There are few things that will whoosh me back to my childhood critic-in-Ratatouille style faster than looking at a page of his artwork. Cheers, Al Jaffee.
Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
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Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#12What a well lived life. The best. RIP.
Yes, may you rest in peace without any worries
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#13Since the article has no examples that show how this worked, here's a CSS simulation of two fold-ins for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of folding the back page of their Mad Magazine : https://thomaspark.co/2020/06/the-mad-magazine-fold-in-effec... (Note the bottom copy before/after as well.)
I don’t understand the first one. Can someone help?
Oh! Is it supposed to be a fold-in? Hah. All work and no play.
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#14Wow. Respect for the guy with the longest career ever as a comics artist, think over 70 years in the game. He began his career in the comic book industry in the 1940s, working for publishers such as Timely Comics (which later became Marvel Comics) and DC Comics. Jaffee began working for Mad magazine in 1955, and over the years, he became one of the most influential contributors to the magazine. He created the famous…
"You fold it, you bought it!" -Jeff Albertson "Those magazines create a dangerous amount of laughter." -Marge Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_f0_jfHRU "Wow. I'll never wash these eyes again." -Bart Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjlDDZkGONs "Not Mad! That's our nation's largest mental illness themed humor magazine!" -Homer Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zghcvq-pL7A "So, we meet again, Mad…
TIL Comic Book Guy has a canonical name.
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#15Since the article has no examples that show how this worked, here's a CSS simulation of two fold-ins for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of folding the back page of their Mad Magazine : https://thomaspark.co/2020/06/the-mad-magazine-fold-in-effec... (Note the bottom copy before/after as well.)
I don’t understand the first one. Can someone help? Oh! Is it supposed to be a fold-in? Hah. All work and no play.
"What does Al Jeffee get to do on his birthday?"
"Another damn fold-in."
(Hover over the image to see the effect.)
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#16I grew up in Germany (this was the 80s) and one way my dad encouraged us to learn English was subscriptions to various US magazines, one of them was Mad Magazine. We loved it even though we missed a few cultural references.
The fold in was great but I have to admit, every issue the "Fold back so A meets B" instructions somehow created the wrong image in my head and I'd go, "wait, fold which one where?". Over and over.
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#17Since the article has no examples that show how this worked, here's a CSS simulation of two fold-ins for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of folding the back page of their Mad Magazine : https://thomaspark.co/2020/06/the-mad-magazine-fold-in-effec... (Note the bottom copy before/after as well.)
The best part of the fold-in was the comically cynical idea behind it that collectors of Mad Magazine had to ruin their issue to do the fold-in thus forcing them to buy another issue to keep in “mint condition”. Was a meta-satire on the collecting hobby that required collectors to not actually use and enjoy the collectible.
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#18Wow. Respect for the guy with the longest career ever as a comics artist, think over 70 years in the game. He began his career in the comic book industry in the 1940s, working for publishers such as Timely Comics (which later became Marvel Comics) and DC Comics. Jaffee began working for Mad magazine in 1955, and over the years, he became one of the most influential contributors to the magazine. He created the famous…
"You fold it, you bought it!" -Jeff Albertson "Those magazines create a dangerous amount of laughter." -Marge Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_f0_jfHRU "Wow. I'll never wash these eyes again." -Bart Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjlDDZkGONs "Not Mad! That's our nation's largest mental illness themed humor magazine!" -Homer Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zghcvq-pL7A "So, we meet again, Mad…
Oh, this is a recently unearthed gem:
The Mad Magazine TV Special | 1974 | 16mm | 2K Scan
6,763 views Premiered Sep 9, 2022 #Animation #MAD #MADMagazine
Mark Kausler animated the ‘Spy vs Spy’ segment on this special. He managed to get a copy of the special on 16mm which is what we used to scan.
Film scanning done by Blackhawk Films: https://www.fpa-blackhawk.com
An animated adaptation of the notorious satire comic magazine. The skits include a look at a modern American car factory, the inner workings of a hospital, a spoof of The Godfather (1972), Mad Magazine's X-Ray vision and Spy vs. Spy.
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#19He’s a legend to me. So many good times and laughs reading this magazine as a child. Thank you Al. What, me worry?
Re: Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died
#20Never noticed this at the bottom of the obits before:
> How The Times decides who gets an obituary. If you made news in life, chances are your death is news, too. There is no formula, scoring system or checklist. We investigate, research and ask around before settling on our subjects.
> “Some 155,000 people die between each day’s print version of The New York Times and the next — enough to fill Yankee Stadium three times over. On average, we publish obituaries on about three of them.” -- William McDonald, obituary editor