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Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist Lectures

Jack Davis (1924–2016) was one of the most important figures in American illustration. A founding editor of MAD Magazine, his work spanned every genre from MAD to movie posters to Playboy. His work is noted for his style of wild, free-flowing brushwork, wacky characters and incredible crowd scenes. He received the highest award, the Rueben, from the National Cartoonist Society and was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame at the Museum of American Illustration in New York. A hallmark of Jack Davis' work is how with humor and humanity, he captures the spirit of life in America. Davis studied with artist Lamar Dodd at the University of Georgia and honed his skills drawing for the campus student newspaper, the Red and Black, and Bullsheet, an Athens humor publication. He later moved to New York, where he attended the Art Students League before working with William Gaines' EC Comics. He supplied numerous cover illustrations for Time and TV Guide, created album cover art and designed movie posters.

  • Ann Orr Morris Memorial Lectures

The intent of the Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist program is to honor Davis and his contributions to popular culture, and to bring outstanding professional illustrators and designers who share in this tradition to the UGA campus for a public lecture and creative exchanges with students and faculty.

Previous Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artists:
  • 2016 Rick Meyerowitz​
  • 2016 (fall): Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studios
  • 2016 (spring): John Hendrix
  • 2015: Yuko Shimizu
  • 2014: Steve Brodner
  • 2013: Bill Mayer
  • 2012: Joe Ciardiello
  • 2011: Mike Ramirez
  • 2009: Sergio Aragones
  • 2008: Steven Heller
  • 2007: Mike Luckovich
  • 2006: Peter de Seve
  • 2005: C.F. Payne
  • 2004: Arnold Roth
  • 2003: Gary Baseman
  • 2002: David Levine
  • 2000: Anita Kunz
  • 1999: Ralph Steadman
  • 1998: Jack Davis
 
 
Nov 07, 2024
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Jack Davis Lecture | Mack Williams

Sep 13, 2023
Artworks by Melinda Beck

Jack Davis Lecture | Melinda Beck

Feb 16, 2022
The Black School

Jack Davis Lecture: The Black School

Feb 11, 2022
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Breakfast with Professionals: Jourdan Joly

Nov 07, 2017

Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist Lecture: Rick Meyerowitz

Nov 04, 2016

Visiting Artist Chris Sickels Student Workshop

Nov 02, 2016

Chris Sickels Illustrator/Animator Lecture

Feb 23, 2016

John Hendrix Lecture

Phoebe Gloeckner

Jack Davis Lecturer: Phoebe Gloeckner

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