JACK DAVIS

Jack Davis was an American cartoonist and illustrator the 1950s to the 2010s. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1924, and after serving in World War II, he began trying to become a professional illustrator. In 1949, he moved to New York, but did not have much success until he went to EC Comics (E.C. Comics) and met publisher Bill Gaines, and that was the beginning of an incredibly successful relationship! He worked for EC (his horror comic stories and covers were especially memorable) until those comics folded, and afterwards, he had amazing success with magazine illustration and drawing movie posters. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 91, and he is surely one of the handful of greatest and most successful cartoonists to have ever lived!