TallTaleswasaninnovativenewspaperstripsyndicatedinternationallybytheNewYorkHeraldTribunefrom1957?“1963.Whereasnewspaperstripsaresquare,single-panelormultiple-panelhorizontalgagcartoons,AlJaffee,knownfortheFold-IninMADMagazine,onceagainalteredtheformatofhisworktocreateaverticalstrip—thefirst,andlast,innewspaperhistory.TallTalescontainsthebest120wordlessstripsoutofover2,200,scannedfromtheoriginalfiles.ThebookfeaturesanewprefacebyJaffeeandanintroductionbyStephenColbertofTheColbertReport.“AlJaffeeisthecartoonist’scartoonist.He’sapioneerineveryfield,fromcomicbookstobookillustrationtomagazinecartoons.TheworstthingaboutJaffeeisthateverytimeIdoadrawing,Ifindouthe’sdoneitbefore...andbetter.??—SergioAragonés,cartoonist“ThiscollectionprovesthatnotonlyhasAlJaffeealwaysbeenfunny,he’salwaysbeendisturbed.??—StephenColbert,fromhisintroduction