--- title: Jack Davis: Cartoonist Who Captured 1970s Icons Dies at 91 description: Jack Davis, a cartoonist for TIME and MAD Magazines, died Wednesday at 91. Here are some of the iconic covers he created for TIME. canonical: https://time.com/4428441/jack-davis-time-covers/ author: Olivia B. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 28, 2016 9:13 PM UTC  September 9, 1974 cover of TIME magazine featuring art by Jack Davis. September 9, 1974 cover of TIME magazine featuring art by Jack Davis. Jack Davis—TIME Magazine  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 28, 2016 9:13 PM UTC Jack Davis, a caricature artist and founding member of MAD magazine who designed covers for TIME magazine, died Wednesday. He was 91. The Atlanta native started his career at the [University of Georgia](https://news.uga.edu/releases/article/jack-davis-072716/)‘s campus publications before moving to New York City to take evening classes at the Art Students League. His freelance comic art for William Gaines’ EC Comics helped earned him a place in the so-called “Usual Gang of Idiots,” the group that started the humor publication [_MAD_ ](http://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2016/07/27/mad-remembers-jack-davis-artist)[magazine](http://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2016/07/27/mad-remembers-jack-davis-artist) in 1952\. He went on to do the movie posters for the 1963 slapstick comedy [_It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_](https://www.criterion.com/films/28579-it-s-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world) and for ’70s flicks, such as Woody Allen’s _Bananas_ and Robert Altman’s _The Long Goodbye_. But when the culture news outlet [_The A.V. Club_ ](http://www.avclub.com/article/jack-davis-66444)asked Davis in 2011 what illustrations he’s most proud of, the cartoonist said his TIME magazine covers —which, as seen above, spoofed the most influential figures and events of the ’70s, from football’s Joe Namath and the Super Bowl to U.S. presidents Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. “The one I did of Ford rolling up his sleeves is about one of my best,” he said. “And the one with Kissinger.” All of these illustrations were done with little “direction” from the editors, he added: --- > “” --- He received two of his profession’s most prestigious awards — The Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in [1996 ](http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/caniff.asp)and the Reuben Award in [2000](http://www.reuben.org/awards/) — and the Society of Illustrators inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2005.  October 16, 1972 cover of TIME magazine featuring art by Jack Davis. 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