TERRANOVA47's JACK DAVIS CARDS

 These are Terranova47's Jack Davis cards. It compliments a previous post showing the box.

Hope you like them.

JACK DAVIS CARDS AND BOX: TERRANOVA'S PERSONAL COLLECTION

Here's the box Valentine cards were sold in which contains my cards from the 50's & 60's.

I kept it because I was never sure who drew the illustrations. I thought it was Jack Davis at the time and it wasn't until the current exhibit that I knew for sure.

Terranova47

USA

JACK DAVIS IN NEW YORK CITY

Hello Woodsy,

There is presently an exhibit of original art by Jack Davis at The Society of Illustrators in NYC.

Here are some you will appreciate.

Terranova47

USA

JACK DAVIS ALBUM COVER

An LP cover of mine by one Jack Davis. Who else!

What's your fave Jack D artwork?

Did he ever illustrate in Creepy and Eerie for Warren Publishing anyone?

You'll Die Laughing - Frightful fun from the imagination of Jack Davis by Tony K

Woodsy's 2017 piece, 'Knaresborough, Dean Koontz and Jack Davis', had me hunting the house for Jack Davis. 

No, not Jack Davis himself. He doesn't live here.

I was actually looking for an old Coronation tin containing a set of You'll Die Laughing cards.

You'll Die Laughing features an ever popular menagerie of monsters, ghosts, ghouls and aliens. 

The colourful cards are visually interesting and nostalgically appealing. 

The set was illustrated with quirky caricaturesque creatures drawn from Jack Davis' visionary imagination, back in 1959. 

The UK set of 48 cards from A&BC (1967), derives from the original US set of 66 cards (1959);  by Topps under their pseudonym, Bubbles Inc. 

Monsters have always appealed to the twisted imagination of kids. The more gruesome the ghoul, the better we liked it!

Jack's monster mad world was populated with alluring, out-of-proportion characters, who would personify his style of art. 

Perhaps the satirical captions on these cards are dated. But they belong to a different era, when 'funny' often came in simple joke shop packages. The gags are anachronisms guaranteed to arch the cynical eyebrows of today's sophisticated gamers. 

But back in 1959, the 'Funny Monsters' wrapper, humorous captions and simple jokes, not only made kids laugh;  but served to market taboo monsters to kids, whilst subverting and subduing parental reaction.

Jack was a prestigious pop culture illustrator and cartoonist at the top of his game. I saw his art on the gallery of shelves in the news agents I'd wander into as a kid.

But perhaps my favourite Jack Davis piece wasn't a magazine cover or even a gum card!

Jack illustrated one of the cinema posters for the movie Kelly's Heroes.

Jack's poster illustration was also used on the cover of the films music LP. 

It was a prized album I hunted down as a kid and still treasure today. 

His poster art personifies the fabric of the film. 

The enterprising ensemble are drawn with Jack's glorious hallmark for the disproportionate and the unbalanced.

Kelly, Oddball, Crapgame and Big Joe are cinematic mavericks and misfits... 

illustrated and immortalised as only Jack could draw them!

John Burton "Jack" Davis, Jr. (December 2, 1924 – July 27, 2016)

Tony K

Knaresborough, Dean Koontz and Jack Davis

Just been on a festive drive out to Knaresborough, a beautiful local river town in North Yorkshire. It meant missing the 7th Voyage of Sinbad on the telly but it was nice to get out after all the Christmas feasting

full of small stores, cafes and to Missus Moonbases and my delight, charity shops. Not everyone likes charity shops in town centres but we do.

We didn't get much today as we're quite frugal these days. The Missus bought some wooden stars for crafting next Advent. I got myself a novel I read in the 90's on holiday on Greece called Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz.

Its an intriguing story if I remember right about a young boy who cannot go outdoors during the day due to an extreme skin condition. He goes on adventures at night.

During one such escapade he stumbles across a facility creating mecha apes I think but my memory's a bit blurred. I've no idea what happens after that hence my purchase of the paperback again! Have you read it?

I also saw an artist I recognised. I can spot his work a mile off. The art was on the cover of this Spike Jones LP record in a charity shop.

Yep, the artist is the great Jack Davis. You can see his signature on the bottom right. 

I first came across Spike Jones in the back of Creepy and Eerie magazines in the late Sixties and early Seventies. There was advert for a different Spike Jones LP called Spike Jones in Stereo but more commonly known as his Monster album.

As for Jack Davis I actually do have an LP record illustrated by him. Its called the Sound of Sight and is typical of his zany cartoony style, which was immortalised in MAD magazine more than anywhere.

Jack peaked for me, however, when he illustrated the wonderful cartoon run of the You'll Die Laughing Topps gum cards, which I adored. I still have a few stashed away in the attic! Hard to believe he did them in 1959!

Do you like Jack Davis?