Friday, April 10, 2020

RIP: Mort Drucker

Yesterday comic book artist Mort Drucker died, aged 91.

For decades Drucker was one of the regular contributors to Mad Magazine and his art is instantly recognizable as part of the Mad 'house style' -- to the extent that Mad had any kind of 'house style'. It's bittersweet to realize that Drucker just barely outlived Mad itself, as the venerable one-time institution is now defunct.

Drucker was also a veteran of Atlas Comics and there are precious few of them left alive; tomorrow I'll honour his work with Atlas.

Rest in peace, Mr. Drucker.

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