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:''This article is for the illustrator. For the ice hockey players, see Bobby Clarke.''
:''For Information on the English Historian, see Bob Clarke (Historian).''
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Bob Clarke was an illustrator whose elegant line appeared in innumerable advertisements as well as ''MAD Magazine''. The label of the Cutty Sark bottle is his creation. Bob was born in Mamaroneck, NY, USA in 1926.
Clarke was one of the artists who took up the slack when Harvey Kurtzman left ''Mad'', taking Will Elder and Jack Davis with him. He was a mainstay of the magazine during its best years, being one of four general-purpose artists (those who did not have a specialty such as Don Martin, Mort Drucker or Dave Berg) who took ''Mad'' through the late 50's and early 60's, the others being Wallace Wood, George Woodbridge and Joe Orlando.
Of those four mainstays Bob Clarke had the most cartoon-like style. This was illustrated in the two circus panoramas in ''Mad'' #41, the first being an old-time circus done by Wallace Wood which was a breathtakingly elaborate vision of impossible spectacle while the one done by Clarke was simple and uncluttered, showing small routine acts. The point of the article was the decline of the circus and the contrast made the point.
His style in ''Mad'' was quite distinctive and could be recognized by an aficionado at a glance. His work therein showed a mastery of line and an eye for the humorous side of things.
:''For Information on the English Historian, see Bob Clarke (Historian).''
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Bob Clarke was an illustrator whose elegant line appeared in innumerable advertisements as well as ''MAD Magazine''. The label of the Cutty Sark bottle is his creation. Bob was born in Mamaroneck, NY, USA in 1926.
Clarke was one of the artists who took up the slack when Harvey Kurtzman left ''Mad'', taking Will Elder and Jack Davis with him. He was a mainstay of the magazine during its best years, being one of four general-purpose artists (those who did not have a specialty such as Don Martin, Mort Drucker or Dave Berg) who took ''Mad'' through the late 50's and early 60's, the others being Wallace Wood, George Woodbridge and Joe Orlando.
Of those four mainstays Bob Clarke had the most cartoon-like style. This was illustrated in the two circus panoramas in ''Mad'' #41, the first being an old-time circus done by Wallace Wood which was a breathtakingly elaborate vision of impossible spectacle while the one done by Clarke was simple and uncluttered, showing small routine acts. The point of the article was the decline of the circus and the contrast made the point.
His style in ''Mad'' was quite distinctive and could be recognized by an aficionado at a glance. His work therein showed a mastery of line and an eye for the humorous side of things.
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