R.I.P. Jack Davis (MAD Magazine artist) 1924-2016

[muppet maniac]

http://comicbook.com/2016/07/27/mad-magazine-and-ec-comics-artist-jack-davis-dies-at-91/

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

http://comicbook.com/2016/07/27/mad-magazine-and-ec-comics-artist-jack-davis-dies-at-91/

 

[Drtooth]

That's a blow. He worked on Mad since the "Tales Calculated" original format.

And, yes...he did some of the earliest Sesame Street artwork, all the while doing the artwork of Sesame Street parodies in Mad.

And of course, he was the artist who gave us the cover for the Weird Al TV compilation album:

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Here's some of his beautiful Sesame Street art

Kind of makes me wish I lived there. He was really great at making Sesame Street feel like a real place.

 

[MuppetSpot]

I wonder if Mad Magazine will do a special tribute issue.

 

[Flaky Pudding]

That is SO sad. I love MAD, .

 

[fuzzygobo]

Jack Davis NAILED the early Sesame image. And MAD- between him and Sergio Aragones, would be inconceivable without him.