Martin, KarenBorn in Tranquility, Ohio to Estel and Norma Barnes (Hemmings) on November 03, 1948. She passed peacefully on May 11, 2025 at 11.09 p.m.

Mad magazine had its beginnings in 1947, when publisher Maxwell Gaines’ death in an upstate New York boating accident left his Educational Comics company to his 25-year-old son, William Gaines.

A documentary on Mad Magazine is in the works from R.J. Cutler's The Machine, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and DC.

Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, DC and R.J. Cutler’s production hub This Machine are developing a documentary about the iconic Mad magazine. Oscar-and Emmy-winning director Jessica Yu ...

In 1955, Jaffee began freelancing for Mad Magazine —then just three years old—and he continued to contribute until he retired at age 99 in 2020.

It was in 1964 that Mr. Jaffee created the Mad Fold-In, an illustration-with-text feature on the inside of the magazine’s back cover that seemed at first glance to deliver a straightforward message.

Former Mad magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102. Jaffee, one of the magazine's longest contributors, had delighted millions of kids with such fixtures as the Fold-In and ...

NEW YORK — Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to … ...

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions ...

Al was MAD Magazine’s longest running contributor, creator of the MAD Fold-In, and a charter member of “The Usual Gang of Idiots.” His signature style and wit will be MADly missed. pic ...

Al Jaffee, a cartoonist who folded in when the trend in magazine publishing was to fold out, thereby creating one of Mad magazine’s most recognizable and enduring features, died on Monday. He ...

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.