D magazine turns 50 years old

D Magazine is celebrating its 50th anniversary — and republishing some of the outlet's greatest stories.

Why it matters: At a time when media companies are struggling and disappearing, a city magazine surviving — and thriving — for that long is quite an accomplishment.

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• D continues to reshape our region, breaking stories last month about Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson's contentious divorce and Attorney General Ken Paxton suing the State Fair .

What's happening: The magazine designed 12 new logos , which feature local icons like Roger Staubach, Dirk Nowitzki, Larry Hagman and the red Pegasus .

• Editors have also selected 50 of their favorite stories over the years, starting with Blackie Sherrod's legendary 1975 story about his friend, the scoundrel reporter Jack Proctor .
• Of note: The picks included Mike's 2012 story about a Plano bowler named Bill Fong — which is somehow the second bowling story on the list.

Four D Magazine employees on the tail end of a track suit-clad cross-country drive in 2014. Photo: Courtesy of Bradford Pearson

Flashback: Wick Allison and Jim Atkinson published the first issue in 1974, a year after the launch of Texas Monthly in Austin. Christine and Gillea Allison are now at the top of the masthead, carrying on Allison's legacy, after his death in 2020.

Worthy of your time: Sort through some of those 50 stories .