Mortimer "Mort" Drucker (born on March 29, 1929) is a cartoonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Drucker is a skilled caricaturist, whose work has been a centerpiece of Mad Magazine for decades. A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing Caricatures List of caricaturists Oguz Aral (1936-2004 William Auerback-Levy Mad is a monthly American Humor Magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952 There, Drucker specialized in drawing the magazine's many movie and television satires and parodies. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject
He had great ability to capture a likeness from many different angles and with a variety of expressions. Drucker managed to combine a comic strip style with consistent, realistic likenesses of film and TV stars and other national personalities. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist
Career
Mort Drucker first entered the comics field by assisting Bert Whitman on Debbie Dean in 1947. Debra "Debbie" Dean was a Fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television Soap opera Hollyoaks He then joined the staff of National Periodical Publications (DC Comics), where he worked as a retoucher. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Early in the 1950s, Drucker began doing freelance work.
In the fall of 1956, shortly after the departure of original editor Harvey Kurtzman, Drucker found his way to Mad Magazine. Harvey Kurtzman ( October 3, 1924, Brooklyn New York – February 21, 1993) was a U Mad is a monthly American Humor Magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952 His debut there coincided with a World Series broadcast, and publisher Bill Gaines told Drucker that if the Brooklyn Dodgers won the game, he would be hired. For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. William Maxwell Gaines ( March 1, 1922 &ndash June 3, 1992) (more frequently referred to as Bill Gaines) was the publisher and co-editor The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Fortunately for Drucker and the magazine, the Dodgers did win. Capricious though Drucker's (alleged) audition process may have been, it made for a good anecdote. More than a half century later, Drucker has had the longest uninterrupted tenure of any Mad artist.
During the same period, Drucker also pursued assignments in television animation, movie poster art, and covers and illustrations for magazines. He remained active for DC, illustrating Sgt. Rock, among other titles. In 1962, Drucker teamed up with Paul Laiken and made the highly successful "JFK Coloring Book" for Kanrom Publishers. Between 1984 and 1986, he drew the syndicated daily comic strip Benchley in cooperation with Jerry Dumas. Jerry Dumas (1930 is an American Comic strip writer and artist best known for Sam and Silo. Drucker also worked as an illustrator of children's books, and produced covers for Time Magazine. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and He has also drawn album covers for such musical acts as the pop band Bears and the long-running metal act Anthrax. Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984
Mort Drucker was recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society's Special Features Award in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988, and its Reuben Award for 1987. The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards. The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards.
Influence
Lupin III creator Monkey Punch (Kazuhiko Katō) has cited Drucker as an influence. is a Japanese Manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the Pen name of " Monkey Punch " Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ Monkī Panchi) is the pen name of Mangaka Kazuhiko Katō (加藤一彦
External links
- Drucker's entry at "Rita Marie Represents" (his agent's website)
- NCS Awards
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