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[Sqeggs]

97 years old today!

[Sqeggs]

[Robot Man]

Don't even go there Tony... I've had more bad news already this year than I can deal with

I LOVE Al Jaffee! Being a MAD fan, his stuff has always jumped out at me. Met him a couple of times. Very cool and funny guy. 97, Wow good for him!

[EC ed]

There is a really cool story about Bill Gaines' initial reaction to the "fold-in" idea. I love it....this is a quote from Jaffee:

"I showed it to Al Feldstein, and the first thing I said was, 'Al, I've got this crazy idea, and you're not going to buy it, because it mutilates the magazine.' So I put it in front of him, and the thing about Al was, he liked things that intrigued him. The mechanics of it intrigued him. He said, 'You mean, you fold it, like this . . . ? And then . . . ?' He folded it, he unfolded it, he folded it, and then he said, 'I like this!' But I said, 'Al, it mutilates the magazine.' And he said, 'Well, I'll have to check it with Bill.' He takes it, runs it to Bill's office, and he was there a little while, and he comes back and he says, 'We're going to do it! You know what Bill said? Bill said, "So they mutilate the magazine, and then they'll buy another one to save!"'

Genius. 

[Point Five]

I saw him at a convention panel a few years back and he was awesome. He had everyone laughing telling tales of his adventures in the early comics industry. He seemed oldish, but definitely not that old!

Happy birthday, Al!

 

[Arkadin]

OK, not really Golden Age, but they'll do to celebrate Al on his birthday.

 

[Zolnerowich]

22 hours ago, EC ed said:

There is a really cool story about Bill Gaines' initial reaction to the "fold-in" idea. I love it....this is a quote from Jaffee:

"I showed it to Al Feldstein, and the first thing I said was, 'Al, I've got this crazy idea, and you're not going to buy it, because it mutilates the magazine.' So I put it in front of him, and the thing about Al was, he liked things that intrigued him. The mechanics of it intrigued him. He said, 'You mean, you fold it, like this . . . ? And then . . . ?' He folded it, he unfolded it, he folded it, and then he said, 'I like this!' But I said, 'Al, it mutilates the magazine.' And he said, 'Well, I'll have to check it with Bill.' He takes it, runs it to Bill's office, and he was there a little while, and he comes back and he says, 'We're going to do it! You know what Bill said? Bill said, "So they mutilate the magazine, and then they'll buy another one to save!"'

Genius. 

Great story! Thanks for sharing.

[Sqeggs]

As a kid, I always folded up the fold-ins.  And, no, I never bought a second copy after mutilating the first!

[MusterMark]

On 3/15/2018 at 12:24 PM, Sqeggs said:

As a kid, I always folded up the fold-ins.  And, no, I never bought a second copy after mutilating the first!

If one folded them very very carefully, it was possible to get the folded image without creating creases!