 In response to the 2015 attack on the French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo", on January 11, 2015 Ficarra made a personal appearance on the US television show "CBS Sunday Morning", to describe the chilling effect which such attacks were having on the previous freedom of expression enjoyed by cartoonists in the Free World.In December 2015 Ficarra was interviewed by MStars News for an article detailing how the magazine created its annual "20 Dumbest People, Events & Things of 20xx" issue.Ficarra retired with issue #550 (dated April 2018) after 34 years as the editor of "Mad" magazine.