R.I.P. Al Jaffee, the Fold-In cartoon king of Mad Magazine
Upon his return to the States, he attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City, where he met many of’s original Gang of Idiots: Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein, John Severin, and Will Elder, all attended high school with him. Unfortunately, cartooning was not allowed in their fine arts school, but that didn’t stop Jaffee, who sold his first comic toJaffee’s early career was filled with stories like this. After working with Eisner, he moved to Timely Comics, later known as Marvel.
There, he worked under a 19-year-old wiz kid named Stan Lee, who tossed him the script for the police spoof “Squad-Car Squad.” “If you can do this, you can work for me,” Jaffee recalls Lee’s challenge. He continued to work with Lee on numerous titles in Marvel’s pre-superhero pantheon, including “Ziggy Pig And Silly Seal” and “Patsy Walker,” which included one-page strips by Jaffee’s old schoolmate and futureeditor Harvey Kurtzman. The old friends stayed in touch.
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