Al Jaffee (1921–2023)

Author of Al Jaffee's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

66+ Works 1,008 Members 4 Reviews

About the Author

Al Jaffee was born in 1921 in Savannah Georgia. He is an award winning cartoonist and cultural icon. He began his career in 1941 working as comic book artist for several publishers including Timely Comics and Atlas Comics and later at Marvel Comics. He became editor at Timely comics in the late show more 1940's working on the humor and teen-age comics. He first appeared in Mad Magazine in 1955 shortly after it changed from comic book to magazine. He became known for his work in the satirical Mad Magazine. He started a trademark feature for the magazine - the Mad Fold-In for the back cover - which has appeared in almost every issue since 1964. It is a joke on the triple fold outs in magazines like Playboy. He is Mad's oldest regular contributor after 55 years. His work has appeared in over 440 issues. He is the author of several books including: Mad's Al Jaffee Spews Out More Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions and Tall Tales. (2008) In 2008 he was honored by Reuben Awards as a Cartoonist of the Year. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Al Jaffe, Al Jaffe, Al Jaffee, Al Jaffee, Alan Jaffee

Image credit: MoCCA Art Festival 2009, photo by Lampbane

Series

Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

Works by Al Jaffee

Mad's Al Jaffee Spews Out More Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (1972) 112 copies, 1 review

Al Jaffee's Mad Book of Magic and Other Dirty Tricks (1970) 76 copies

Sing Along with Mad (1970) — Illustrator — 64 copies

Tall Tales (2008) 49 copies, 1 review

Mad's Al Jaffee Spews Out Still More Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (1976) 47 copies

Al Jaffee's Mad (Yecch!) Monstrosities (1974) 38 copies

Al Jaffee's Mad Inventions (1978) 36 copies

Good Lord! Not Another Book of Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (1980) 34 copies

Mad's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee (1976) 32 copies

The MAD Fold-In Collection: 1964-2010 (2011) 30 copies, 1 review

Mad: Fold This Book! A Ridiculous Collection of Fold-Ins (1997) 23 copies

Al Jaffee Gags (1974) 22 copies

MAD's Al Jaffee Freaks Out (1982) 21 copies, 1 review

The Ghoulish Book of Weird Records (1979) 19 copies

Monu-Mentally Mad (1986) 18 copies

Funny jokes and foxy riddles (1968) 18 copies

Al Jaffee Gags Again (1975) 15 copies

Al Jaffee's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions #5 (1984) 15 copies

Al Jaffee Fowls His Nest (1981) 13 copies

Al Jaffee Bombs Again (1978) 12 copies

Al Jaffee Blows His Lid (1975) 11 copies

Al Jaffee Blows a Fuse (1980) 10 copies

Al Jaffee Sinks to a New Low (1978) 10 copies

A Prententious Compendium of Mads Very Best Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (1986) 9 copies

Al Jaffee Gets His Just Desserts (1980) 9 copies

Al Jaffee Draws a Crowd (1978) 9 copies

Al Jaffee Goes Bananas (1982) 9 copies

Once Again Mad's Al Jaffee Spews Out Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (1987) 9 copies

Al Jaffee's Next Book (1977) 9 copies

Al Jaffee Meets Willie Weirdie (1981) 8 copies

Al Jaffee Hogs the Show (1981) 8 copies

Al Jaffee Dead or Alive (1980) 8 copies

Al Jaffee Meets His End (1979) 7 copies

Mad's All New "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions", No 7 (Al Jaffee's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions) (1989) 7 copies

Al Jaffee Shoots His Mouth Off (1982) 5 copies

Holy Cow! Not Another Mad "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" by Al Jaffee? (1992) 5 copies

Willie Weirdie Scares (1982) 5 copies

Mad's Al Jaffee Sweats Out Another Book (1988) 5 copies

Willie Weirdie Teaches (1984) 5 copies

Al Jaffee's Mad (Yeech! Rejects) (1990) 4 copies

Mad Brain Ticklers, Puzzlers, and Lousy Jokes (1986) 4 copies

Willie Weirdie Zaps Al Jaffee (1983) 4 copies

Ghastly Jokes Gb (1976) 4 copies

Witty Jokes and Wild Riddles (1970) 3 copies

Mad's All New Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions - #5 (Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions) (1987) 2 copies

Willie Weirdie Drives Al Jaffee to Distraction (1984) 2 copies

Das Buch der dummen Sprüche (deutsches MAD - die verrücktesten Bücher der Welt) (1975) 2 copies

Al Jaffee's Mad Life: A Biography 2 copies

Rotten Rhymes and Other (Signet Books) (1978) 2 copies

Novíssimas respostas cretinas para perguntas imbecis 2 copies

The Mad Adventures of Capt Klutz (1967) 2 copies

Willie Weirdie (1983) 2 copies

Mad Taschenbuch Nr. 44 : Kluge Antworten auf Dumme Fragen (1980) 1 copy

Und noch ein paar kluge Antworten auf dumme Fragen (1976) 1 copy

Patsy Walker #35 1 copy

Willie Weirdie Bleeps 1 copy

Buch der dummen Sprüche 1 copy

Mads Al Jaffee spews out still more snappy answers to stupid questions (1973) 1 copy

Mad's Al Jaffee spottar ut ytterligare avsnoppande svar på dumma frågor (1978) 1 copy

Mad About Mad (1970) 1 copy

Mads magiska bok 1 copy

Il libro della magia di Mad e altri sporchi trucchi 1 copy

Patsy and Hedy #39 — Illustrator — 1 copy

Mads magiska bok och andra smutsiga tricks 1 copy

Mad-klassiker 3 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

Humbug [2-volume set] (2009) 86 copies, 1 review

Mad Magazine Super Special #25 Fall 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 6 copies

Mad Magazine #182 (1976) — Contributor — 5 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #21 Summer 1977 (1976) — Contributor — 5 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #24 Summer 1978 (1977) — Contributor — 5 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #20 Winter 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 4 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #26 Winter 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 4 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #23 Winter 1977 (1977) — Contributor — 4 copies

MAD Magazine; No. 185 (September, 1976) (1976) — Contributor — 4 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #37 Winter 1981 (1981) — Contributor — 4 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #34 Spring 1981 (1981) — Contributor — 3 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #36 Fall 1981 (1981) — Contributor — 3 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #29 Winter 1979 (1979) — Contributor — 3 copies

Mad 84 (1984) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #35 Summer 1981 (1981) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #33 Winter 1980 (1980) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #28 Fall 1979 (1979) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #27 Summer 1979 (1979) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #38 Spring 1982 (1982) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #44 Fall 1983 (1983) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #22 Fall 1977 (1977) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #55 Summer 1986 (1986) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine #403 (2001) — Contributor — 2 copies

Mad Magazine Super Special #40 Fall 1982 (1982) — Contributor — 1 copy

Mad Magazine Super Special #32 Fall 1980 (1980) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Jaffee, Abraham
Birthdate: 1921-03-13
Date of death: 2023-04-10
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Place of death: Manhattan, New York, USA (hospital)
Cause of death: multi-system organ failure
Occupations: cartoonist
Organizations: Mad (contributor|1955-2020)
Awards and honors: Eisner Award (Hall of Fame, 2013)

Members

Reviews

The MAD Fold-In Collection: 1964-2010 by Al Jaffee

God what an awesome collection! It's funny to see what gets Al Jaffee's goat over the years. Roller skates in the 60s, Jamie Lynn Spears in the 00s, but then some of them are downright BLEAK and COLD too! I love these illustrations so much!

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uncleflannery | May 16, 2020 |

More Mad Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions by Al Jaffee

One of the more memorable Mad Magazine books. There are some classics here, and Jaffee's illustrations are always hiding a thing or two that perhaps you didn't notice when you read this when you were 12 years old. I love the 36 ice cream flavors, for instance.

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datrappert | Mar 31, 2020 |

MAD's Al Jaffee Freaks Out by Al Jaffee

A demented collection of classic Mad Magazine cartoons. Al Jaffee was one of the premier cartoonists of the magazine's long history. He is in fine form in this little paperback. Found at a garage sale for a pittance, and couldn't resist.

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MerryMary | Jun 3, 2011 |

Tall Tales by Al Jaffee

I first met Al Jaffee's work as a kid reading Mad Magazine. This collection of cartoons comes from another, but parellel, universe. Be sure to read the preface first. As always, his "stories" have a little twist to them. If you haven't seen any Al Jaffee (What! Of course you have.) he can be thought of in the same breath (boy, that's a lousy piece of wording) as Chas Addams, only usually not quite so dark. This one is going into my bathroom library to amuse my visitors.

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datwood | Nov 13, 2008 |

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