I mentioned here the other day that with the passing of Ken Bald, the title of "World's Oldest Comic Artist" is up for grabs again and my guess was that the honor now belonged to Bob Fujitani.
That was a good guess. It was wrong but it was a good guess since almost all online sources say Fujitani was born in 1920 and the next likely contender, Al Jaffee, was born in 1921. Well, it turns out that almost all online sources about Mr. Fujitani are apparently wrong. Fujitani told an interviewer for Alter Ego that he was born October 15, 1921. Jaffee was born March 13, 1921.
So unless there's someone we haven't thought of…or unless one of those two men fibbed around his age, Al Jaffee is the World's Oldest Comic Artist. He's 212 days older than Bob Fujitani and still drawing for MAD, though I'm told he missed an upcoming issue. Anyone got someone older?