Spotted: The Jack Davis Knockout
Last year, on my visit to the MAD Magazine headquarters in New York I was shown an amazing Jack Davis original featuring a boxer getting his head knocked off by his opponent.
According to Assistant Art Director Ryan Flanders, the illustration – probably drawn in the 50′s or even early 60′s – was never originally published. The reason? A mystery.
But the other day, my dad delivered a box of old MAD’s from his collection, and lo and behold! I spied a familiar sight:
Boxing Illustration by Jack Davis - from MAD Super Special #70, Spring 1989 © MAD Magazine / E.C. Publications
The illustration finally appeared in MAD Super Special #70 “Sports 2″ from Spring 1989 – many years later.
Below is me drooling all over the original:
Can I hold it? Please, please, please!?
