Talk:Mort Drucker

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I disagree with this phrasing: "He manages to combine a comic strip style with consistent photographic likenesses of film and TV stars panel after panel." I would say his style is brilliant caricature, where most of the character's face is hugely distorted and exaggerated, yet directly recognizable, due to his capture of our idea of what the character is like. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.122.224 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 20 October 2005

I disagree. Drucker does not often "hugely distort and exaggerate" a person's features. Indeed, one MAD reader remarked that Drucker's caricatures looked more like the people caricatured than photographs! (I have the "Totally MAD" CD ROMs, but it would take forever to look up that quote.) --—Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingbotk (talk • contribs) 00:35, 1 June 2006

I came here to say that he does not create photographic likenesses of actors, but more caricatures, and find someone else has said this too. I shall chg it when I have more time. 131.172.4.44 01:42, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was just doing an Amazon review of Horseman, Pass By, and dug out the Siegel/Drucker spoof of Hud. Drucker not only captures Paul Newman's physiognomy with near perfection, but he renders Newman's oddly lanky body exactly (12/1963, p46, bottom center). WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 21:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We actually can't use any of this phrasing — not without citing an authoritative critic. Otherwise, it's a personal point of view and strongly disallowed. I've gone through the piece and removed the couple of such phrases that were there, made the opening conform more to Wiki biographical form, and added a tag so that hopefully other editors will come by and join us in adding footnoted citations. Mort Drucker is a giant in the field of cartooning, and we can come up with a much better, more encyclopedic article. What's here isn't a bad start. I'll come back to pitch in. --Tenebrae (talk) 03:24, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Drucker unquestionably holds a unique (and well-loved) place in cartooning. In my view, what Drucker "caricatures" is not the subject's facial features, but their pose. This article certainly needs a "definitive" definition of that position and evaluation of his talent. It would be nice if some art critic would find find something nice to say about him before he passes on. He deserves it. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 22:46, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dec. 5, 2010: Removed claim that Drucker had illustrated the poster for National Lampoon's Animal House. That poster was drawn by Rick Meyerowitz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.197.237.155 (talk) 17:06, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 00:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

reports of his passing[edit]

There is word going around that Drucker passed away last night. Keep an eye out for reliable sources so we can post it... and for attempts to post it before there's a reliable source. --Nat Gertler (talk) 15:02, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is Mark Evanier supposed to know for sure? Because that's who we're currently trusting. A cartoon writer. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:00, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

His art[edit]

Any possibility of having examples of his art styles included here?

Just curious. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 21:45, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Agreed. The only image on this page is one of him (looking, very oddly, like Henry Winkler). Sjones5922 (talk) 20:57, 10 April 2020 (UTC)sjones[reply]

Warren publishing[edit]

Archie Goodwin stated in the letters section of Creepy (or Eerie?) that they'd have loved to have Drucker to have drawn for them. I'll try to find the issue.50.111.8.107 (talk) 01:41, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]