![]() In 1961, he wrote, drew, and edited his own comic book, “Yak Yak,” for Dell Comics. ![]() Neuman.Īlong the way, Davis also created numerous covers for TV Guide and Time, and provided artwork for books, record jackets, and posters for films including “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” “American Graffiti” and Woody Allen’s “Bananas.” ![]() His far-flung illustrations poked fun at politicians and celebrities along with countless portraits of the magazine’s perpetually grinning mascot, Alfred E. He remained a member of “The Usual Gang of Idiots” (as the magazine billed them) for the next six decades. Feldstein and Harvey Kurtzman – when they launched the pioneering satire magazine Mad in 1952. Then, in 1950, he scored the first of many sales of his artwork to EC Comics, which published a line of horror titles including “Tales from the Crypt.” He was 91.Īs a struggling young artist in New York, Davis was “about ready to give up, go home to Georgia and be either a forest ranger or a farmer,” he recalled in an interview a few years ago. ![]() He died Wednesday morning, according to his son-in-law, Chris Lloyd. NEW YORK – Jack Davis, the prolific Mad magazine illustrator, cartoonist and movie poster artist, has died. ![]()
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