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R.I.P Mort Drucker

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April 10, 2020, 11:53 AM
oddball
R.I.P Mort Drucker
MAD Magazine was a staple in my youth, I loved it more than superhero comics. I used to own a bunch of magazines and MAD paperback books, all gone. And artist Mort Drucker was the main reason I loved MAD. R.I.P.


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April 10, 2020, 12:01 PM
bendable
Don Martin went in 2000, but Al Jaffee is still going at 99 y.o.





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April 10, 2020, 12:13 PM
PHPaul
Back when Mad Magazine was actually funny.

I looked at a copy a couple of years ago and just about puked. As bad as, if not worse than, the decline of SNL. And for much the same reasons.




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April 10, 2020, 12:17 PM
parabellum
The dry goods clerk from Petticoat Junction worked for Mad Magazine?
April 10, 2020, 12:29 PM
egregore
My favorite work of his was the last page of "Balmy and Clod," a parody of the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde movie, showing the characters dressed as Nazis. If you keep looking at it you see more and more clever little details, like the human skin lampshade. I'd like to post it but haven't been able to find it on Bing Images.
April 10, 2020, 12:32 PM
Muddflap
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
The dry goods clerk from Petticoat Junction worked for Mad Magazine?


That was Sam. I think they were cousins or something.
April 10, 2020, 12:45 PM
ibexsig
My favorite Mort Drucker work was the Mad Magazine parody of Patton....although they named it "Put-on".
I still remember it from my youth.

RIP Mort.
April 10, 2020, 12:48 PM
Il Cattivo
quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
Don Martin went in 2000, but Al Jaffee is still going at 99 y.o.

It's going to take time, but IMHO these guys are eventually (even if only collectively) going to be recognized as worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as Norman Rockwell.
April 10, 2020, 04:23 PM
mark123
Crap. I always loved his work. He did an album cover for The Bears and you know it's his work.
April 10, 2020, 05:48 PM
kramden
Ahhh, Mad Magazine . Back in the early 60's my buddy and I would pool our money, ride to a little grocery store and buy a new snack called Fritos and the latest issue of Mad. Loved it as a kid.
April 10, 2020, 06:07 PM
fpuhan
To some, Mort Drucker was a caricaturist but as a cartoonist in my youth, Drucker was an artist. To the nth degree. It seemed there wasn't a person he couldn't draw faithfully, and no facial expression was beyond his ability. Truly, in my mind, one of the great artists of the 20th century. R. I. P.




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April 10, 2020, 06:13 PM
ZSMICHAEL
I coveted that magazine. Wish I still had some of those early issues.
April 10, 2020, 06:52 PM
Krazeehorse
quote:
Originally posted by Muddflap:
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
The dry goods clerk from Petticoat Junction worked for Mad Magazine?


That was Sam. I think they were cousins or something.

Not to be confused with FuDRucker of burger fame.


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April 10, 2020, 06:54 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Frank Cady played Sam Drucker on the TV show.
April 13, 2020, 11:11 AM
snoris
With all respect to Jack Davis, whose work on TV and movie parodies was superb, IIIORT DRUCKER was the best.