Jack Davis, Illustrator Known for Work at Mad Magazine, Dies at 91. The New York Times by Karen Zraic, July 28, 2016. Jack Davis, an illustrator who poked fun at celebrities and politicians in Mad... Read full biography
Jack Davis, Illustrator Known for Work at Mad Magazine, Dies at 91. The New York Times by Karen Zraic, July 28, 2016. Jack Davis, an illustrator who poked fun at celebrities and politicians in Mad magazine for decades and whose work appeared on the covers of Time and TV Guide, died on Wednesday in... Read full biography
Jack Davis, Illustrator Known for Work at Mad Magazine, Dies at 91. The New York Times by Karen Zraic, July 28, 2016. Jack Davis, an illustrator who poked fun at celebrities and politicians in Mad magazine for decades and whose work appeared on the covers of Time and TV Guide, died on Wednesday in St. Simons Island, Ga. He was 91. The cause was complications of a stroke, his son, Jack Davis III, said. Mr. Davis was a prolific artist, drawing movie posters for films like It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad,... Read full biography
Jack Davis, Illustrator Known for Work at Mad Magazine, Dies at 91. The New York Times by Karen Zraic, July 28, 2016. Jack Davis, an illustrator who poked fun at celebrities and politicians in Mad magazine for decades and whose work appeared on the covers of Time and TV Guide, died on Wednesday in St. Simons Island, Ga. He was 91. The cause was complications of a stroke, his son, Jack Davis III, said. Mr. Davis was a prolific artist, drawing movie posters for films like It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World and The Long Goodbye, as well as record album covers. “There wasn’t anything Jack couldn’t do,” Mad’s editor, John Ficarra, said in a statement on the magazine’s website. “Front covers, caricatures, sports scenes, monsters — his comedic... Read full biography
Jack Davis, Illustrator Known for Work at Mad Magazine, Dies at 91. The New York Times by Karen Zraic, July 28, 2016. Jack Davis, an illustrator who poked fun at celebrities and politicians in Mad magazine for decades and whose work appeared on the covers of Time and TV Guide, died on Wednesday in St. Simons Island, Ga. He was 91. The cause was complications of a stroke, his son, Jack Davis III, said. Mr. Davis was a prolific artist, drawing movie posters for films like It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World and The Long Goodbye, as well as record album covers. “There wasn’t anything Jack couldn’t do,” Mad’s editor, John Ficarra, said in a statement on the magazine’s website. “Front covers, caricatures, sports scenes, monsters — his comedic range was just incredible.”. He got his start in 1950 selling drawings... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Crazy Campsongs
2003
Petersen, George
64 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990
Goulart, Ron (Editor)
408 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration