Funny Times marks 40th year with new podcast hosted by editor Mia Beach
The Bloomingtonian
September 23, 2025
“Episodes will feature upbeat interviews and roundtable conversations with cartoonists, writers and readers, exploring the past, present and future of satire and what makes people laugh.”
The Funny Times Keep Coming, and a Cat Disappears
Indiana Public Media
July 21, 2023
“The Funny Times is a newspaper full of comics. It’s about forty years old, and it’s all in print. The newspaper is in print, but until about a year ago, so were all their files.”
‘We Are Living in Funny Times’ Cartoon and humor magazine makes its home in Bloomington
Limestone Post
November 30, 2023
“Looking like an old newspaper Sunday-comics section on megavitamins, Funny Times celebrates — nay, venerates — that historic art form, the editorial cartoon.”
Funny Times: Gabriel Piser and Mia Beach
WFBH – Big Talk Radio
October 19, 2023
“…Funny Times has developed a loyal reader following around the world. Lesser, Piser, and Beach are leading the magazine into the digital age while keeping its old school newspaper comics section feel.”
Funny Times Magazine to Open Bloomington Center of Operations
Indiana Daily Student
April 26, 2023
“Funny Times Magazine will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the opening of their Bloomington editorial office with a comedy show featuring IU alumnus Ron Placone.”
No Kidding Around ‘Funny Times’ Newspaper is Now Based in Bloomington
Bloom Magazine
October / November 2023
“Growing up Funny Times was our family business.”
