Al Jaffee (b. 1921)
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Notes:
Source of some of the Who's Who in American Comic Books data imported here came from Jaffee himself with some corrections, via Jim Amash in 2005.
Jerry Bails suggested to compare (c.f.) the A. Jay pen name used by Jaffee with the work only initialed as A. J. which appeared on comics at Hillman.
Additional biographical information:
- A Gallery of Rogues: Cartoonists' Self-Caricatures (Billy Ireland Cartoon Library) (1998) by Robert C. Harvey
- Cartoonist PROfiles (Jud Hurd, 1969 series) #4 (December 1969) and #41 (March 1979)
- The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #225 (July 2000)
- World Encyclopedia of Comics (Chelsea House Publishers) (1976) and (1998)
- (obituary) The Washington Post, "Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s cartoon maestro, dies at 102" by Ali Bahrampour, April 10, 2023 at 5:10 p.m. EDT
He received the National Cartoonists Society Best Advertising and Illustration award in 1973.
Worked in syndication on:
- Debbie Deere daily and Sunday (McNaught Syndicate) as a writer from 1966 to 1969
- Jason daily ? or Sunday ? (unknown syndicate) as a writer from 1971 to sometime beyond 1974 [May have been solicited but never picked up by any syndicate. Not the same as the 1945 to 1947 Prize comic book feature.]
- Tall Tales (New York Herald-Tribune) as a writer and artist from 1958 to 1965
He was the creator of the Mad Fold-In (English) and various characters/features, including Ziggy Pig, Silly Seal, Waldo, and Ferdie.
Additional notes on his career:
• Jaffee did support work as an editor for Marvel (Timely) from 1948 to 1949.
• His work on the feature Wun Wing Spin for Hillman in 1942, may have been through Ed Cronin's packaging service.
• Jaffee did miscellaneous scripts for Dan De Carlo and others while as an editor at Marvel (Timely), per Bails' Who's Who, circa 1949 to circa 1953, details of all the stories done are not fully known.
• From 1964 to 1966, Jaffee assisted on the Little Annie Fanny (English) feature that appeared in Playboy (Playboy, 1953 series).
• Jaffee did pencil and ink cartoon work for satire magazines, dates and details of what is not yet fully known.
Name:
- Al Jaffee
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Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Al Family name: Jaffee
Other Names:
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Jaffee
Type: Common Alternative Name
Family name: Jaffee -
Abraham Jaffee
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Abraham Family name: Jaffee -
Allan Jaffee
Type: Changed Name
Given name: Allan Family name: Jaffee
Signatures:
- A. A. Jaffee [generic]
- A. J. [generic]
- A. Jaffee [generic]
- A. Jay [generic]
- A. Jay
- AJ [generic]
- Al Jaffee [generic]
- Al Jaffee [with head drawing]
- Allan Jaffee [generic]
- Benn Ogen [generic]
- J [generic]
- Jaffee [generic]
- Jaffee
Awards:
- 1971: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Special Features Division
- 1973: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Advertising and Illustration Division
- 1975: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Special Features Division
- 1979: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Humor Comic Book Division
- 2001: Harvey Award - Best Cartoonist
- 2007: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Cartoonist of the Year
- 2008: Inkpot Award - [no name]
- 2008: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Cartoonist of the Year
- 2009: Harvey Award - Special Award for Humor in Comics
- 2009: Harvey Award - Best Cartoonist
- 2013: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices
- 2016: Harvey Award - Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame Award
Relations:
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Employee of
- Grothkopf Studio (b. 1940)
Notes: Did pencils and inks for the studio during c.1942.
Schools:
Art Influences:
Al Jaffee (b. 1921) stated influences by:Memberships:
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National Cartoonist Society Type: member
Non Comics Works:
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Publication Title: Boys' Life (magazine) - Role: artist
Employer Name : Boy Scouts of America
Work Title: unknown
Notes: Worked on the title for 25 years. -
Publication Title: Funny Jokes and Foxy Riddles (book) - Role: artist - Year: 1968
Employer Name : Golden Press
Notes: Mass-market paperback with whiter stock paper used in the interior pages instead of newsprint. Writer and artist. Jokes and cartoon-like illustrations by Jaffee. -
Publication Title: The Goulish Book of Weird Records (book) - Role: writer - Year: 1979
Employer Name : New American Library / Signet
Work Title: unknown -
Publication Title: unknown (magazine) - Role: artist - Years: 1969 - 1970
Employer Name : Benson & Hedges
Work Title: advertising -
Publication Title: unknown (magazine) - Role: artist - Year: 1974
Employer Name : The Electric Company
Work Title: advertising
Notes: fold-in -
Publication Title: World's Best Science Fiction (book) - Role: artist - Year: 1977
Employer Name : DAW
Work Title: unknown -
Publication Title: [television and magazines] (advertising) - Role: artist - Years: 1969 - 1970
Employer Name : unknown
Work Title: unknown
Notes: Jaffe did other advertising for TV and magazines from 1969 to 1970, aside from Benson & Hedges, further details not known.
