Jack Davis (cartoonist) The talented, prolific cartoonist/illustrator Jack Davis created work seen widely on everything from major advertising campaigns to Topps bubblegum trading cards. Born December 2, 1924 in Atlanta, Davis drew for his high school paper and then spent three years in the Navy, where he contributed to the daily Navy News. Attending the University of Georgia on the GI Bill, he did drawings for the campus newspaper and helped launch an off-campus humor publication, Bullsheet, which he described as "Not political or anything but just something with risque jokes and cartoons." He worked one summer inking Ed Dodd's Mark Trail comic strip. Attending the Art Students League of New York, he found work with the Herald Tribune Syndicate as an inker on Mike Roy's The Saint comic strip. After rejections from several comic book publishers, he began freelancing for William Gaines' Entertaining Comics in 1950, contributing to EC's Tales from the Crypt, Weird Fantasy, Two-Fisted Tales and The Vault of Horror. His style of wild, free-flowing brushwork and wacky characters made him a perfect choice when Harvey Kurtzman launched Mad as an unusual, zany EC comic book in 1952. Davis contributed to other Kurtzman magazines -- Trump, Humbug and Help! -- eventually expanding into illustrations for record jackets, movie posters, books and magazines (TIME, TV Guide). Davis once explained that many of his assignments came from art directors who had grown up reading Mad. In a curious event of synchronicity, when Mad moved to 1700 Broadway, the magazine's fifth-floor production department was next to a wall that had previously been the location, only three feet away, of an immense Davis cartoon for a bank advertisement that towered six stories over 53rd Street. The National Cartoonists Society honored Davis with a Reuben Award during their 55th annual ceremony (May 25-27, 2001, in Boca Raton, Florida). External links MAD Magazine Spotlight on Jack Davis Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Davis_(cartoonist)