Al Jaffee MAD Magazine Cartoonist Dead at Age 102
Al Jaffee, cartoonist for MAD Magazine for 55 years and creator of the infamous MAD Magazine fold-in and “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” died of organ failure on April 10 at the age of 102. He began his career in 1942 as a comic book artist for a variety of publications such as Timely Comics – which became Marvel comics – and Atlas comics. He officially started at MAD Magazine in 1964, where he created the parody of Playboy foldouts with a fold-in, which was a feature on the back cover that, once folded in, would create a different image and story. It became one of their signature pieces.
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He was also creator of the snarky “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions” feature in the magazine, which is exactly as it sounds.
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Jaffee received many awards and much recognition over the years, including being a Guinness World Records record holder for having the longest career as a comics artist. He just retired at the age of 99 in 2020 and and is further survived by his two children, two stepchildren and several grandchildren.