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Jack Davis, 'MAD' Magazine Cartoonist, Dies at 91
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| July 27, 2016
| Graeme McMillan
Posted on 07/27/2016 8:17:10 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9
Rest in peace. The last page to fold was my favorite part. And I could read forever the little cartoons in the margins.
Dick Bartolo is a regular guest with Leo Laporte and is still funny although a flaming dude with a messed up development that needs fixing.
https://youtu.be/YrNHA5kyYLc
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posted on
07/27/2016 9:55:31 PM PDT
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
To: plain talk
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:05:01 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: fella
I think my favorite MAD Magazine cartoon of his was one of then-Oakland Athletics phenom Vida Blue winning a gazillion prizes at the carnival toss as the barker grimaced and put his head in his hand...the noteworthy thing was that Davis drew Vida Blue as throwing *right* handed...
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:11:28 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
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To: Beowulf9
I had a stack of Mad Magazines from the early ‘70s.
Never break up with a girlfriend *before* you get all your stuff back.
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:11:42 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: Charles Martel
OT but the Darth Vader thing reminded me of this:
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:14:08 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Falconspeed
My fav was "Lighter side of" by Dave Berg. Just recently I discovered 'Roger Kaputnik' WAS Dave Berg, lol.
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:15:06 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
I started reading MAD in about 1953 or ‘54. I still remember walking down to the neighborhood drug store and getting my copy. I read it right through the early ‘70s. Davis was a genius, as were about a dozen of the cartoonists there. A true MADman. RIP.
To: Beowulf9
Thank you for confirming what I always suspected DB looked like.
RIP, Dave.
Thanks for all the great artwork and laughs!
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:52:36 PM PDT
by
W.
(Hillary is just like that ex-partner you've hated forever!)
To: goldbux
Brilliant, prolific, hilarious cartoons. MAD significantly informed my childhood. I bought one every month, when I could earn or find a dime. Collected hundreds of issues. Basil Wolverton's work was also impressive.
I miss the early MAD, and [most of] the American culture it poked fun at. Nice to have the Internet, though.
R.I.P. Jack Davis.
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:53:25 PM PDT
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goldbux
(When you're odd the odds are with you.)
To: W.
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posted on
07/27/2016 10:53:38 PM PDT
by
W.
(Hillary is just like that ex-partner you've hated forever!)
To: Beowulf9
Humor in a jugular vein.
Loved Mad as a teen around 1967-1972.
The TV show parodies were so well done and illustrated.
The rear covers were great too.
One I remember was how they actually got all those tomatoes into the Contadina tomato paste can.
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posted on
07/27/2016 11:01:42 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
To: MarchonDC09122009
Glad to hear MAD is still being published.
They turned pinko/commie after Bill Gaines died.
They always were anti-establishment,but they could really sock it to lefties when it came time to do so.
In fact one of Jack Davis' funniest features was where he drew a cartoon about all of the leftists crying/protesting about "the system" but then the next panel had the same liberals lining up for their welfare checks.
One of the characters had a hat over his face with eye holes in it, like the Cosby kid who wears the pink ski-cap.
Hilarious.
BTW, Al Jaffee is still alive. He's 94.
Don Martin will always be my favorite, though.
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07/27/2016 11:54:03 PM PDT
by
boop
(Where IS Hillary?)
To: gigster
I also grew up in Detroit, reading MAD magazine...it was a staple in the 1960’s and 70’s.
I loved the Movie satires and Dave Berg.
I do not think it is as good as it was but this is true for comics and other publications.
Longevity in many cases ensures mediocrity.
The same can be said for TV shows like Saturday Night Live before we called it “SNL”.
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:03:08 AM PDT
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Netz
To: boop
Every publication has its day, and then declines.
The “sock it to everybody” torch seems to have been passed to South Park.
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:16:03 AM PDT
by
coydog
(Time to feed the pigs!)
To: Beowulf9
I was definitely a big fan of Mad Magazine
To: Beowulf9
I am a super fan of Jack Davis. I grew up reading MAD magazine back when they were just a 10 cent comic book.
Davis was the artist in the old “Tales From The Crypt” and other horror comics. He did numerous magazine covers over the years, and posters.
As an amateur cartoonist, he was my idol. Every cartoonist is familiar with, and many have tried to emulate his work. The closest I’ve seen is the cartoonist Cagle, whose toons often appear on Pookie’s Toons.
He will be sorely missed.
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07/28/2016 5:54:02 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
To: Francis McClobber
RIP Jack Davis, the Bulldog world will miss you!
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posted on
07/28/2016 6:06:46 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: Beowulf9
My October 2016 issue arrived in my mailbox today. I sure hope it carries on?
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posted on
07/28/2016 10:07:53 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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