The Art of Mad's Al Jaffee (w/ Fold-In Technology)

Tref · 03-31-2008, 08:26 AM

From the New York Times

Al Jaffee's Fold-Ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form.

I always loved LOVED Mad Magazine. I was fortunate enough to visit their offices in 1977 and meet with the publisher William Gaines. Al Jaffee was/IS a big part of its history. All hail Jaffee!

Al Jaffee

Two-headed Al Jaffee

scaeagles · 03-31-2008, 08:43 AM

Way exceptionally cool. I always loved Mad Magazine as well. My favorite of all time was the Mad Star Wars Musical. Loved it.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-31-2008, 08:45 AM

Awesome find! Mad was always fun, but the foldins were the highlight for me. Even when I barely got the jokes as a kid, I knew they were brilliant.

Chernabog · 03-31-2008, 08:46 AM

Wow, I love this guy. Remember "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions?"

Alex · 03-31-2008, 09:17 AM

Even when I was a kid, the humor of Mad Magazine never really appealed to me. But technical brilliance of the fold-ins was very impressive to me and every new opportunity I'd be at the nearby grocery store defacing one of their magazines.

Very nice interface from the times. Hope the entire archive is eventually made available similarly.

Snowflake · 03-31-2008, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Wow, I love this guy. Remember "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions?"

Yes, and next to Spy vs Spy, one of my favorite features. Damn my mother for tossing all my issues, I'd be making a fortune on ebay maybe?

Kevy Baby · 03-31-2008, 09:30 AM

Great find. Like others, I may not have understood the jokes, but I always appreciated the art. Obviously, Jaffe was a baseball fan.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chernabog

Wow, I love this guy. Remember "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions?"

To this day, I remember the one where a very conservative looking male was shown laughing and pointing at a long haired hippie saying, "The hair is so long, you can't tell if it is a man or a woman."

The retort was

Spoiler:

And I was always a fan of Spy vs. Spy (though the comic appearing in the Sunday Funnies is nowhere near as good) and the comedy in the margins - just a little extra stuff thrown in for fun.

Kevy Baby · 03-31-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Snowflake

Damn my mother for tossing all my issues, I'd be making a fortune on ebay maybe?

Especially if you had the Chinese issue #4 with Mike Tyson on the cover - WOW!

innerSpaceman · 03-31-2008, 10:17 AM

Well, that was nostalgic fun.

I stopped reading Mad Magazine in the mid-70's. It was an integral part of my childhood.

Le Sigh.

SacTown Chronic · 03-31-2008, 10:23 AM

Anyone read a Mad in the last couple of years? I bought one last year and was dismayed to learn it's a full-color, glossy mag chock full of ads now.

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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Way exceptionally cool. I always loved Mad Magazine as well. My favorite of all time was the Mad Star Wars Musical. Loved it.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Awesome find! Mad was always fun, but the foldins were the highlight for me. Even when I barely got the jokes as a kid, I knew they were brilliant. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Wow, I love this guy. Remember "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions?" __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Even when I was a kid, the humor of Mad Magazine never really appealed to me. But technical brilliance of the fold-ins was very impressive to me and every new opportunity I'd be at the nearby grocery store defacing one of their magazines. Very nice interface from the times. Hope the entire archive is eventually made available similarly.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, that was nostalgic fun. I stopped reading Mad Magazine in the mid-70's. It was an integral part of my childhood. Le Sigh.
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Anyone read a Mad in the last couple of years? I bought one last year and was dismayed to learn it's a full-color, glossy mag chock full of ads now. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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