Luann Againn by Greg Evans for February 22, 2023

The cover date on magazines is when they go off sale, not when they come on sale. It is very confusing.

Luann?

Normal people don’t take such things seriously.

And they soon stop buying magazines.

Bernice is a fast reader to go from one magazine to the other.

Y’know, when I was her age, I understood that magazines have cover dates relating to when they’re supposed to be on the newsstands, which is later than when you see them. (There’s also the matter of not taxing anything with a date on it, as New York did when I was there.)

Then there’s the trick of asking for a renewal six months before your subscription expires.

As someone who used to write articles/ stories for magazines and a radio show… these things are planned 2 to 6 months in advance. The April issue of the magazine is put together, articles written, photos taken, in February or even earlier.

There’s a magazine I like at the library which always comes in one month before its date.

Except there was a subscription problem and now they’re two months late.

Take an overseas magazine subscription and you’ll really get confused.