MAD MAGAZINE #202 "MAD FOLD-IN" PAINTING ORIGINAL ART BY AL JAFFEE.
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#242 - Session 2
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Item Description
20x25.75" illustration board. Art was published in MAD Magazine #202 in Oct. 1978. Art is by longtime MAD cartoonist Al Jaffee (1921-2023) and shows a motel glowing in the dark. Text block stat at upper left reads "What Kind Of Competition Is Giving Motel Owners The Jitters?" Opposite corner shows painted image illustrating how to fold "Fold-In". Text block at bottom reveals answer when folded, reading "Make-Out Vans" w/folded image revealing a van with Lovemobile at top of windshield. Jaffee has signed at lower right. Top center has additional pasted text stats. Strip of tape staining to top and bottom margins w/some scattered aging around pasted stats. Also included are two production overlays (one detached) with an amberlith mat, and another with type color break instructions. Lt. aging/wear. VF overall, but image area remains clean and Exc. Formerly from the Mad Magazine Archives. Nice example of one of MAD's most iconic features by one of the MADdest of the MAD staff.
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