Al Jaffee's Mad (Yecch!) Monstrosities #74-099

Al Jaffee brings his singular wit to this 1974 Warner Books paperback collection, *Mad (Yecch!) Monstrosities*, promising "other revolting tales" from the "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" kid himself. The cover, drawn and inked entirely by Jaffee, depicts a hapless, bewildered figure seated between two bickering lab-coat types — one monstrous and one decidedly human — surrounded by bubbling, brain-like specimens floating in a chaotic laboratory atmosphere. It's the perfect introduction to Jaffee's gleefully grotesque sense of humor, all rendered with the loose, expressive linework that made him a MAD magazine staple.