(1926-2016)
After high school, he joined the Navy for iii years, serving inwards Guam, where he drew a comic called Boondocker for The Navy Times.
He returned to his abode state as well as enrolled inwards the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art nether the G.I Bill, where he drew for the educatee newspaper. Before long, his teachers were encouraging him to become to New York to pursue his fine art career. He moved N as well as enrolled inwards classes at the Art Students League.
After moving to New York inwards 1949 as well as studying at the Art Students League at night, he made his starting fourth dimension entry into the fine art plain every bit an inker for a comic strip, “The Saint.”
He got his laid about inwards 1950 selling drawings to EC Comics, which published horror fiction titles similar “Tales From the Crypt.” Two years later, alongside an outcry over the potentially harmful effects of trigger-happy comics on children, the fellowship started what became Mad magazine, edited past times Harvey Kurtzman. Mr. Davis was a fellow member of the “Usual Gang of Idiots,” the nickname for the crew that pose out the magazine.
He was presently heavily involved inwards comic fine art of every description, as well as became ane of its overstep practitioners for Mad Magazine, Trump, Playboy, as well as many other publications.
Jack has illustrated to a greater extent than than 100 books. He is an award-winning advertising creative someone with countless impress ads to his credit. He’s a much imitated comic mass creative someone as well as a prolific magazine illustrator for Esquire, Playboy, LIFE, as well as many others. He worked for MAD - off as well as on - for 46 years. He’s a world-renowned caricaturist. He has illustrated many magazine covers including 23 for TV Guide and for 25 for TIME magazine. He has done more than 65 tape album covers as well as to a greater extent than than xl motion painting posters inwards add-on to animation, games, calendars, greeting cards as well as t-shirt designs.
Mr. Davis was a prolific artist, drawing posters for movies similar “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” as well as “The Long Goodbye,” every bit good every bit tape album covers.
The National Cartoonists Society honored him with a lifetime achievement abide by inwards 1996, as well as he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame inwards 2005.
Jack retired inwards 2014 at the historic menstruum of 90.
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