What are you doing reading a website? You can’t fold in a website! Not like how Al Jaffee, MAD Magazine artist and writer extraordinaire did when he created the world famous Mad Magazine Fold-Ins! 

To celebrate the release of the MAD Fold-In Collection, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (594 Broadway, Suite 401, btwn. Houston and Prince Sts.), Jaffee himself will be on a panel to talk about the origins and development of this unique artform on Thursday, February 23, 2012.

Also appearing with Jaffee will be:

• MAD Art Director Sam Viviano, who has been personally involved with many of Al’s Fold-Ins
• MAD writers Arie Kaplan
• MAD artist Arnold Roth
• moderator Danny Fingeroth
• and some super-special surprise guests

So join "Usual Gang of Idiots" for an evening of revelry and memories of crumpled magazines.  Hey, can't be worse than Up The Accademy.

The MAD Fold-In Collection will be on sale at the event, courtesy of publisher Chronicle Books, including a few rare sets of The MAD Fold-In Collection: Gift Pack, featuring a special limited edition bookplate signed by Al Jaffee, retailing for the same price as the regular version of the Collection.

About the Panelists:

• Al Jaffee is the creator of some of MAD’s most popular features, most notably the Fold-In and “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.” His work first appeared in the magazine in 1955, and he has since won a Reuben Award, a National Cartoonists Society Advertising and Illustration Award, and a Humor Comic Book Award.
  
  A biography, Al Jaffee’s Mad Life, was published in 2010. Written by Mary-Lou Weisman, it includes more than 70 new illustrations by Jaffee. Despite repeated requests, Jaffee refuses to retire, and is frighteningly active, including still doing the Fold-Ins for MAD.
  
  
• Sam Viviano began illustrating for MAD in 1980. Over the following two decades, he became one of the “Usual Gang of Idiots,” doing everything from movie parodies and comic strip rip-offs to digitally-created cover illustrations.
  
  In a desperate attempt to get his artwork out of the pages of the magazine, in 1998 the editors suggested that Viviano get a Real Job. He is currently Art Director of MAD.
  
  
• Arie Kaplan is a MAD Magazine writer, and author of From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books, for which he interviewed Al Jaffee, among many others. As a comic book writer, Arie has written for DC Comics, Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, IDW Publishing, and Papercutz.
  
  He has written video games, including one based on the hit TV series, House. His website is www.ariekaplan.com.
  
  
• Arnold Roth has done cover art for albums by Dave Brubeck, Louis Prima, and Pete Seeger. Arnold’s work has appeared in and on TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and The New Yorker. Arnold was introduced to Harvey Kurtzman’s MAD by Brubeck’s Paul Desmond and was part of Kurtzman’s Trump, Humbug and Help.
  
  He was a regular contributor to the National Lampoon, and, for 20 years, to Punch. His books include Arnold Roth: Free Lance; Poor Arnold’s Almanac, and The Collected Humbug (all from Fantagraphics Books). 

For more information, call: 212-254-3511
or go to: www.moccany.org

Al Jaffee -- Mad Magazine Artist Celebration
Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway, Suite 401, btwn. Houston and Prince Sts.
New York, NY

The Social Music Summit, an annual event celebrating innovation and creativity in the music business, will take place Febrary 22^nd - 23^rd at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Hosted by Digital Media Wire online magazine, the Summit brings together both some of the biggest names from the music and technology industries together with those with an in-the-trenches perspective, including entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, musicians, top journalists, and organizations who work to further foster innovation.

"The launch of Social Music Summit at DMFE is especially exciting as… the event features a diverse array of speakers ranging from some of the hottest start-ups from the 'new' music industry to the senior most executives from established entertainment companies and top brands." said Ned Sherman, founder and CEO of Digital Media Wire.

The event is the industry's most comprehensive digital music conference focused on the evolution and future of digital music. Featuring senior participants from major labels, leading indie labels, social networks, online music retailers, mobile companies, artists and association heads. Keynotes, discussions and panels on topics including mobile apps, music and social web, music, money and innovation, music in the cloud, online video, digital innovation, investments, the digital copyright debates, rights management, live music, touring & concerts, social networking and building music community will also be featured over the weekend.

Among the many incredible discussions and presentations taking place are:

"Spotify and the New Artist Revenue" with Spotify's Content and Distribution guru Sachin Doshi 

"Gamifying Music and Culture" with Red Light Management’s Matt Ringel will discuss with Marc Ruxin, Founder and CEO of TastemakerX 

"Developing Non-Popular Music & Catalog Content for the 21st Century" With industry icon, legendary record label executive and NEA Jazz Master, George Avakian

A “fireside chat” on reform copyright with Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel William Patry and  Jim Griffin, Managing Director of OneHouse 

So come and see as music industry insiders and top digerati converge for 2 days of demos, live music, panels and networking in an event that is an absolute must for anyone looking to make it in the rapidly evolving world of music or technology!

For more information, check out http://digitalmusicforum.com/east/.

Social Music Summit
February 22-23, 2012

Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280