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Very fun image by this brilliant and incredibly prolific artist! But ... Where's Waldo? 😸
Sad for his passing, but you have a great piece to always remember him by.
A great piece to remember an icon! Congrats!
Jaffee was brilliant and unique, as well as a huge part of many boys' childhoods. But I'm happy to know he lived what by all accounts was a very well lived life. Plus, when you are fortunate enough to live 102 years in relatively good health, you gotta be happy about that. A great piece which reminds me of the constant figure skating scandals that permeated the sport for so long!
Wonderful piece and tribute to Al Jaffee. Thanks for sharing, Michael.
Nice tribute piece and write up, thanks for sharing it.
Now that is funny. Great piece, Michael.
Great tribute to Mr Jaffee.
A beautiful piece to commemorate the life of a great man and artist. I was so sad to hear of Al Jaffee's passing, but 102 years of life is nothing to skate at, I mean sneeze at. Thank you so much for sharing. :-)
A wonderful memento of the man, as well as your passion for his work.
Beautiful piece, Michael, commemorating the life of someone who, I'll wager, touched us -all- with his wit, humor, and skill. He certainly makes "people watching" an Olympic event here... Even with the incredible detail and time invested into that crowd, I think my favorite thing here is the sepia-toned panel of judges; some really subtle shadings (although it looks like someone out of The Far Side snuck in on the left there... :) ). Thank you for sharing this piece with us to mark this occasion, Michael, and congrats on such a cool example from Mr. Al Jaffee.
(Do you ever get the temptation to fold it in, just to see if there's a secret message hidden somewhere?)
I used to try to figure out the fold-ins without actually folding them in as part of a misguided effort to keep my MADs in some semblance of mint condition. Stupid, I know.
HA! I (and, I'd wager, many others) would do the same thing! Then, once I was sure I "figured it out", I couldn't -not- fold it in to see exactly how it would look... :) Mr. Jaffee always got you in the end (and is probably the single biggest reason that the number of NM MADs is as low as whatever it is... :) ).
Back in the late 1990s I acquired a collection of around 40 MADs from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Nearly every single one of them had the fold-ins completely folded. Since this collection didn't cost me anything, I didn't mind that the condition of the magazines was far less than mint. In fact, I was actually kind of happy that the fold-ins had been folded since I was able to appreciate them as they were meant to be appreciated without needing to overcome my compulsion to try to keep things mint.
Ooh, this was the year the Canadians were robbed, eh? Nice tribute.
RIP
Excellent tribute piece.
For every Jaffee, have you heard, if humor's the game
Then paint stroke's the word
Don't skate with rhythm,
Don't skate with style
Russa thirsts for winnin',
Grab your vial uh
Hold your right hand out, give a firm handshake
Talk to me about Olympic break
Spread your gold bullion, both far and wide
Keep your contributions, buy Judge's side and
Jaffee, Jaffee
Could be a winner boy, you move money well
Jaffee, stroke me (stroke)
Jaffee, stroke these
Your water colors down
Jaffee, Jaffee
Say you're a winner but babe, you're just a sinner now
If Billy Squier had written music to accompany Al Jaffee art instead of making the video for "Rock Me Tonite," maybe he would have remained huge for all of the 1980s and beyond.
A nice homage to his life and art.
Wonderful art from a great artist! "The fix is in" isn't all that inaccurate. ;-)
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I read how one reason that Bill Gaines enjoyed Al Jaffee's fold-ins was that collectors would often buy two copies of each issue: one to keep pristine and the other to do the fold-in.
That's a great anecdote about Gaines, and perfectly in keeping with everything I've read about him!
What a legend..must be because of reading my Brother's Mad's as a young kid...I remembered his name and work. Congrats on the great piece.
Great and FUN piece of art, Michael, and an awesome memento for you in memory of the late great Jaffee. Congrats!
Awesome<
RIP, Al.
What a memorable piece in your collection, man! A terrific memento from a legendary cartoonist!
Very cool tribute to Al Jaffee (RIP), perfect gag, congrats!
A fantastic piece that makes for a very fitting tribute. And oh, the crowd. Wonderful.
Hahahaha love it! Right under our noses all this time...
Such a classic!
Great piece! Remember this cover well!
