Al Jaffee Gags

by Al Jaffee

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Genres: Humor, Graphic Novels, Comics

190 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1974

About the author

Allan Jaffee was an American cartoonist. He was notable for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is its longest-running contributor. In a 2010 interview, Jaffee said, "Serious people my age are dead."
With a career running from 1942 until 2020, Jaffee holds the Guinness World Record for having the longest career as a comic artist. In the half-century between April 1964 and April 2013, only one issue of Mad was published without containing new material by Jaffee.
In 2008, Jaffee was honored by the Reuben Awards as the Cartoonist of the Year. Cartoonist Arnold Roth of The New Yorker said, "Al Jaffee is one of the great cartoonists of our time." Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz wrote, "Al can cartoon anything."

Reviews

[Hal Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent collection of Al Jaffee gag panels and strips. Much of the work in this volume comes not from Mad Magazine, but rather from Jaffee's '50s–'60s syndicated comic Tall Tales (with the art slightly redrawn to fit the page—surely a rarity in Mad paperbacks.

The back cover mentions that Al Jaffee "has been around more years than most people care to remember"; that was in 1974. Over 40 years later, Jaffee is still "around," and still working for Mad.

[Michael P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfect toilet reading by the MAD magazine cartoonist. You probably do not need to read this book, but if you are somewhere with nothing to do for a minute or two, it will entertain you.