - Mark Evanier's blog }}</ref> but remained publisher until the day he died, and served as a buffer between the magazine and its corporate interests. He largely stayed out of the magazine's production, often viewing content just before the issue was shipped to the printer. "My staff and contributors create the magazine," declared Gaines. "What I create is the atmosphere."<ref>Dick De Bartolo. 1995. Good Days and Mad. Thundermouth Press.</ref> Around 1964, Premier sold Mad to [[Independent News]], a division of National Periodical Publications, the publisher of [[DC Comics]]. In 1967, [[Kinney National Company]] purchased National Periodical, and then in 1969, they bought [[Warner Brothers]]. In 1972, Kinney became [[Warner Communications]].

One of Gaines' last televised interviews was as a guest on the December 7, 1991, episode of ''[[Beyond Vaudeville]]''.

Circa 2008, director [[John Landis]] and screenwriter [[Joel Eisenberg]] planned a [[biopic]] called ''Ghoulishly Yours, William M. Gaines'', with Al Feldstein serving as a creative consultant.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Adler|url=https://deadline.com/2010/05/cannes-john-landis-lines-up-biopic-of-ec-comics-creator-41373/|title=CANNES: John Landis Developing Biopic of 1950s EC Comics Crusader William Gaines|publisher=Deadline London|date=May 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mania.com/feldstein-consulting-gaines-biopic_article_90874.html |title=Worley, Rob M. Feldstein consulting on Gaines biopic", April 14, 2008. |access-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017054410/http://www.mania.com/feldstein-consulting-gaines-biopic_article_90874.html |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The film, however, did not get past [[pre-production]].{{fact|date=July 2022}}