Comments on: Al Jaffee’s MAD Magazine Fold-Ins

By: Alannah

Alannah — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:12:26 +0000

Am I the only one who could never get them to fold properly and was left feeling stupid?

Yes, yes, I see that I am..

(leaves,whisteleing.)

By: Barbwire

Barbwire — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:07:41 +0000

I loved MAD. 1964 was the first presidential election I could vote in. Goldwater and Johnson–what a choice!

By: daggerphish

daggerphish — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:42:28 +0000

i never had the heart to fold the covers all the way…i didnt want creases on my magazines. so instead i would guess. it never worked

By: Eddy Fox

Eddy Fox — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:43:03 +0000

I find this neat but at the same time kinda creepy that when folded someone stares at you

By: cohnsey

cohnsey — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:19:08 +0000

I always looked forward to reading those fold-ins as a kid. Great art work definitely went in to each fold-in. Good post as it brought back some memories.

By: Thespian24601

Thespian24601 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:31:51 +0000

When I was a kid I would just go in and fold the back covers, and leave them like that haha.

By: kinomozg

kinomozg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:15:30 +0000

Beck has a great music video about this
I love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK7GsFF8KR0

By: xander

xander — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:56:54 +0000

I used to love those things.

By: adriano518

adriano518 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:52:17 +0000

oh man mad was wonderful as a child i remember before i used the internet it was the only time i saw tits other than the random times that my house got cinamax for free or found some vhs tape in my basment that belonged to my grandfather

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:35:22 +0000

Ahhh flash fold-in’s….my childhood memories are flooding back. I also had a subsciption to Cracked and CARtoons…anyone else remember CARtoons?

http://www.georgetrosley.com/cartoons.html

By: Yosh

Yosh — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:42:46 +0000

Great link! I especially liked Jaffee’s shout out to Charles Schulz. Some heavy political commentary as well…the “Cannon Fodder” fold-in reminded me of Eugene McDaniel’s song “Headless Heroes” from the mid-70s (from which the Beastie Boys used a sample for “Get it Together”…sorry for the music nerd tangent).

By: luke

luke — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:31:41 +0000

Fold-ins are awesome, someone should write a fold-in flash app for websites