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100 Years Old This Saturday!!

posted 4 years ago by mtxmind (3296)
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Award winning cartoonist best known for:
The MAD Fold In
Snappy Answer's to Stupid Questions

Also idadvertenly predicted such things as word processors,garbage compactors, telephone answering machines,fax machines & many other items in many of his pieces for MAD!😀

Although he said in 2015 that he would never retire,last year after the downsizing & reorganization of Mad as a mostly online presence,he decided it was time.His last original Fold In was published last June

Born Abraham Jaffee March 13,1921

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jaffee

[–] diezman (2183) 4 years ago

I loved MAD magazine when I was kid. I still have my old copies.

[–] corey (774) 2 years ago

Lucky you, my mom trashed my collection when I went off to college. Must have had 75 real old issues. Parents always thought I was reading trash. Now its the "New Yorker". LOL. But I loved Alfred E.

[–] Owlwise (1536) 4 years ago

Thanks for posting this! His work formed a happy part of my youth some (mumble mumble) decades ago.

[–] mtxmind (3296) 4 years ago

Bump!

[–] mtxmind (3296) 4 years ago

Happy Birthday Al!😀

Here's hoping you are safe & still in good health.