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Mort Drucker -RIP

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D. D. Degg April 9, 2020 1 minute 6 comments

Famed caricaturist and comic artist Mort Drucker has passed away.

Morris (Mort) Drucker
March 22, 1929 – April 8, 2020

Master caricaturist, illustrator, and comic artist

Across Facebook and Twitter are notes of sadness.

From The Berndt Toast Gang:

There are many things in life we hope not to have to do and this is one of them. The incomparable Mort Drucker passed away last night. The World has lost a not just an extraordinary talent but a shining example of kindness, humility and humor. The Berndt Toast Gang has lost a friend, mentor, and hero.

From the National Cartoonists Society:

The incomparable Mort Drucker passed away last night. The World has lost a not just an extraordinary talent but a shining example of kindness, humility and humor. He was recognized for his work with the National Cartoonists Society Special Features Award (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988), the Reuben Award (1987), and induction into the Society’s Hall of Fame (2017).

and so many more.

On the web memorials being posted for the much-loved man.

Ed Steckley:

No illustrator in recent memory has carried more influence on generations of artists of all stripes than the great Mort Drucker.

Tom Richmond:

This is a tough one.

One of the greatest cartoonists and caricaturists artists who ever touched pen to paper passed away last night.. the incomparable Mort Drucker.

Tom also gives a heartfelt eulogy on behalf of the National Cartoonists Society.

But Mort had been drawing accolades for years before his death.

I would say, I will say, Mort was famed for his MAD magazine work, but there was so much more. Magazine covers, movie posters, illustrations everywhere, and instantly recognizable – both his style and the subjects of his caricatures.

Lambiek Comiclopedia has a biography of Mort,

above: Mort DC Comics gag pages via Cartoon Snap

while Jerry Bails has a comic bibligraphy (up to the 90s),

and Doug Gilford lists Mort’s 50+ years of contributions to MAD.

Flooby Nooby has a wonderful selection of Mort art – Part One, Part Two.
It includes Mort’s partnership with Jerry Dumas on the Reagan Era Benchley comic strip.

Farewell to a Master.