Jack Davis


Real Name and aliases:

John Burton Davis Jr.

Website:

Country:

U.S.A

Character:

Award:

  • 1985 - Inkpot Award,
  • 1996 - National Cartoonists Society's Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award,
  • 2003 - Eisner Award (Hall of Fame)

Added by: Matteo Contin. Last edit by: scaccomarco.

Biography

John Burton Davis Jr. (December 2, 1924 - July 27, 2016) was an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952. His cartoon characters are characterized by extremely distorted anatomy, including big heads, skinny legs and large feet.

Artistic production

Comic Title Role Publisher Year Language
Mad's 'original idiots' Author Unspecified 2015 English
Behaving madly : zany,, loco,, cockeyed,, rip-off,, satire magazines Author Unspecified 2017 English
The living mummy and other stories Author Fantagraphics 2016 English
The haunt of fear. Volume 3 Author Dark Horse 2016 English
Marvel Masterworks presents Rawhide Kid. Volume 2. Collecting Rawhide Kid nos. 26-35 Author Marvel Publishing 2007 English
Drawing American pop culture : a career retrospective Author Fantagraphics 2011 English
The vault of horror. Volume 2 Author Dark Horse 2015 English
Humbug Author Fantagraphics 2008 English
'Taint the meat-- it's the humanity' : and other stories Author Fantagraphics 2012 English
Three Dimensional Tales From The Crypt Of Terror #2 Illustrator Inker EC 0 English
The return of a 'Mad' look at old movies Author New American Library 1970 English
Tales from the crypt. Vol. 4. Issues 19-24 Author Diamond 2009 English
The haunt of fear #1 - Il ritorno della mummia Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2008 Italian
The Complete Vault of Horror Illustrator Gemstone Publishing, Inc. 0 English
The Complete Weird Science-Fantasy / Incredible Science Fiction Cover Artist Illustrator Russ Cochran 0 English
The Complete Crime SuspenStories Illustrator Russ Cochran 0 English
The Complete Tales From The Crypt Cover Artist Illustrator Gemstone Publishing, Inc. 0 English
Crime Suspenstories #10 Illustrator EC 0 English
Crime Suspenstories #25 Illustrator EC 0 English
Frontline Combat #6 Illustrator EC 0 English
Frontline Combat #12 Illustrator EC 0 English
Frontline Combat #14 Illustrator EC 0 English
Journey Into Mystery #50 Illustrator Marvel Comics 0 English
Help! #4 Illustrator Warren Publishing Co. 0 English
Humbug #5 Illustrator Humbug Publishing Co. 0 English
Humbug #7 Illustrator Humbug Publishing Co. 0 English
Humbug #9 Illustrator Humbug Publishing Co. 0 English
Humbug #11 Illustrator Humbug Publishing Co. 0 English
Humbug #3 Illustrator Humbug Publishing Co. 0 English
Gunsmoke Western #50 Cover Artist Marvel Comics 0 English
Impact #1 Illustrator EC 0 English
Panic #2 Illustrator EC 0 English
Panic #3 Illustrator EC 0 English
Panic #4 Illustrator EC 0 English
Panic #5 Illustrator EC 0 English
Panic #7 Illustrator EC 0 English
Panic #10 Illustrator EC 0 English
Piracy #1 Illustrator EC 0 English
Piracy #6 Illustrator EC 0 English
Rawhide Kid #33 Illustrator Marvel Comics 0 English
Creepy #1 Illustrator Warren Publishing Co. 0 English
Swamped #3 Illustrator Warren Publishing Co. 0 English
Loathsome Lore #5 Illustrator Warren Publishing Co. 1965 English
MAD #24 Illustrator EC 0 English
MAD #15 Illustrator EC 0 English
MAD #18 Illustrator EC 0 English
MAD #21 Illustrator EC 0 English
MAD #11 Illustrator EC 0 English
MAD #31 Illustrator Mad Magazine 0 English
MAD in Hollywood - Das grosse Kino-Lachbuch Illustrator Williams Verlag 0 German
Mad #267 Illustrator Mad Magazine 1984 English
Man-Thing! #3 Illustrator Marvel Comics Group 1973 English
Star Light, Star Bright! #34 Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
...And All Through The House... #35 Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
Two-Timed! #36 Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
Take Care #37 Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
The Catacombs #38 Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
A Bloody Undertaking! #13 Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1995 English
Sink-Hole! #7 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1994 English
The Monster In The Ice! #11 Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1995 English
The Beast Of The Full Moon! #6 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1994 English
Reunion! #8 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1994 English
Till Death... #1 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1991 English
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime! #2 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1991 English
Graft In Concrete! #3 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1992 English
The Beast Of The Full Moon! #17 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Sink-Hole! #18 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Reunion! #19 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
The Reluctant Vampire! #20 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Star Light, Star Bright! #1 Illustrator Inker Gladstone Publishing, Ltd. 1990 English
That's A 'Croc'! #21 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
The Monster In The Ice! #22 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Staired... In Horror! #23 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
A Bloody Undertaking! #24 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Seance! #25 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Graft In Concrete! #26 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Practical Choke! #30 Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Till Death... #28 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Easel Kill Ya! #31 Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Strictly From Hunger! #27 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
The Mausoleum! #29 Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Out Of His Head! #32 Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime! #33 Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Political Pull! #26 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Well-Cooked Hams! #27 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Bargain In Death! #28 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Grounds... For Horror! #29 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Gas-tly Prospects! #30 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Buried Treasure! #31 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Squash...Anyone? #32 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Lower Berth! #33 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall! #34 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
By The Fright Of The Silvery Moon! #35 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness... #36 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Dead Right! #37 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Tight Grip! #38 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Undertaking Palor #39 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Pearly To Dead #40 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
Current Attraction #41 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
By The Dawn's Early Light #42 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
Four-Way Split #43 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
The Sliceman Cometh #44 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1954 English
Upon Reflection #46 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker EC 1955 English
Tight Grip! #22 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1997 English
Tales From The Crypt #3 Cover Artist Illustrator Gladstone Publishing, Ltd. 1990 English
Tales From The Crypt #5 Cover Artist Illustrator Gladstone Publishing, Ltd. 1991 English
Telescope #45 Cover Artist Illustrator EC 1954 English
By The Fright Of The Silvery Moon! #19 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1997 English
Pearly To Dead #24 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1998 English
Dead Right! #21 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1997 English
Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness... #20 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1997 English
Undertaking Palor #23 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1998 English
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall! #18 Cover Artist Cover Artist Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1996 English
Last Respects! #23 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Bats In My Belfry! #24 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
The Works...In Wax! #25 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
The Goon: One For The Road #45 Cover Artist Dark Horse Comics, Inc. 2014 English
Two-Fisted Tales #22 Illustrator EC 0 English
Two-Fisted Tales #23 Illustrator EC 0 English
Two-Fisted Tales #27 Illustrator EC 0 English
Two-Fisted Tales #30 Illustrator EC 0 English
Two-Fisted Tales #36 Illustrator EC 0 English
Two-Fisted Tales #40 Writer EC 0 English
Double-Header! #19 Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1997 English
Nobody There! #16 Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1996 English
Haunt Of Fear #4 Illustrator EC 0 English
Chatter-Boxed! #15 Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1996 English
Haunt Of Fear #5 Illustrator EC 0 English
Horror We? How's Bayou? #17 Illustrator Inker EC 1953 English
Haunt Of Fear #18 Illustrator EC 0 English
Haunt Of Fear #21 Illustrator EC 0 English
Haunt Of Fear #22 Illustrator EC 0 English
Horror We? How's Bayou? #1 Illustrator Inker Gladstone Publishing, Ltd. 1991 English
Haunt Of Fear #28 Illustrator EC 0 English
A Strange Undertaking... #6 Illustrator Inker EC 1951 English
Pipe Down! / Bedtime Gory! / Pot-Shot! / The Black Ferris! / The Exile! / The Expert! / The Ad! / Close Call! / Mad Journey! #2 Illustrator Russ Cochran 1991 English
Ooze In The Cellar? #11 Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1995 English
A Little Stranger! #14 Illustrator Inker Gemstone Publishing 1996 English
Hounded To Death! #8 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1994 English
Room For One More! #7 Illustrator Inker Russ Cochran 1994 English
Justice #5 Illustrator Inker EC 1952 English
Tales From the Crypt #2 (ITA) Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2007 Italian
Tales From the Crypt #3 (ITA) Cover Artist Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2007 Italian
Tales From the Crypt #4 (ITA) Cover Artist Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2008 Italian
Tales From the Crypt #5 (ITA) Cover Artist Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2008 Italian
Tales From the Crypt #6 (ITA) Cover Artist Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2008 Italian
The Haunt of Fear #1 (ITA) Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2008 Italian
The Haunt of Fear #2 (ITA) Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2009 Italian
The Haunt of Fear #3 (ITA) Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2012 Italian
The Haunt of Fear #4 (ITA) Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2015 Italian
The Haunt of Fear #5 (ITA) Illustrator Writer 001 Edizioni 2015 Italian
The Vault of Horror #1 (ITA) Illustrator Inker 001 Edizioni 2021 Italian
The Vault of Horror #2 - Cosa riportò il cane! Illustrator Inker 001 Edizioni 2022 Italian

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