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1931 Paterson, New Jersey - 2000 Miami, Florida. Known for: Comic strip, Mad magazine.
Don Martin (1931-2000). Don Martin was born on May 18, 1931 in Paterson, New Jersey, and studied illustration and fine art at Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts between 1949 and 1951 and... Read full biography
Don Martin (1931-2000). Don Martin was born on May 18, 1931 in Paterson, New Jersey, and studied illustration and fine art at Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts between 1949 and 1951 and subsequently graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He settled in New... Read full biography
Don Martin (1931-2000). Don Martin was born on May 18, 1931 in Paterson, New Jersey, and studied illustration and fine art at Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts between 1949 and 1951 and subsequently graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He settled in New York and began his career doing illustrations for records, postcards and the science-fiction magazines Fantasy and Galaxy. He joined Harvey Kurtzman's Mad magazine in 1955 and his work first appeared... Read full biography
Don Martin (1931-2000). Don Martin was born on May 18, 1931 in Paterson, New Jersey, and studied illustration and fine art at Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts between 1949 and 1951 and subsequently graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He settled in New York and began his career doing illustrations for records, postcards and the science-fiction magazines Fantasy and Galaxy. He joined Harvey Kurtzman's Mad magazine in 1955 and his work first appeared in Mad in the September 1956 issue. He stayed with the magazine for nearly the rest of his life. Martin's immediately recognizable drawing style (which featured bulbous noses, and the famous hinged foot) was loose, rounded and filled with broad... Read full biography
Don Martin (1931-2000). Don Martin was born on May 18, 1931 in Paterson, New Jersey, and studied illustration and fine art at Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts between 1949 and 1951 and subsequently graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He settled in New York and began his career doing illustrations for records, postcards and the science-fiction magazines Fantasy and Galaxy. He joined Harvey Kurtzman's Mad magazine in 1955 and his work first appeared in Mad in the September 1956 issue. He stayed with the magazine for nearly the rest of his life. Martin's immediately recognizable drawing style (which featured bulbous noses, and the famous hinged foot) was loose, rounded and filled with broad slapstick. His inspirations, plots and themes were often bizarre and at times bordered on th... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Humor, Whimsy
Awards/Recognition
- •Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •MAD Magazine Artist