Monday MADness: MAD #14!

MAD #14, the Al Jaffee tribute issue, dropped last week… if you can find a place to buy it that is. Almost all the material inside is either reprinted work done by Al, written by Al and drawn by another artist, drawn by Al and written by another writer, or new pieces done as an homage to Al and Al inspired features. Here’s the contents:

• Cover (Writer: Al Jaffee, Artist: Sam Viviano)
• Interior Cover (Al Jaffee)
• Stinky Old Miner’s Feet* (Dave Manak, Al Jaffee) MAD #214, Apr 1980
• The Space Age Razor Race* (Al Jaffee, Idea: John Wick.. not that John Wick) MAD #208, July 1979
• MAD’s Amazing Two-In-One Products (Kerry Callen) 
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Health Spa* (Dick DeBartolo, Al Jaffee, Colors: Nathan Lane) MAD #264, July 1986
• A MAD Look at Al Jaffee (Sergio Aragonés, colors: Carrie Strachan)
• An Editorial Note About the Following Article!* (Al Jaffee) MAD #172, Jan 1975
• MAD Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems* (Al Jaffee) MAD #172, Jan 1975
• A MAD Guide to Radical Self-Improvement (Tom Bunk)
• “Bullbit”* (Al Jaffee, Mort Drucker) MAD #127, June 1979
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• MAD’s Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions* (Al Jaffee) MAD #89, Oct 1965
• The Television Studio* (Al Jaffee) MAD #102, April 1966
• The Potrzebie Maneuver* (John Ficarra, Al Jaffee, colors: Nathan Lane) MAD #256, July 1985
• One Night in the City* (Al Jaffee, Jack Davis) MAD #199, Oct 1965
• Cheat Your Way to Olympic Gold! (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond)
• Natural Perspirer* (Larry Siegel, Al Jaffee) MAD #102, April 1966
• Letters! (The Editors)
• Fun with Unsuspecting Strangers (Jon Adams)
• An Architectural Triumph* (Al Jaffee) MAD #164, Jan 1974
• Trademark Graffiti (Desmond Devlin, Ed Steckley)
• Snappy Answers to Existential Questions (Desmond Devlin, Johnny Sampson)
• Some Useful MAD Gadgets for… Slob-Proofing Your Home* (Al Jaffee) MAD #185, Sept 1976
• Al Jaffee Gets Gross* (Al Jaffee, colors: Nathan Kane) MAD #330, Sept 1994
• Here’s to You, Mr. Jaffee! (artist: Tom Richmond)
• The MAD Fold-in*** (Al Jaffee)
• Drawn Out Dramas (aka Marginals)**** (Sergio Aragonés)
• Back Cover: Gnucci Mants Ad Parody (Rebecca Bohanan, Suzy Hutchinson)

I did two pieces in this issue. I shared the caricature of Al a week or two ago. I’ll share the “Olympic” piece I did with Des tomorrow.

ISSUE NOTES:

* Denotes Reprinted Material either from previous issues or other MAD publications as noted

** This is Al’s very first “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions”!

*** This is a NEW Fold-in. Al drew this back in 2014 in anticipation of his retirement. The FINAL AL JAFFEE FOLD-IN.

**** Marginals that appear on new features are new, reprinted material features the marginals that appeared in the original printing.