Not to mention the community around it is very much alive and well. Today is the day for monthly 2600 meetings (http://www.2600.com/meetings/mtg.html) and this July is their 11th HOPE conference (https://hopeconf.wordpress.com/).

I have been a subscriber for 5+ years and have back issues going back to 2001 but I have never made it out to a meeting.. I need to remedy that!

And their podcast is still available and can be heard on WBAI in NYC and probably streamed from there as well.

I came to 2600 late in life so I can't get nostalgic about it, but I look forward to picking up new issues at B&N and do so in order to encourage them continue stocking the store. I discovered 2600 by randomly browsing at a comic book shop and wouldn't have had that experience if it were digital or subscription only.