We pause today to note the passing of Al Jaffee, a legendary illustrator who along with the rest of “the usual ididots” made Mad magazine such an important part of my youth. Jaffee was best known for the fold-in feature, which posed a question and let us all find the answer by folding the page in question just so.
From him and his cohorts I learned to love satire and to shun anyone who was afraid of it. The funny people are the smartest.
Jaffee was 102 years old when he died.