#Paul Coker Jr.

[twoheadedfilmfan]

#santa claus is comin' to town #santa claus is coming to town #rankin bass #christmas specials #tv #tv ads #print ads #advertisements #1970 #1970’s #70s #paul coker jr. #christmas #santa claus #abc

[tomoleary]

“Since its debut in MAD #103 (June 1966), “Horrifying Clichés” — written by Phil Hahn and illustrated by Paul Coker, Jr. — is one MAD’s best-loved features (and that’s not saying much).”

#Horrifying Cliches #Phil Hahn #Paul Coker Jr. #mad magazine

[downthetubes]

In Memoriam: MAD Magazine artist Paul Coker Jr.

In Memoriam: MAD Magazine artist Paul Coker Jr.

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#downthetubes News #Humour Comics #Mad Magazine #Paul Coker Jr.

[emptyspace2001]

When fans of Rankin/Bass conveniently leave out the American/Japanese partnership...

My dude, it's MAD magazine illustration meets Japanese animation

#rankinbass #rankin/bass #mad magazine #paul coker jr. #harvey kurtzman

[usualgangofidiots]

MAD Artists' Response to an Article (MAD #178, October 1975)

Artists: the Usual Gang of Idiots

#Mad magazine #horses #Don Martin #Jack Davis #Al Jaffee #Mort Drucker #Sergio Aragones #Dave Berg #Paul Coker Jr #Jack Rickard #Angelo Torres #George Woodbridge #Antonio Prohias #Bob Clarke #vintage #1970s #draw this figure #horse #art instruction school #ad parody

[grouper]

general coker + coker general

#paul coker jr #uplouds #yeeaaahhhhhhh

[super-lazer-piss]

Paul Coker Jr.'s Miser Brothers drawings appreciation

#rankin bass #miser brothers

[klapollo]

To be a Christmas classic is to achieve immortality, revisited year after year when our hearts are allegedly at their most tender. And yet, though a deluge of holiday movies and songs and books and miscellany trying to cash in on this all-too-profitable season, only few seem to achieve this endless life in the zeitgeist. Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass seemed to crack the code, over and over. Every year, alongside animated titans like Scrooge McDuck and The Grinch, a little figurine of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer captures our hearts and affections.

It’s hard to understand exactly how we got to this point in pop culture. Stop motion from the mid-twentieth century, without the clout and budget of a Disney-size studio behind it? It seems like a recipe for creepy, forgettable fodder for video essayists digging up the corpses of lost media. The answer seems to be that the special is just good — the songs are fun, the characters are memorable (and memeable) and I’m always down for an annual rousing debate about how Santa Claus is inexplicably a total dick in it. But lots of good specials have faded into obscurity over the years (I point feverishly to the likes of Olive the Other Reindeer). So how did the little, aggressively bullied Reindeer survive for over half a century?

This Christmas season will be the first without Paul Coker Jr. and Jules Bass, and we are now left watching Rudolph without many of its major players still around. I wrote about the studio I love, their holiday specials, and why I worry a lot of their most creative work is at risk of being forgotten.

#writing #rankin bass #animation #rb

[retromusicart]

Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, and Others - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town: Soundtrack of the Rankin/Bass TV Special (MGM, 1970) - Design by Paul Coker, Jr. and Maurer Productions West

Yes, contrary to popular belief, the soundtrack for the special did get a release around the time of airing, though it didn't last long in the shelves. It took all the way up to 2002 for it to hit CD (apparently there was a spat over the rights).

Image courtesy of Discogs.

#cover art #album #album cover #album covers #albums #art #70s #70s music #70s children's music #70s christmas #1970 #70s animation #rankin bass #santa claus is comin' to town #fred astaire

[gkdhaka]

Paul Coker Jr. Dies: Designer Of Rankin/Bass Classic Holiday Characters & Longtime Mad Magazine Illustrator Was 93

Paul Coker Jr. Dies: Designer Of Rankin/Bass Classic Holiday Characters & Longtime Mad Magazine Illustrator Was 93

Paul Coker Jr., whose character and production designs for the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion and animated holiday specials and his many years as one of Mad magazine’s “Usual Gang Of Idiots” endeared him to generations of fans, died following a brief illness at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 23. He was 93. His death was confirmed to Deadline by his stepdaughter Lee Smithson Burd.…

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[tymime]

Mortimer Mouse also looks great in cheesy Christmas sweaters.

Made a pretty good attempt at '60s-style lettering here, mostly inspired by the work of Paul Coker Jr. (character designer for Rankin-Bass, and Mad Magazine artist). I would imagine that every year Mortimer gives out autographed photos of himself, and this is what they typically look like.

From 2010.

#mortimer mouse #christmas #christmas sweater #ugly sweater #disney #mouse #rodent #toon #cartoon #retro #fanart #my art

[art4mad]

Paul Coker Jr., 1929-2022

Paul Coker Jr., 1929-2022

The world lost another of the Usual Gang of Idiots recently with the passing of the wonderful Paul Coker Jr. on July 23rd at age 93. Paul was, at least in my opinion, a seriously underrated member of the UGOI. His work was elegant and beautifully drawn, and yet was as forcefully funny as anything else you saw in MAD. His “Horrifying Cliches” was a long running favorite feature in the magazine…

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[tomoleary]

Voice For Children Signed "Cartoon Jam" Print (Stabur Graphics, 1986)

“This panoramic print features perhaps the largest number of cartoon licenses granted for one project, as well as what might be the most cartoonists participating in one cartoon jam for a commercial print. The scene also features the first licensed appearances of Walt Disney and Walter Lantz characters co-starring in the same piece. It's a veritable ‘orchestra and choir’ of characters singing for the welfare of children as the ‘Voice For Children.’

“Signed by: Stan Lee, Charles Schulz, Walter Lantz, Jim Davis, Johnny Romita, Milton Caniff, Mort Drucker, Jack Kirby, Bill Keane, Mike Royer, Moebius, Sergio Aragones, Hank Ketcham, Kelly Freas, Bob Thaves, Jim Unger, Jack Hannah, Don Dougherty, Jerry Van Amerongen, Leonard Starr, Arnold Roth, Tom Batiuk, Mike Peters, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Jaffee, Morrie Turner, Mel Lazarus, B. K. Taylor, Marty Murphy, Dean Young and Stan Drake, Russell Myers, Jim Meddick, Dick Locher, Mort Walker, MacNelly, Johnny Hart, Fred Lasswell, Paul Coker Jr, Irwin Hasen, Ray Salmon, Dick Browne, Will Elder, Bud Sagendorf, Dick Moores, Joe Martin, Jack Davis, Bob Foster, Judd Hurd, Frank Ridgeway, Al Williamson, Bernard Kliban, Bill Mauldin, and more.

“And featuring these characters: The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America, Ms Peach, Mama, Wizard of Id, B. C., Nancy and Sluggo, Robotman, U. S. Acres, Gasoline Alley, Dondi, Conrad, Broom-Hilda, Mama, Wee Pals, Luann, Animal Crackers, Terry and the Pirates, Wright Angles, Dick Tracy, Family Circus, Benchley, the Neighborhood, Charlie Brown, Peanuts and Snoopy, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible, Groo the Wanderer, Cathy, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Popeye, Blondie, Woody Woodpecker, Little Annie Fannie, Mr. Abernathy, Little Orphan Annie, Dennis the Menace, Herman, President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, Buddy Hackett, Snuffy Smith, Garfield, and Alfred E Neuman.”

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#Voice For Children #Cartoon Jam

[rankinbass-hobbit]

[deadlinecom]

[usualgangofidiots]

The Timeline of Disillusionment (MAD XL #33, Summer 2005)

Artist: Paul Coker Writer: Jill Hamilton

#Mad magazine #Paul Coker Jr