# The passing of Al Jaffee **URL:** \ **Category:** Media\ **Created:** [April 13, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498 "2023-04-13T04:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/1 "2023-04-13T04:31:07Z")
Al Jaffee, the cartoonist of Mad Magazine, died at age 102. I’m sure Dick DeBartolo will be saddened by the passing of his long time collaborator and friend. > **[Al Jaffee, record-breaking Mad Magazine cartoonist, dies age 102](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/al-jaffee-dies-intl-scli/index.html)** > > Award-winning and record-breaking cartoonist Al Jaffee, best known for his work with revered satirical publication Mad Magazine, has died. Colbert had a nice tribute to Al Jaffee on his show last night [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/twit/original/3X/3/b/3be42ebda5d9634ba84d57a515e23208730ae2b5.jpeg "Stephen Colbert Pays Tribute to Al Jaffee") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSjferdRkis) ---
**Author:** ![selovell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/selovell/32/16428_2.png) [@selovell](https://www.twit.community/u/selovell)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/2 "2023-04-13T05:25:24Z")
Thanks for the note, I had not heard. Very sad. ---
**Author:** ![big\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/big_d/32/1023_2.png) [@big\_D](https://www.twit.community/u/big_D)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/3 "2023-04-13T06:02:15Z")
He had a good innings, but still sad to be losing another talent. I’ve heard of Mad Magazine, but never seen it - it was never a thing in England, when I was growing up, or here in Germany, from what I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![PaulSK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/paulsk/32/16819_2.png) [@PaulSK](https://www.twit.community/u/PaulSK)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/4 "2023-04-13T15:14:43Z")
Used to get it regularly, but then Wakefield was a strange place used to enjoy Spy vs Spy ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/5 "2023-04-13T16:30:31Z")
> [@PaulSK](#): > > Spy vs Spy I remember playing the Spy vs Spy game on the C64 as a teen, it was pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![big\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/big_d/32/1023_2.png) [@big\_D](https://www.twit.community/u/big_D)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/6 "2023-04-13T17:57:46Z")
So did I, never knew it had a background. ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/7 "2023-04-13T18:32:58Z")
A fun cos play from [Spy vs. Spy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_vs._Spy) where I also learned it’s a decade older than me `Launch date Mad magazine #60 (Jan. 1961)` ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/twit/original/3X/a/a/aa6e1a1b0dd0d279f65ded81d6194e5ae4db58be.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Clayton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/clayton/32/711_2.png) [@Clayton](https://www.twit.community/u/Clayton)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/the-passing-of-al-jaffee/14498/8 "2023-04-13T18:37:06Z")
Before it closed in 1972, the London department store Gamages issued a regular Christmas catalogue, and I remember it containing something Mad-related, although whether it was the magazines, or toys, or figures, I just can’t recall. Memory keeps suggesting some kind of comic tableau with insane US-style street signs leaning at crazy angles, but I can’t bring back enough detail to get a proper picture. So we had definitely heard of Mad in 60s London.