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Jack E. Davis

Jack E. Davis

Jack E. Davis was senior art director with a a large ad agency before becoming a children's book illustrator. Among the books he has illustrated are Bedhead by Margi Palatini, Metro Cat by Marsha Diane Arnold, Music Over Manhattan by Mark Karlins, and the ongoing series The Zack Files by Dan Greenburg. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington, and has three sons and two cats.

Bunion Burt will be released on November 10, 2009 in Hardcover
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Bunion Burt is now available in Hardcover
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Marsupial Sue will be released on September 01, 2009 in Paper Over Board
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Marsupial Sue is now available in Paper Over Board
Sep 01, 2009
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" has won an award
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Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" will be released on October 21, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" is now available in Trade Paperback
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Moose Tracks! will be released on February 28, 2006 in Hardcover
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Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" will be released on August 30, 2005 in Hardcover
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Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" is now available in Hardcover
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Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" will be released on August 30, 2005 in
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Marsupial Sue will be released on August 31, 2004 in Trade Paperback
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Sweet Tooth will be released on August 10, 2004 in Hardcover
Aug 10, 2004
Sweet Tooth is now available in Hardcover
Aug 10, 2004
Sweet Tooth will be released on August 10, 2004 in
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Aug 10, 2004
Bedhead will be released on August 01, 2003 in Trade Paperback
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Bedhead is now available in Trade Paperback
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Bedhead will be released on August 01, 2003 in
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Marsupial Sue will be released on September 01, 2001 in Hardcover
Sep 01, 2001
Marsupial Sue is now available in Hardcover
Sep 01, 2001
Marsupial Sue will be released on September 01, 2001 in
Sep 01, 2001
Marsupial Sue is now available in
Sep 01, 2001
Bedhead will be released on June 01, 2000 in Hardcover
Jun 01, 2000
Bedhead is now available in Hardcover
Jun 01, 2000
News:
Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Moose Tracks! has won an award
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PublishersWeekly.com, February 23, 2010
...got longer as I went along.” The longest pieces in Masterpiece Comics mimic mid-century comic book work by Jack Davis, Dick Sprang, and John Stanley and Irving Tripp, alongside shorter evocations of comic strip work by artists including Chic Young, Tom...
South Bend Tribune, February 13, 2010
...would say MAD Magazine influenced more artists than museums,” he says and later refers to longtime MAD illustrators Jack Davis and Mort Drucker as major influences. “Those guys knocked my socks off. They are brilliant artists, but if you walk into a...
The Onion AV Club, February 4, 2010
...He brainstormed stories with writer/editors Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and Johnny Craig and sought out distinctive artists like Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels and others to bring the stories to life. (Notable artists...
Comic Book Resources, December 1, 2009
...switch-up for the finished art. It's more of a crafted work, like a John Severin or a Jack Davis. I don't know, it suits the Western story better, and I love it, when I get a chance, to switch it up a little bit. It keeps you...
Comic Book Bin, October 29, 2009
...EC the most celebrated comic book company of all time was its remarkable stable of artists: Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, George Evans, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, Bernard Krigstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Basil...
Sympatico MSN Finance, August 22, 2009
...including Warhol, LeRoy Neiman, Alberto Vargas and Tom Wesselmann. Hef also used cartoonists Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder and Jack Davis, who also worked at Mad magazine.* Video: This work has given Playboy a treasure-trove of art, says Jared Green, an...
The Onion AV Club, March 28, 2009
...an older audience. It failed, but an unbowed Kurtzman rallied a staff of friends that included Al Jaffe, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Arnold Roth for the self-published Humbug, whose poorly distributed, little-seen 11 issues have now been reprinted by...
Comic Book Bin, March 24, 2009
...AN EVENING OF HUMBUG In 1957, five artists ? Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee and Jack Davis ? hot on the heels of creating MAD magazine, pooled their money and their talent and entered into the creative, exuberant folly of a...
Click World News, January 7, 2010
...Jack Davis was clearly having a ball illustrating this MAD story from 1954. The chicken fat sprinkled in the panels is nearly Edler-esque. Book! Movie!: MAD #13 1954...
Taking a chance on baby..., November 5, 2009
...My drawing as a kid was first inspired by Mad Magazine. My favorite artists were Don Martin and Jack Davis. I used to copy their styles. I also was awed over Maurice Sendak’s illustrations, especially from ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. I love...
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Bo, October 31, 2009
...running ever closer to the reader still rattles around in my brain. 2. An unnamed EC story by Jack Davis. This one requires a bit of explanation. One fall evening, back in say, sixth grade or so, two of my friends and I were hanging out at the local...
Ventnor Blog, October 6, 2009
...Eleanor Wright, aged 5 Ryde Library: Lucky-Primrose Cambridge, aged 4 Sandown Library: Bradley Simmonds, aged 5 Shanklin Library: Jack Davis, aged 7 Ventnor Library: Bridie Barton, aged 11 All will be presneted with their prizes between 11am-noon on...
news from me, September 25, 2009
...pattern. You can see this better in the enlargement below... This, by the way, is an illustration that Jack Davis did for one of the MAD paperback books. As you can see, what results is a drawing with two halftone patterns on it. A printer can shoot the...
news from me, September 24, 2009
...pattern. You can see this better in the enlargement below... This, by the way, is an illustration that Jack Davis did for one of the MAD paperback books. As you can see, what results is a drawing with two halftone patterns on it. A printer can shoot the...
Time Less Images, August 25, 2009
...graphic horror tales edited by Goodwin and hosted by the lumpish Cousin Eerie, a curious character created by Jack Davis. A variety of editors would continue to manage Eerie after Goodwin's second departure including Billy Graham and J.R. Cochran....
Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources, August 5, 2009
...Like many Atlas series, this one featured an all-star crew of creators with great covers by Joe Maneely, Jack Davis, Jack Kirby and John Severin. Norman Maurer and Dick Ayers provided the majority of the interior artwork, but Maneely, Davis and Doug...
The Photoshop Blog, June 16, 2009
...utilizes the power of Photoshop Actions to provide a complete library of effects created by Kevin Kubota and Jack Davis. These effects may be previewed, stacked and blended together just like filters over a camera lens and its built-in batch processing...
Mr. Media, May 8, 2009
...1969. The cover featured a Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid parody that I believe was drawn by Jack Davis . I read that issue over and over again—at least until I convinced mom to buy the next month’s issue. I was nine and it was the funniest thing...
Gil T.'s MySpace Blog, May 1, 2009
...you love a good thriller/whodunit?  Here's the book for you, "The Dead Man" By Joel Goldman.  Jack Davis is a former FBI agent who was forced to early retirement due to his condition.  As Jack says, "I shake, that's what I do."  Jack's...
Mike Lynch Cartoons, April 14, 2009
...AN EVENING OF HUMBUG In 1957, five artists — Harvey Kurtzman , Will Elder , Arnold Roth , Al Jaffee and Jack Davis — hot on the heels of creating MAD magazine, pooled their money and their talent and entered into the creative, exuberant folly...
Coconut Grove Grapevine, April 6, 2009
...Yesterday was a quiet afternoon in the Grove; perfect for a book signing. That's what Jack Davis, author of "An Everglades Providence" did at the bookstore. They had a nice turnout. Here's Sandy from the Bookstore holding up one of the few remaining...
Coconut Grove Grapevine, April 4, 2009
...Jack Davis, author of "An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century," will be signing books at The Bookstore (3399 Virginia Street) tomorrow, April 5 at 4...