R.I.P. Al Jaffee

[Dub]

I somehow missed this last week. Jaffee was a huge influence on me in my early teens.

Here is a gift article from the Washington Post. ==> From Mad’s Al Jaffee, a beautiful blend of intelligence and irreverence

[howard lee]

I loved reading Mad. Jaffee was one of my heroes, and I always liked seeing the little drawings in the margins that were done by Sergio Aragonés. I would say that magazine certainly colored my perspective growing up. Retired at 99. That's a fruitful life and a good, good run.

Jaffee's final fold-in.

[jdd2]

Apr 19, 2023 5:21:57 GMT -5 howard lee said:

... Sergio Aragonés. ...

I stumbled across two 'books' of his stuff, collections of 3-4 panel sequences, and were for ESL students, who, looking at those, the task would then be to describe/write about/narrate what was happening.

www.springesl.com/product/comics-and-conversation-using-humor-to-elicit-conversation-and-develop-vocabulary-more/

That's the second, the first was just Comics and Conversations.

[jdd2]

edit: that's the former japan prime minister (right), and his korean counterpart (left). The two countries have a rather tense relationship (to put it politely)/