Mort Drucker

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Mort Drucker was an American caricaturist and cartoonist best known for his influential, highly detailed movie and television parodies in Mad magazine.

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instanceOf caricaturist
cartoonist
person
awardReceived National Cartoonists Society Advertising and Illustration Award
National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award
National Cartoonists Society Special Features Award
causeOfDeath respiratory failure
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1929-03-22
dateOfDeath 2020-04-09
employer Mad magazine
fieldOfWork caricature
comic art
illustration
fullName Morris Drucker
genre humor
satire
givenName Morris
hasEthnicBackground Jewish American
illustrated Time magazine covers
advertising art
movie posters
influenced caricature in American popular culture
generations of magazine cartoonists
language English
memberOf National Cartoonists Society
nickname Mort
notableEmployer National Periodical Publications (DC Comics)
notableFor highly detailed caricatures of film and television actors
long association with Mad magazine
notablePublication Mad magazine
notableWork movie parodies in Mad magazine
television parodies in Mad magazine
occupation caricaturist
cartoonist
illustrator
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Woodbury, New York, United States
linked to: Woodbury, New York
residence Woodbury, New York, United States
spouse Barbara Drucker
startOfCareer 1940s
style dense visual gags and background details
exaggerated yet recognizable likenesses
workedOn humor features for DC Comics
war comics for DC Comics
yearsActive 1950s–2000s

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Mad magazine notableArtist Mort Drucker
Mort hasNotableBearer Mort Drucker