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Al Jaffee, King of the Mad Magazine Fold-In, Dies at 102.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/arts/al-jaffee-dead.html

Al Jaffee, Inventive Cartoonist at Mad Magazine, Dies at 102

For 55 years he created the fold-in (as opposed to, say, Playboy’s fold-out), giving readers a satirical double-take on whatever was going on in the news.

The New York Times
Apr 10, 2023 at 9:32pmWeb
Show threadSimon LucyApr 10, 2023

@dave

Genius

Show threadRevJeberApr 10, 2023
@dave
He made my youth a lot of fun. RIP Al.
Show threadchris actualApr 10, 2023
@dave Hail to the king.
Show threadDavid Erik Nelson🪬Apr 10, 2023
@dave oy. May his memory be a blessing. @mazeldon #mazeldon
Show threadJBApr 11, 2023

I had just been thinking about Al Jaffee a week or 2 ago and discovered at that point he was still alive. I was figuring that this news couldn’t be far off.

I wish I had some Stupid Questions, or maybe even a few Snappy Answers to insert here…

Show threadshyduroffApr 11, 2023
@dave … r.i.p. al …