(C) BoingBoing
This story was originally published by BoingBoing and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .



Illustrator and humorist Bruce McCall has passed away [1]

['Ruben Bolling']

Date: 2023-05-06

The New York Times has reported that illustrator and humorist Bruce McCall passed away today.

"Bruce McCall, whose satirical illustrations for National Lampoon and The New Yorker conjured up a plutocratic dream world of luxury zeppelin travel, indoor golf courses and cars like the Bulgemobile Airdreme, died on Friday in the Bronx. He was 87.

"His wife, Polly Bier McCall, said his death, at Calvary Hospital, was caused by Parkinson's disease.

"Borrowing from the advertising style seen in magazines like Life, Look and Collier's in the 1930s and '40s, Mr. McCall depicted a luminous fantasyland filled with airplanes, cars and luxury liners of his own creation. It was a world populated by carefree millionaires who expected caviar to be served in the stations of the fictional Fifth Avenue Subway and carwashes to spray their limousines with champagne."

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://boingboing.net/2023/05/06/illustrator-and-humorist-bruce-mccall-has-passed-away.html

Published and (C) by BoingBoing
Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0.

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/boingboing/

You are viewing proxied material from magical.fish. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.