Iconic Mad Magazine Cartoonist Al Jaffee Passes Away at 102
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Al Jaffee, the cartoonist who created Mad Magazine's iconic Fold-In feature, has died at the age of 102 due to multiple-organ failure. Jaffee's illustrations first appeared in Mad Magazine in 1955, and his Fold-In feature became his longest-running contribution to the publication. Jaffee's taste for the subversive and his style of artwork became synonymous with the magazine. He also wrote for Mad, including a regular feature called "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Jaffee's art appeared in 500 of Mad's first 550 issues, a prolific record that still stands.
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