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Jack Davis

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Artist

The Resume

    (December 2, 1924-July 27, 2016)
    Born in Atlanta, Georgia
    Illustrator for EC Comics titles including ‘Tales From the Crypt,’ ‘’Vault of Horror,’ ‘Frontline Combat,’ ‘Two-Fisted Tales’ and ‘Incredible Science Fiction’
    One of the original artists for ‘Mad’ magazine
    Drew several covers for ‘TV Guide’ and ‘Time’
    Designed album covers for ‘Everybody Loves a Nut’ by Johnny Cash, ‘May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose’ by Little Jimmy Dickens and ‘Homer and Jethro Go West’
    Created the animated bugs in Raid insecticide commercials
    Winner of the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year (2000)

Why he might be annoying:

    His first significant job after college was illustrating a Coca-Cola training manual.
    He designed the poster for the movie ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,’ then parodied it for ‘It’s a World, World, World, World Mad.’
    When he designed a ‘Letter carriers… We deliver’ stamp for the Postal Service, he flouted the rule against featuring living people on stamps by drawing himself as a mailman (1989).

Why he might not be annoying:

    Some of the drawings he did in college of the University of Georgia’s Bulldog mascot still grace the school’s walls.
    He was said to have a ‘Southern gentleman manner’ that contrasted with his wry sense of humor.
    A ‘Mad’ spokesperson said a list of his most notable contributions ‘would run to several pages in length.’
    He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators’ Hall of Fame (2005).
    The Wall Street Journal described his drawings ‘as much as part of postwar Americana as the Beach Boys on the radio or Coca-Cola in the fridge.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 26 Votes: 38.46% Annoying