[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Rest in peace.
I liked his cartoons. Searching for samples of his work on the web and will post as soon as I find them.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

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[coydog]

MAD magazine was a big part of my childhood. Many of the staff, I think, came from the liberal-left side of things but during the golden age of the magazine they were careful to nail EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING that needed nailing. It hasn't been as good since Bill Gaines kicked the bucket.

[Bogey78O]

[SamAdams76]

[Rebelbase]

My first business venture ever was as a five-year old selling my brother's Mad Magazines from a red wagon.

Those Mad guys are a breed like no other. There is a story about when their only subscriber in Hati did not renew his subscription, the entire Mad staff flew down to the island and talked the guy into renewing.

[cva66snipe]

Gaines and Berg made it fuuny. His work was always top notch and the better part of the magazine.

[Darth Sidious]

Dave Berg was a very religious man, a devout believer in God. He would often tell Bill Gaines "God bless you!" To which Gaines, the staunch atheist, retorted "Dave, shut the hell up!" That went on for YEARS!

Darnnit, we've lost two great ones in the past few days: Sam Snead, and now Dave Berg.

[Bogey78O]

[niteowl77]

Dave Berg was one of a number of quite talented people that contributed to Mad when it was one of the best sources of humor to be found. The magazine's writing was usually good, and the artwork was always great... Berg was accomplished at both. I miss the days of looking forward to the next issue (which was truly was "Cheap!"), but like The Simpsons, Mad succumbed to PC and I lost interest.

Bill Gaines, Don Martin and now Dave Berg... man, am I feeling old.

Ed (who wanted to draw like George Woodbridge... and still can't)

[gracie1]

The 60's and 70's were the golden age of Mad. The one principle was skewer everyone, the right or the left, big business, beauracracy, government, the self rightious, or the plain looney. The common man and his fight against the powers that be was Berg's running theme and I always loved his features. It was Mad that left me with a deep and abiding love of satire. Nowadays the magazine I loved has stooped to the level of shock value. Oh, well.