The Resume

(1934-December 26, 2016)
Born in Brooklyn, New York
Writer and illustrator for ‘Mad’ magazine (1962-2012)
Also contributed cartoons to ‘Playboy,’ ‘Look’ and ‘The Saturday Evening Post’

Why he might be annoying:

He went uncredited for his earliest work at ‘Mad,’ coming up with gags for Don Martin to illustrate.
His signature was usually accompanied by a small picture of a duck.
He put duck calls on his answering machine.
He and Paul Coker, Jr., created a short-lived comic strip, ‘Horace and Buggy,’ about ‘smart-ass insects.’ (1972)

Why he might not be annoying:

He wrote and illustrated 17 Mad paperback books.
He became the main writer for ‘Spy vs. Spy’ after creator Antonio Prohias retired.
He replaced Don Martin as Mad’s leading one-page gag cartoonist.
National Cartoonist Society president Tom Richmond called him ‘the most unsung hero in the history of Mad.’

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bird Names
• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 64]
• Cartoonists
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 82)
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Mad Magazine Contributors (The Usual Gang of Idiots)
• My Nickname is Part of My Name [A-L]
• Profiles 38501-38750 (Ranked: 38538)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20161226)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying