***SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE***INTERVIEW WITH AL JAFFEE IN NEW YORK WEDS, JANUARY 21, 7:00 PM. $10 (CHEAP!)***

New York, January 18, 2009

From Danny Fingeroth:

Admission AT THE DOOR ONLY for the AL JAFFEE interview at the YIVO Institute THIS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21 AT 7:00 PM has been reduced to $10 (“CHEAP!,” as the cover to MAD MAGAZINE proclaims about its price).

All you have to do is say the secret word: “FOLD-IN.”

YIVO’s “Comics and the Jewish American Dream” interview series (moderated by DANNY FINGEROTH) kicks off WEDS. JAN 21 at 7:00 pm with:

"The MAD, MAD, MAD (Jewish) World of AL JAFFEE"

About AL JAFFEE:
Raised in Savannah, Georgia, Lithuania, and the Bronx, AL JAFFEE (born in 1921) was in the first graduating class at New York's High School of Music and Art. JAFFEE then worked as an editor, writer and artist for Stan Lee at Timely (later Marvel) Comics during the 1940s. In 1955, JAFFEE joined “the Usual Gang of Idiots” at MAD MAGAZINE, where he’s been a mainstay ever since, entertaining generations with his "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" and "Mad Fold-Ins." Join us as JAFFEE provides snappy answers to provocative questions about his art and life, including his new book, TALL TALES (Abrams).

About DANNY FINGEROTH:
Series curator and moderator DANNY FINGEROTH, a longtime writer and editor at Marvel Comics, has spoken about comics at the Smithsonian Institution and The New School. He’s the author of DISGUISED AS CLARK KENT: JEWS COMICS, AND THE CREATION OF THE SUPERHERO (Continuum) and THE ROUGH GUIDE TO GRAPHIC NOVELS (Penguin).

Wednesday, January 21, 7:00
The YIVO Institute For Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street / New York, NY 10011

***THE CHEAP DEAL IS AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE DOOR. JUST SAY “FOLD-IN.”***

FOR ADVANCE TICKETS: Call 212-868-4444 or visit WWW.SMARTTIX.
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Series Continues With
JULES FEIFFER: Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 P.M.
HARVEY PEKAR: Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 P.M.