Al Jaffee, the stalwart artist and writer for Mad Magazine, passed away on April 10, 2023. He was 102 years old. The world lost a giant.
Jaffee is the notable inventor of the Mad Fold-In, which invited readers to crease an image on the back cover of the magazine, pushing the sides of the drawing together and forming a new, previously unseen image. Jaffee drew Fold-Ins for Mad from 1968 until 2019. He was also known for his "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" books, as well as strange sourcebooks of fun, crazy inventions. He once argued that smokers would someday smoke three-foot-long cigarettes, arguing the design's many advantages. He also thought up several clever ways to dispose of dog waste. Jaffee began his cartooning career in 1942 and retired officially in 2020, earning him the Guinness World Record for having the longest career of any cartoonist.
Working for Mad Magazine, of course, meant that Jaffee's influence on film and TV is immeasurable.
Jaffee is the notable inventor of the Mad Fold-In, which invited readers to crease an image on the back cover of the magazine, pushing the sides of the drawing together and forming a new, previously unseen image. Jaffee drew Fold-Ins for Mad from 1968 until 2019. He was also known for his "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" books, as well as strange sourcebooks of fun, crazy inventions. He once argued that smokers would someday smoke three-foot-long cigarettes, arguing the design's many advantages. He also thought up several clever ways to dispose of dog waste. Jaffee began his cartooning career in 1942 and retired officially in 2020, earning him the Guinness World Record for having the longest career of any cartoonist.
Working for Mad Magazine, of course, meant that Jaffee's influence on film and TV is immeasurable.
- 4/10/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Comic-Con International has unleashed the full schedule for Wednesday and Thursday for the San Diego Comic-Con 2011, and there is going to be a ton of stuff to keep you incredibly busy and entertained.
Like I've been saying it's never to early to start planning, and there is a ton of stuff here that we are looking forward to checking out. I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we are looking forward to attending. What panels and events are you looking forward to?
We will be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you everything you need and want to know about. We will also be having a GeekTyrant meet-up this year, which we announce soon.
See you at the con!
Wednesday July 20th
!!! 6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural...
Like I've been saying it's never to early to start planning, and there is a ton of stuff here that we are looking forward to checking out. I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we are looking forward to attending. What panels and events are you looking forward to?
We will be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you everything you need and want to know about. We will also be having a GeekTyrant meet-up this year, which we announce soon.
See you at the con!
Wednesday July 20th
!!! 6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural...
- 7/7/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
It's kind of hard to believe a dude with a Twitter account got a TV show faster than the fifty-plus year old American satirical institution, "Mad" magazine. Sure, there was Mad TV, but aside from Spy vs. Spy and Alfred E. Neuman's face slapped on some graphics, the show had little to do with the cutting humor magazine and its creative team.
Thanks to Cartoon Network, "Mad" has finally found a proper place on television, with a new original animated series produced by Robot Chicken's Kevin Shinick and cartoonist Mark Marek.
Marek was on hand today to discuss the new series, which premiered this September, along with a full bench of "Mad" magazine legends, including fold-in mastermind, Al Jaffee, master caricaturist Mort Druker, writer Dick DeBartolo and art director Sam Viviano.
After giving fans a brief history of the magazine, (""Mad" began as a 10-cent comic in 1952 and is...
Thanks to Cartoon Network, "Mad" has finally found a proper place on television, with a new original animated series produced by Robot Chicken's Kevin Shinick and cartoonist Mark Marek.
Marek was on hand today to discuss the new series, which premiered this September, along with a full bench of "Mad" magazine legends, including fold-in mastermind, Al Jaffee, master caricaturist Mort Druker, writer Dick DeBartolo and art director Sam Viviano.
After giving fans a brief history of the magazine, (""Mad" began as a 10-cent comic in 1952 and is...
- 10/8/2010
- UGO TV
Whenever Mad Magazine crops up in a conversation with someone under the age of 20, their mind immediately jumps to 'MADtv.' That's when my mind blows a fuel cell and launches into a death spiral.
Back in the late '90s when the Fox sketch show hit the airwaves, my brain almost exploded at the thought of a Mad Magazine TV show. I read the magazine cover to cover and kept a stack of them in my bookcase until the covers withered away with time. I thumbed through each issue for my favorite writers and artists like Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker and Frank Jacobs. I didn't date much.
The final product left me very disappointed. Now, it has another chance to be something better. DC Comics has announced they are developing an animated sketch show for Cartoon Network that's centered around more than just the magazine's brand.
Continue reading Why...
Back in the late '90s when the Fox sketch show hit the airwaves, my brain almost exploded at the thought of a Mad Magazine TV show. I read the magazine cover to cover and kept a stack of them in my bookcase until the covers withered away with time. I thumbed through each issue for my favorite writers and artists like Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker and Frank Jacobs. I didn't date much.
The final product left me very disappointed. Now, it has another chance to be something better. DC Comics has announced they are developing an animated sketch show for Cartoon Network that's centered around more than just the magazine's brand.
Continue reading Why...
- 4/27/2010
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
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