Clods' Letters To Mad

by Al Jaffee

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Allan Jaffee was an American cartoonist. He was notable for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is its longest-running contributor. In a 2010 interview, Jaffee said, "Serious people my age are dead."
With a career running from 1942 until 2020, Jaffee holds the Guinness World Record for having the longest career as a comic artist. In the half-century between April 1964 and April 2013, only one issue of Mad was published without containing new material by Jaffee.
In 2008, Jaffee was honored by the Reuben Awards as the Cartoonist of the Year. Cartoonist Arnold Roth of The New Yorker said, "Al Jaffee is one of the great cartoonists of our time." Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz wrote, "Al can cartoon anything."

Reviews

[Michael P.]

This is a brief, funny collection of letters to Mad Magazine along with snappy responses from the editors. Some of the humor is hit or miss, but the illustrations are always top notch. One quibble: although Al Jaffee is credited as the author, there are a lot of illustrations from other Mad artists.

[itchy]

got a lot of self-portraits of then current mad artists, what a treat!