Al Jaffee Archives

Best known in the comic book sphere for writing Doom Patrol for DC Comics, she was also a World Fantasy Award Winning author of Godmother Night as well as novels such as Unquenchable Fire and Temporary Agency and a renowned tarot artist, and author, commissioned to create the tarot deck for the James Bond movie, Live and Let Die, as well[...]

Al Jaffee retired from cartooning at the age of 99 in 2020 Today it was announced that he had sadly passed away at the ripe age of 102 Best known for his run on Mad Magazine since the fifties, he has the longest continual run on any publication by any cartoonist His fold-in pages alone[...]

With over 100 pages of Popeye art and comic strips, including new art, new comic strips, and art by Bud Sagendorf from the original 1940s & 1950s Popeye comic books. Well, King Features and Clover Press have just shared with us that five more creators, Dave Sim, Al Jaffee, John Byrne, Jules Feiffer, and Tony Millionaire[...]

Al Jaffee turned one hundred years old earlier this year Born in 1921, he is best known for his work in the MAD Magazine including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-In He contributed to the magazine for 65 years, the longest single comic book artistic run on a title ever With a career running from[...]

Al Jaffee just celebrated his hundredth birthday Born in 1921, he is best known for his work in the MAD Magazine, specifically his trademark feature, the MAD Fold-In. Al Jaffee contributed to the magazine for 65 years, the longest run by a comic book artist on any periodical, ever And working in comics from 1942 until[...]

I don't think I can really explain it so just look at the pictures. The great Al Jaffee will still be in the MAD, continuing to provide the MAD Fold-In even at age 97 One new feature introduced is by McGarry, called The 27 Club Based around all the musical figures who passed away at age[...]

By Olumide Mad Magazine artist and writer Al Jaffee is celebrating a milestone It has now been fifty years since the first appearance of his fold-in was featured in issue 86 of Mad Magazine in 1964. The Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn recently held an opening reception featuring some of Jaffee's original fold-in work Scores of[...]

Since this is a "special event" for the New York Comics & Picture Story Symposium, the Symposium will not be meeting otherwise this week. Tuesday, March 4th This free and open to the public event "Celebrating Al Jaffee" will be held in room 523 of the Butler Library at Columbia University in New York at 7PM[...]