Editing Al Jaffee (section)

===21st century===
Until 2019, Jaffee continued to do the Fold-In for ''Mad'', as well as additional artwork for articles. His last original Fold-In appeared in the June 2019 issue, which was one that had originally been rejected from the June 2013 issue due to sensitivity about [[gun violence]]. Since August 2019, ''Mad'' has been either reprinting old Fold-Ins or publishing new ones by Johnny Sampson. In December 2019, Al's original work was featured in the magazine for the last time. ''Mad''{{'}}s oldest regular contributor, Jaffee's work appeared in 500 of the magazine's first 550 issues, a total unmatched by any other writer or artist. He said, "I work for a magazine that's essentially for young people, and to have them keep me going, I feel very lucky&nbsp;... To use an old cliché, I'm like an old racehorse. When the other horses are running, I want to run too."<ref name=neil /> He retains the record for being longest tenured contributor to the history of Mad magazine.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gustines|first=George Gene|date=June 15, 2020|title=At 99, Al Jaffee Says Goodbye to Mad Magazine|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/business/media/al-jaffee-mad-magazine.html|access-date=June 16, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In August 2008, Jaffee was interviewed for an [[NY1]] feature about his career. He said, "It astonishes me that I still am functioning at a fairly decent level. Because there were a lot of dark days, but you have to reinvent yourself. You get knocked down and you pick up yourself and you move on."<ref name="ny1.com"/>

A four-volume hardcover boxed set, ''The Mad Fold-In Collection: 1964–2010'', was published by Chronicle Books in September 2011, {{ISBN|978-0811872850}}.

Jaffee announced in June 2020 that he would be retiring. To honor this, ''Mad'' published a tribute issue that month.<ref name="retire">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/06/al-jaffee-mad-magazine-retires/ |title=''Mad'' Magazine Legend Al Jaffee Retires at Age 99 After a Record-Breaking Career |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2020 |last=Cavna |first=Michael}}</ref>