Al Jaffee Blows a Fuse

A pair of oversized, full-color comic magazines from New American Library, Al Jaffee Blows a Fuse collects the legendary Mad magazine cartoonist’s single-panel and multi-panel gag strips from the early 1980s. Known for his inventive, often mechanical gags and deadpan visual wit, Jaffee fills these issues with his signature brand of absurdist humor, from elaborate inventions to sly social commentary. Though short-lived, the series offers a concentrated dose of one of the great American humorists at the peak of his craft.