10 Facts About Frank Jacobs

Franklin Jacobs was an American author of satires, known primarily for his work in Mad, to which he contributed from 1957 to 2014.

In 2021, musical parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic told the Washington Post, “I absolutely devoured every issue [of Mad], and Frank Jacobs was a big reason for that obsession.

Frank Jacobs laid out the template for me — he irrevocably changed my DNA.

Frank Jacobs appeared in the sixth chapter of PBS' comedy documentary, Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America singing "Blue Cross", his own 1961 parody of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies".

Frank Jacobs established numerous recurring features in Mad, including fabricated obituaries for fictional characters from various genres, and the "Do-It-Yourself Newspaper Stories" which offer a series of fill-in-the-blank options.

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Frank Jacobs' writing is only lightly cynical, with more of an emphasis on wordplay, puns and gentle humor.

Frank Jacobs contributed to other magazines, including Oui, Playboy, Town and Country, New York, Sports Illustrated, Saturday Review, Punch and Signature.

At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, Frank Jacobs received the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing.

Frank Jacobs' work appears in most of the Mad reprint compilations.

Frank Jacobs wrote 13 paperback books of new material under the Mad brand name:.