Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for May 21, 2023

Did Grandpa know MAD when it was a comic book? I did.

Not to be confused with MADD.

Richard Pyror once commented that if you are on fire and running down the street people will get out of your way.

Are kids still taught “Stop, drop, and roll”?

Al Jaffee was 102 when he died last month.

102 years – quite a long life!

Nice tribute. Al did some good work. I attribute all my wise-assery skills to the “usual gang of idiots” at Mad which would have served me well if I had grown up on the streets of New York. It didn’t work at all in Sunday School.

“No, I’m saving a bundle on cremation costs!”

“No, I’m just seeing if I’m flammable… Or is it inflammable?”

“Yes, come try to smother it with a big hug!”

So now we know the lead time on this strip.

LOL!

I recently downloaded the complete MAD magazine set. Reading them from first to last.

Of course, REAL comic/cartoon historians know that Al Jaffe was just stealing a concept first used by Rube Goldberg in his “Foolish Questions” panel, all the way back in 1908, predating his more famous “Inventions” strips by four years………

Too bad we can’t do an online fold-in. Unless…