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'[[Image:Mort Drucker.jpg|250px|thumb|Mort Drucker in 2000]]''' Mort Drucker''' (born on [[March 22]], [[1929]]) is a [[cartoonist]] born in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Drucker is a skilled [[caricaturist]], whose work has been a centerpiece of ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' for decades. There, Drucker specialized in drawing the magazine's many movie and television [[satire]]s and [[parody|parodies]]. He had great ability to capture a likeness from many different angles and with a variety of expressions. Drucker managed to combine a [[comic strip]] style with caricatures of film and TV stars and other national personalities. ==Career== Mort Drucker first entered the comics field by assisting [[Bert Whitman]] on ''[[Debbie Dean (comics)|Debbie Dean]]'' in 1947. He then joined the staff of National Periodical Publications ([[DC Comics]]), where he worked as a retoucher. Early in the 1950s, Drucker began doing freelance work. In the fall of 1956, shortly after the departure of original editor [[Harvey Kurtzman]], Drucker found his way to ''[[Mad Magazine]]''. His debut there coincided with a [[World Series]] broadcast, and publisher [[Bill Gaines]] told Drucker that if the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] won the game, he would be hired. Fortunately for Drucker and the magazine, the Dodgers did win. Capricious though Drucker's (alleged) audition process may have been, it made for a good anecdote. More than a half century later, Drucker has had the longest uninterrupted tenure of any ''Mad'' artist. During the same period, Drucker also pursued assignments in television animation, movie poster art, and covers and illustrations for magazines. He remained active for DC, illustrating ''War Stories'', among other titles. In 1962, Drucker teamed up with Paul Laiken and made the highly successful "JFK Coloring Book" for Kanrom Publishers. Between 1984 and 1986, he drew the syndicated daily comic strip ''Benchley'' in cooperation with [[Jerry Dumas]]. Drucker also worked as an illustrator of children's books, and produced covers for [[Time Magazine]]. He has also drawn album covers for such musical acts as the pop band [[Bears (band)|Bears]] and the long-running metal act [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]. Mort Drucker was recognized for his work with the [[National Cartoonist Society|National Cartoonist Society's]] Special Features Award in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988, and its [[Reuben Award]] for 1987. ==External links== * [http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards.asp NCS Awards] * http://www.adriansinnott.com/mortdrucker.html {{Madcontribs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Drucker, Mort}} [[Category:American cartoonists]] [[Category:Reuben Award winners]] [[Category:Mad (magazine)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1929 births]] [[de:Mort Drucker]] [[fr:Mort Drucker]]'