After six years with "Cracked", Martin parted company with the magazine. A year later, he launched his own short-lived publication, "Don Martin Magazine". This included reprints from some of his original "Mad" paperbacks to which he had retained copyrights. The first issue included an otherwise nonsensical Martin "interview" conducted by Martin himself, in which he said, "My agent thinks I was nuts to have worked there ["Mad"] as long as I did," before expressing fondness for his time at "Cracked". In 1991, Martin complained about "Mad"'s chummy and tribal atmosphere to the "Los Angeles Times", saying, "It's looked upon by the people there as a good thing, like one big family. I came to realize that it's only a good thing for Bill Gaines. I was so terribly loyal all those years that I turned down work because I had something for "Mad Magazine"—which is ridiculous."