[HN Gopher] Mort Drucker has died
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Mort Drucker has died
Author : jdhzzz
Score : 104 points
Date : 2020-04-10 12:43 UTC (10 hours ago)
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| The_rationalist wrote:
| Kinda ironic that his name literally means _dead_ in French
| jackewiehose wrote:
| And I was thinking it's funny he ended up in the printing
| business with the name Drucker which is German for "printer".
| vinay427 wrote:
| Yep, and very similar words seem to be in most other Indo-
| European languages as well.
| beering wrote:
| I was curious enough to look it up and the given name Mortimer
| means "dead pond" according to Wiktionary. Mort Drucker's name
| is Morris, not Mortimer, so I guess this is a somewhat
| irrelevant piece of trivia.
| 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 wrote:
| Is it common in the USA to have an obituary without including the
| cause of death?
| kube-system wrote:
| Yes, very common, especially if the cause is not directly
| relevant to the person's life story.
|
| i.e. it might be mentioned for things like a military member
| dying in combat, or a person who fought a lifelong battle with
| a disease. But an older person who died of a health issue would
| not usually be mentioned.
| JJMcJ wrote:
| Sometimes there are ways to guess:
|
| "long illness" - cancer, but can be other things
|
| "short illness" - heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, for
| instance
|
| "died at home" - polite euphemism for suicide, though can be
| natural death at home for someone who lived alone
| orange3xchicken wrote:
| I think it's relatively common - I guess it also depends on how
| sensitive the cause of death is.
|
| There is a pretty good nytimes doc on obit journalists:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2YXpyh_YOw
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Man, and Sy Mead ... my childhood heroes are disappearing.
|
| I would pick up the odd Mad magazine from the grocery store (or
| Rexall Drug) if I had enough allowance money. I had been drawing
| since I was a small kid (like everyone else) but as I got to be
| about 11 or 12 I started seriously trying to draw people: the
| hardest thing for me to draw well.
|
| One style of art stood out for me in Mad magazine. The artist
| drew people in a realistic way. They were caricatures to a
| degree, but not off the scale like Don Martin. The poses and
| facial expressions were natural, the lines minimal but enough to
| convey a degree of realism.
|
| I looked at how Mort Drucker drew the clavicle on a woman, as an
| example -- just a little serif, a small arc with a long tail --
| and I started drawing clavicles like that.
|
| And on and on.
|
| I've come to believe that an artist's "style" is a result of all
| the little tells they've stolen from other artists (perhaps
| tempered by their own artistic shortcomings?).
|
| I often wonder where Mort Drucker and other contemporary artists
| got their style from. Use of line weight from Winsor McCay?
| Crosshatching from John Tenniel?
|
| No doubt Mort Drucker has influenced thousands and thousands of
| artists. He will be missed but his art will always still be here.
|
| That's an actual legacy.
| egypturnash wrote:
| _I 've come to believe that an artist's "style" is a result of
| all the little tells they've stolen from other artists (perhaps
| tempered by their own artistic shortcomings?)._
|
| Pro artist, you are pretty much spot on, except for not
| including a certain number of stylizations invented while
| working from life. I like to say that when you can rip off
| eight people in the course of one drawing, you have your own
| style.
|
| I learnt recently that the creator of Lupin III was influenced
| by Drucker and Aragones and the way that manga/anime looks
| makes _so much sense_ now.
| Baeocystin wrote:
| Oh, wow. That _does_ make sense! Funny how the connection
| becomes clear only in retrospect.
| rhizome wrote:
| Style is how you stitch the thefts together.
| dhimes wrote:
| This is an amazing line- I think it transcends fields.
| wyxuan wrote:
| Makes sense that a manga about thieves contains artistic
| styles 'stolen' from other artists
| eludwig wrote:
| Beautifully said and totally agreed on all points. Mort Drucker
| was a next-level talent.
|
| I started buying Mad in the late 60's at the local 5 & dime
| store, back when you could actually buy stuff for 5 cents!
| (candy mainly).
|
| When I started buying Mad, I didn't really relate to the movie
| parodies, but even then I could tell that Mort's illustrations
| were beyond good! He was a master, truly. He deserved every
| accolade and then some.
|
| Rest in peace, Mort!
| Razengan wrote:
| Even though I haven't read MAD in a long time, and didn't see
| this name anywhere for probably a decade, seeing this post
| instantly sparked recognition.
| [deleted]
| KingFelix wrote:
| I drove to Microcenter with my son yesterday, picking up parts
| for new workstations. Brought my son to get out of the house, he
| brought a Mad magazine (Christmas book special edition) and read
| it the entire way. RIP Mort!
| yasp wrote:
| .
| lucasmullens wrote:
| You can favorite a thread instead of doing this.
| egypturnash wrote:
| The . comment leaves a mark: I have nothing to say but I wish
| to express my sadness at the passing of this person.
|
| "Favoriting" carries implications of joy, treasure, and
| delight.
| canada_dry wrote:
| The guy had a genius for simple yet superb art.
|
| An example off pinterest...
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| https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e1/ee/70/e1ee708d9a72bb8b8c52c8aa9...
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