Frank Jacobs, Mad Magazine Writer With a Lyrical Touch, Dies at 91
He deftly mocked pop culture, politics and more for 57 years. He also wrote new lyrics for familiar songs, which led to a lawsuit from Irving Berlin and others.
The longtime Mad magazine writer Frank Jacobs, as drawn by the longtime Mad magazine artist Jack Davis. Mr. Jacobs was, a former colleague said, “the best writer Mad magazine ever had.”Credit.Jack Davis via TM/E.C. Publishing
April 14, 2021Updated 6:36 p.m. ET
Frank Jacobs, an inventive satirist who in his 57 years at Mad magazine mocked popular culture and politics, often in pitch-perfect verse and lyrics, died on April 5 in Tarzana, Calif. He was 91.