A Note to Our Readers
You may have heard or read that Mobile Mask has been sold to Lagniappe.
It's true.
Mrs. Mask and I have had the ride of a lifetime creation Mobile Mask and making it into THE go-to place for information about Mardi Gras in south Alabama. We feel like we have earned a reputation for being thorough and CORRECT, especially in the ocean of rumors that is social media.
But we also felt like we had taken the Mask as far as we could, so we found a place with more people and resources than we had but the same commitment to getting good stories and getting them right.
Mardi Gras 2025 will be our last as the small machine that is Mobile Mask, and we intend to go out there and have some fun and bring back lots of photos and video for you to enjoy.
And we hope you'll pick up our 13th annual issue of Mobile Mask magazine. We worked hard on it, and we think it may be our best one ever.
Thanks for following us and happy Mardi Gras!
Our Coverage of Mardi Gras
Mobile Mask covers as many area Mardi Gras parades and events as we can. When we say "cover," we mean photograph or video or both and sometimes write little stories.
We will, for example, cover nearly every downtown Mobile parade. But it's tough for us to be in two places at once, so we do miss some events.
Click on "Parading Groups" in the column on the left, then click on the group you're interested in, and you'll land on our page for that group. There you'll find links to the latest photos and videos, once they've been posted.
And check the Mobile Mask Facebook page. Usually when we cover kids parades, for example, we post an album of photos there.
We'll be working hard to get all of our coverage up on the site, and Mobile Mask is the only place where you can see virtually the entire parade with photos or video.
We will absolutely hit a point where we fall behind in the posting, and then we'll hit a point where we'll no longer be posting because we'll be out on the parade route nearly every waking hour.
But never fear. We always catch up. Eventually.
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The Best of Our Mardi Gras Coverage
Mobile Mask covers more than 50 Mardi Gras parades and events every year. We shoot thousands of photos - nowadays it's a lot more than 10,000 every Carnival season. From that, we post more than 2,000 photos every year.
From all of that, we choose between 100 and 200 Best Of photos every year.
We also shoot HD video of most of the parades and post them on our YouTube channel. Over the last several years, we have made Best Of videos.
To see the Best Of 2024, click HERE.
If you'd like to view our Best Of photos or videos from 2023 to 2012, just click HERE.
2025 Issue on Sale!
Here's the cover of the 2025 issue of Mobile Mask magazine - our 13th ever - which officially went on sale January 6.
The cover art, an oversized mask, was created especially for Mobile Mask by Nat Johnson.
Nat is deeply involved in Mardi Gras art. She works for Craig Stephens's Carnival Artists, making some of the huge figures you see at the front of floats. She also makes masks, huge puppets, big heads, all kinds of three-dimensional art.
And two-dimensional. She's the one behind those songbird silhouettes you may have heard or read about.
She named this mask "Folly and Death," a perfect reference to those symbols of the Order of Myths, which have become synonymous with Mobile Mardi Gras
Inside the magazine, you'll find stories about float builder Rhonda Odom McCullough; Mardi Gras memories of the Civic Center; a Q&A with Wayne Dean Sr.; and, of course, artist Nat Johnson.
Plus all of the schedules, maps, and information you'll need to plan your Mardi Gras season in south Alabama!
To get yours, either at a store or through this website, click on "The Magazine" in the list to the left, or, heck, just click HERE.
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