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Jack Davis, 'MAD' Magazine Cartoonist, Dies at 91
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| July 27, 2016
| Graeme McMillan
Posted on 07/27/2016 8:17:10 PM PDT by Beowulf9
The veteran illustrator also provided covers for 'TV Guide' and poster artwork for 'The Long Goodbye' and 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.'
Jack Davis, a cartoonist and illustrator best known for being one of the founders of MAD Magazine, has died, the humor publication confirmed Wednesday. He was 91.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: humor; illustrator; mad; madmagazine; magazine; obamanation; obituary
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:17:10 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
The artist who drew “It’s a World, World, World, World, MAD” will be greatly missed.
Thank you for bringing a note of sanity into a crazed world. You made survival possible for lots of us.
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:20:47 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: elcid1970
The more I reflect on reading MAD during my youth - the more profound that magazine becomes...
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:22:36 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Beowulf9
Al was a good man!
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:23:49 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: 2banana
I still subscribe. The Donald issue last month was great!
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:24:32 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: 2banana
I think MAD’s heyday was in the 1960s & 1970s. They were deeply perceptive about society’s follies. Back then they were considered liberal; nowadays, they would be roaring conservative.
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:26:19 PM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: 2banana
I tried to get my 15 year old son interested in it. He doesn’t find it interesting. I still do.
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:26:57 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Beowulf9
Mad Magazine was a staple for me and an influence on my sometimes outrageous sense of humor growing up in Detroit.Who can forget Spy versus Spy and other satirical send-ups?
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:27:31 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: Beowulf9
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:28:40 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: blackdog
I recently bought a couple of copies of Mad from the sixties. Hilarious jokes on Beatniks and many many references to the then political arena, JFK before...
fascinating.
RIP Jack Davis. What an artist. What hilarity you provided me in my youth.
10
posted on
07/27/2016 8:30:10 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
I remember the movie spoofs, they were hilarious.
RIP Mr Davis
CGato
To: Beowulf9
MAD Magazine is undoubtedly the genesis of my warped and sarcastic sense of humor.
I recall reading about the Mad gang finding out their sole subscriber in the Dominican Republic dropped his subscription.
Al Jaffe, Dave Berg, and the others flew to the DR to convince the guy to renew his subscription.
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:31:27 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Trump IS the revolution)
To: blackdog
My 11 year old grandson showed me a copy of the great magazine he was reading. It was Mad Magazine. When I took it and started to fold the back cover, the look on his face was great. We were kids together as he showed me his favorite parts and we laughed together as equals.
THANK YOU MAD MAGAZINE!
To: Beowulf9
To: fella; All
So he was the one behind that style of cartoon.
What a Master...
Jack Davis
R.I.P.
MAD and Cracked magazine -
Thanks for the memories, laughs, and lessons on satire and parody.
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:35:37 PM PDT
by
MarchonDC09122009
(When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
To: 2banana
I still remember one of the songs they satirized back in the 60's. (sung to the tune Moon River): Chopped Liver, onions on the side, my social life has died from you. My friends shun me, they out-run me, a sniff of my breath is slow death, sad, but true,...
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:37:13 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: Conservative Gato
The TV show parodies were great as well, RIP Mr. Davis.
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:39:58 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: 2banana
To: gigster
Those types of songs were my favorites, too along with the pages that were folded to make a new image. Such creativity.
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posted on
07/27/2016 8:41:05 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: Conservative Gato
Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid?
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