Wings - Mad magazine cartoonist Jack Davis

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Wings - Mad magazine cartoonist Jack Davis

Postby Marsbar » Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:25 pm

Source - BBC News

Cartoonist Jack Davis, the "long-time legendary" artist on the US magazine Mad, has died at the age of 91.

Davis, who also created posters for films such as The Long Goodbye and Bananas, was one of the founding artists on the publication in 1952.

He contributed to the magazine for several decades, drawing many portraits of its mascot Alfred E Neuman.

Mad art director Sam Viviano said Davis' "immediately recognisable style revolutionised comic illustration".

'One of the greats'

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A spokesman for the magazine, which began as a comic book in 1952, said a list of his "most legendary pieces would run to several pages in length".

He added: "Among his most iconic parodies from Mad's comic book days are of The Lone Ranger and High Noon.

"From the magazine, his notable parodies include spoofs of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gone with the Wind, and M*A*S*H."

The magazine's editor John Ficarra said there "wasn't anything Jack couldn't do".

"Front covers, caricatures, sports scenes, monsters - his comedic range was just incredible.
"His ability to put energy and motion into his drawings, his use of cross-hatching and brush work, and his bold use of colour made him truly one of the greats."
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