AL JAFFEE -MAD MAGAZINE
I always loved the color of Al Jaffee's work from MAD Magazine. Some people work better in different mediums and for Al I think he's always enjoyed working with color. Out of all the MAD artist he stands out to me as the most consistent. Sure there have been some really great MAD Front Covers by all kinds of artists, but for me his name stand out them most.
I enjoy the white surrounding the characters so much. The water provides the animals siloquets to read so well. The little details he add has such flavor that reminds me of pointillism. Al Jaffee is obviously remembered most for the Mad-Fold-Ins which is like two paintings in one.
I wonder how the black line on the characters is drawn so it does not bleed with the color here. This looks like it might have been down in water color? Funny story that all the animals think his feet are gross. I ran across some originals of his and found out he worked really big to get all this detail in. (From MAD Gross out issue 1988.)
I wish Mad TV would some how use Mad Magazine artwork, comedy?
