Mort Drucker
Mortimer "Mort " Printer ( born March 29, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York City ) is an American cartoonist.
Life
Printer was educated at the Parsons The New School for Design, 1947, he became assistant to Bert Whitman and worked on the comic strip series Debbie Dean. He then moved to DC Comics, before the early 1950s independently came to prominence as a draftsman. In 1956 he joined the MAD magazine, where he became one of the important artist besides Dave Berg, Sergio Aragones and Don Martin. In 2006 he was able to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Printer is best known for his parodies of feature films and television series. After the appearance of his Star Wars parody, he was invited by George Lucas Skywalker Ranch to its.
In addition to his work for MAD printer also worked for other magazines, including for Time Magazine. Mid-1980s, he drew the comic strip Benchley, which was published in daily newspapers. In addition, he also created cover drawings for musicians, among other things, for the album State of Euphoria the thrash metal band Anthrax.
In 1987 he was honored as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year Reuben with the award, and is therefore in a row with winners like Matt Groening, Charles M. Schulz and Gary Larson. In addition, he was awarded four times in a row from 1985 to the Special Features Award from the National Cartoonists Society.