Tall Tales was an innovative newspaper strip syndicated internationally by the "New York Herald Tribune "from 19571963. Whereas newspaper strips are square, single-panel or multiple-panel horizontal gag cartoons, Al Jaffee, known for the Fold-In in "MAD "Magazine, once again altered the format of his work to create a vertical stripthe first, and last, in newspaper history. Tall Tales contains the best 120 wordless strips out of over 2,200, scanned from the original files. The book features a new preface by Jaffee and an introduction by Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report."" Al Jaffee is the cartoonist s cartoonist. He s a pioneer in every field, from comic books to book illustration to magazine cartoons. The worst thing about Jaffee is that every time I do a drawing, I find out he s done it before . and better.

""Sergio Aragones, cartoonist"""""" This collection proves that not only has Al Jaffee always been funny, he s always been disturbed. "" Stephen Colbert, from his introduction"".