He folded up at 99 years old!!
Wow! An achievement in itself!
Loved Mad Magazine when I was a kid.
I had very early issues when the cover had the red frame - early 2-digit issues. (My mom threw them out.)
Some of those Fold-Ins were had to make out before you folded them. I was kinda fussy about the condition of my magazines. I always held the fold points together very gingerly, without creasing the page.
Al gets a nod from Stephen Colbert.
https://youtu.be/DSjferdRkis
Sad indeed!
(https://townsquare.media/site/838/files/2023/04/attachment-mad-fold-this-book-book-al-jaffee.jpg?w=1200&h=0&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89)
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Quote from: Monsters For Sale on April 11, 2023, 01:24:10 AMSome of those Fold-Ins were had to make out before you folded them. I was kinda fussy about the condition of my magazines. I always held the fold points together very gingerly, without creasing the page.
Those Fold-In back covers are the bane of present day
Mad magazine collectors. The Fold-Ins started in the spring of 1964 and because of them
Mad issues dating back to 1956 are easier to find in higher grades than issues from later in 1964 through to the 1970's!
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