They've actually been around since 1988, initially only in print. I have personally never seen a print copy, either.

One of my high school teachers had stacks of Onion compilation books in the classroom.

I was kicked out of that class more than once.

I picked it up in Boulder a number of times.

Print was nice for all the reasons that any printed newspaper is nice--browsability, crosstalk between stories, portability, no power/screen required. Bummer that they had to cease print.

But if it wasn't sustainable, it wasn't sustainable.

The Onion was a great perk of going to school in Madison (where it originated.)

It was mainly in the mid west, they used to distribute it in Minneapolis up until like a year ago. It was a free deal that was in most places where you find community papers (Coffee shops, bars, etc.). I really enjoyed getting the new issue every Thursday. It was also cool that the AV Club section had a lot of local content.

Doesn't shock me that they went this route, they had been dropping print cities pretty quickly.

Yeah, it was free paper in certain cities like nyc.

And almost everywhere in Wisconsin.

Yup. I've picked up a few. I want to say I've seen them in San Francisco, in their own newspaper boxes.

I had no idea either. Crazy.