Al Jaffee, the stalwart artist and writer for Mad Magazine, passed away on April 10, 2023. He was 102 years old. The world lost a giant.
Jaffee is the notable inventor of the Mad Fold-In, which invited readers to crease an image on the back cover of the magazine, pushing the sides of the drawing together and forming a new, previously unseen image. Jaffee drew Fold-Ins for Mad from 1968 until 2019. He was also known for his "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" books, as well as strange sourcebooks of fun, crazy inventions. He once argued that smokers would someday smoke three-foot-long cigarettes, arguing the design's many advantages. He also thought up several clever ways to dispose of dog waste. Jaffee began his cartooning career in 1942 and retired officially in 2020, earning him the Guinness World Record for having the longest career of any cartoonist.
Working for Mad Magazine, of course, meant that Jaffee's influence on film and TV is immeasurable.
Jaffee is the notable inventor of the Mad Fold-In, which invited readers to crease an image on the back cover of the magazine, pushing the sides of the drawing together and forming a new, previously unseen image. Jaffee drew Fold-Ins for Mad from 1968 until 2019. He was also known for his "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" books, as well as strange sourcebooks of fun, crazy inventions. He once argued that smokers would someday smoke three-foot-long cigarettes, arguing the design's many advantages. He also thought up several clever ways to dispose of dog waste. Jaffee began his cartooning career in 1942 and retired officially in 2020, earning him the Guinness World Record for having the longest career of any cartoonist.
Working for Mad Magazine, of course, meant that Jaffee's influence on film and TV is immeasurable.
- 4/10/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Like a cross between Mort Drucker's dense caricature work for Mad Magazine, the Where's Waldo? children's books, and the board game Scotland Yard, illustrator Marija Tiurina's key art for White Noise is a helluva thing. Tiurina has done several of these 'isometric' city-art illustrations, some recently for Netflix, which is also producing and releasing Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Don DeLillo's iconic novel on their platform on December 2. Here she offers us the fictional college town of Blacksmith, replete with the novel's key locations, plot points, and if you look closely, some of the credit block is scattered among them. I feel at some point or another, this poster should be turned into a Christmas jigsaw puzzle. And I love it for that....
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- 11/25/2022
- Screen Anarchy
It’s kind of sad to think that a lot of people don’t even know who Mort Drucker is, but he was in part responsible for Mad magazine becoming one of the greatest publications ever printed until it shut down recently. Drucker’s long history at the magazine is one of the main reasons he was such a well-known individual in his field, but his skill at drawing was absolutely legendary since it gave Mad magazine just a huge upswing that it became one of the most popular publications in the country thanks to the fact that Mort’s caricatures were so spot-on
Paying Tribute to the Late Mort Drucker...
Paying Tribute to the Late Mort Drucker...
- 4/14/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Legendary satiric caricature artist Mort Drucker, a longtime contributor to Mad magazine, died on Thursday, April 9, at his home in Woodbury, N.Y., according to The New York Times. He was 91. No cause of death was announced.
“The incomparable Mort Drucker passed away last night,” his friend John Reiner tweeted in conjunction with the National Cartoonists Society. “The World has lost a not just an extraordinary talent but a shining example of kindness, humility and humor. He was recognized for his work with the Ncs Special Features Award, Reuben Award and induction into the Hall of Fame.”
Like comedians were made with one appearance on The Tonight Show, Mort Drucker could forever engrave a craven image on the public consciousness with one sketch. A movie wasn’t a smash until it got mashed by Mad.
“Rip, Mort Drucker, whose caricatures revealed as much as they ridiculed. In your memory, we...
“The incomparable Mort Drucker passed away last night,” his friend John Reiner tweeted in conjunction with the National Cartoonists Society. “The World has lost a not just an extraordinary talent but a shining example of kindness, humility and humor. He was recognized for his work with the Ncs Special Features Award, Reuben Award and induction into the Hall of Fame.”
Like comedians were made with one appearance on The Tonight Show, Mort Drucker could forever engrave a craven image on the public consciousness with one sketch. A movie wasn’t a smash until it got mashed by Mad.
“Rip, Mort Drucker, whose caricatures revealed as much as they ridiculed. In your memory, we...
- 4/10/2020
- by Chris Longo
- Den of Geek
Mort Drucker, the cartoonist and caricaturist who helped satirize decades of pop culture in the pages of Mad magazine, died Wednesday, The New York Times reports. He was 91.
A cause of death was not given, though Drucker’s friend, John Reiner, confirmed his death. The National Cartoonists Society also confirmed his death, with member and illustrator Tom Richmond writing in tribute, “Mort was a true master of the craft of visual storytelling, and his work transcended the boundaries of the different applications of the comic medium. He could do it all,...
A cause of death was not given, though Drucker’s friend, John Reiner, confirmed his death. The National Cartoonists Society also confirmed his death, with member and illustrator Tom Richmond writing in tribute, “Mort was a true master of the craft of visual storytelling, and his work transcended the boundaries of the different applications of the comic medium. He could do it all,...
- 4/9/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Mort Drucker, best known for his 55-year career drawing caricatures of TV and film in Mad magazine, died on Wednesday. He was 91.
Drucker’s death was announced by the National Cartoonists Society.
“It would be difficult to adequately describe the influence Mort had on multiple generations of cartoonists, not to mention caricaturists. Virtually any professional cartoonist will light up at the mention of his name and praise his work,” the organization said on Thursday. “Mort was a true master of the craft of visual storytelling, and his work transcended the boundaries of the different applications of the comic medium. He could do it all, from realistic comic book work to the silliest of cartoons to everything in between.”
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Drucker began drawing for Mad magazine back in 1956 and over six decades became known for depicting a slew of famous stars of film,...
Drucker’s death was announced by the National Cartoonists Society.
“It would be difficult to adequately describe the influence Mort had on multiple generations of cartoonists, not to mention caricaturists. Virtually any professional cartoonist will light up at the mention of his name and praise his work,” the organization said on Thursday. “Mort was a true master of the craft of visual storytelling, and his work transcended the boundaries of the different applications of the comic medium. He could do it all, from realistic comic book work to the silliest of cartoons to everything in between.”
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Drucker began drawing for Mad magazine back in 1956 and over six decades became known for depicting a slew of famous stars of film,...
- 4/9/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Mort Drucker, whose instantly recognizable TV and movie caricatures were a beloved 55-year Mad magazine staple that included parodies such as “Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid,” “Rosemia’s Boo-Boo,” “The Odd Father,” “The Way We Bore,” “Star Blecch” and “How Lame Is Earl,” died Wednesday at his home in Woodbury, Long Island, N.Y. He was 91.
His death was announced by his friend, the cartoonist John Reiner, and the National Cartoonists Society. No cause of death was given, but Covid-19 is not suspected.
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“The incomparable Mort Drucker passed away last night,” the Society said in a tweeted statement. “The World has lost a not just an extraordinary talent but a shining example of kindness,...
His death was announced by his friend, the cartoonist John Reiner, and the National Cartoonists Society. No cause of death was given, but Covid-19 is not suspected.
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“The incomparable Mort Drucker passed away last night,” the Society said in a tweeted statement. “The World has lost a not just an extraordinary talent but a shining example of kindness,...
- 4/9/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Trailers From Hell readers, as well as all film fans in the Los Angeles area, are getting a special treat this coming Friday evening, when Joe Dante’s marvelous 2010 3D thriller The Hole screens at the Tcl Chinese Theaters.
The event marks the official launch of the new multimedia brand Untold Horror which, according to the project’s press release, “was conceived as a brand dedicated to answering the question that genre fans often ask: ‘Whatever happened to that movie?’ The documentary series will explore the tantalizing projects that were announced but died in development hell, uncover the compelling unannounced projects by our favorite artists that fans have never heard about, and discover just what it would take to bring some of them back to life.”
All of which makes The Hole a perfect jewel with which to introduce a project with such a trajectory, being itself a movie which was highly anticipated,...
The event marks the official launch of the new multimedia brand Untold Horror which, according to the project’s press release, “was conceived as a brand dedicated to answering the question that genre fans often ask: ‘Whatever happened to that movie?’ The documentary series will explore the tantalizing projects that were announced but died in development hell, uncover the compelling unannounced projects by our favorite artists that fans have never heard about, and discover just what it would take to bring some of them back to life.”
All of which makes The Hole a perfect jewel with which to introduce a project with such a trajectory, being itself a movie which was highly anticipated,...
- 11/25/2018
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
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