Jack Davis

Jack Davis, J (1926 - ) First job in 1949 for an in-house Coke booklet. Art (and occasional writer) for EC Comics in the 50s (Frontline Combat, Two Fisted Tales, Haunt of Fear, Vault of Horror, Crime Illustrated) leading to a long stint at MAD and Warren Publications (Creepy, Eerie). A precise and versatile illustrator, especially as caricaturist, did stories and covers for Life, Ebony, Time, Esquire, Playboy, True West, Frontier Times, TV Guide, as well as paper and hardback covers. Movie posters for Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Russians are Coming, Heaven Can Wait, Kelly's Heroes, Bananas, The Producers, The Long Goodbye, The Party, Sergeants 3. Ads for L and M, Mennen, Ford, NBC, A-1, Columbia Records, Purina, Spalding, Nestles, Michelob. Greeting and Bubble-Gum cards, too. 

 



Comic Book Greats: Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis pt. 1