Al Jaffee Blows His Mind #AE1190

A Signet paperback collection from 1983, this Al Jaffee treasury delivers exactly what the cover promises: a wild-eyed cartoon figure perched atop a detonator, his head erupting in a spectacular burst of rays, smoke, and assorted debris while he grins with gleeful abandon. Jaffee's linework is as loose and energetic as ever, turning the simple gag of a man literally blowing his own mind into a wonderfully chaotic visual. If the tagline "…and so will you with this bomb of a book" sets the tone, the cover art makes a convincing case all on its own.