Al Jaffee is one of the most prominent and longtime contributors to MAD magazine. He began his comic career in 1941 as the writer/artist of the 'Inferior Man' feature for Quality Comics. He then moved over to Timely, where he did features like 'Ziggy Pig and Silly Sealfeature', and edited humor and teenage titles. Jaffee eventually joined Harvey Kurtzman at Mad Magazine in 1955. Jaffee decided to follow Kurtzman to expand his humorous horizons. His writing was sharp, snappy and brilliantly satiric. His artwork was direct with considerable time devoted to the humorous effect. He invented the 'Mad Fold-in' in 1964 and had many pocketbooks published, most notably his collection of 'Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions'. Jaffee continues to produce lots of advertising work and children's book illustrations.
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