Analysis: Mort Drucker’s legendary Mad magazine caricatures spoofed Hollywood — and Hollywood loved them
In the elegant hand of the greatest American magazine caricaturist of the 20th century, visual comedy wasn’t meant to be cruel.
The magazine’s satire could sting beneath the faux guise of stupidity, yet Drucker’s subjects often cherished his pen-and-brush likenesses. His caricatures contorted celebrity features, yet never seemed to stretch the visual truth.
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