The Mad Book of Magic and Other Dirty Tricks

From 1970, MAD magazine veteran Al Jaffee assembled two issues of The Mad Book of Magic and Other Dirty Tricks for New American Library, a pocket-sized collection of satirical how-to gags and absurdist pranks. Blending Jaffee’s signature fold-in style with instructional parody, these books skewered everything from stage magic to everyday mischief, offering readers a mischievous, illustrated guide to the art of the dirty trick. Though brief, the series stands as a playful artifact of Jaffee’s long-running MAD tenure, capturing the era’s irreverent humor in a compact, gag-packed format.