Al Jaffee - Record-breaking US cartoonist dies at 102

[Gordon_R]

Al Jaffee: Record-breaking US cartoonist dies at 102

Best known for his work on Mad magazine, Jaffee was still working up until 2020.

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Mad magazine was aimed at pre-teens and teens, with Jaffee famed for his fold-ins on the inside back cover.

They featured an image with a question above and a caption below. When the page was folded vertically into thirds, the two outer sections joined to form a new picture and caption which answered the question.

Speaking to the Guardian in 2016 at the age of 95, Jaffee said he believed satire was becoming harder because of lying politicians.

"I think they're defeating Mad, because they're going beyond anything we can think of doing to show the clownish nature of their claims," he said.

Jaffee's famous fans included Far Side creator Gary Larson and TV host Stephen Colbert, who marked Jaffee's 85th birthday by featuring a fold-in cake on his show The Colbert Report.

Matt Groening's The Simpsons made references to Mad magazine and the fold-in in several episodes over the years.

 

[FiestaST]

What an innings, 102! RIP Sir

 

[RedViking]

To reach 102 without being cancelled....... what a joke.

 

[Hemi300c]

Great cartoonist, if not the best.

RIP

 

[lkpat]

Whoa... had no idea he was still around!
All those fold-ins

 

[lkpat]

Longest running cartoonist in the world

His first official fold in

 

[wbot]

Wow, only 102. Gone too soon.