Nick Meglin (1935–2018)
Author of Drawing From Within: Unleashing Your Creative Potential
About the Author
Nick Meglin was born Nick Megliola in Brooklyn, New York on July 30, 1935. He graduated from Brooklyn College and received a certificate from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. While in art school, he wrote several stories for Panic, Mad, and Tales from the Crypt. In 1956, Mad offered him a show more full-time job, which he kept until he was drafted into the Army. He returned to Mad after his discharge. He was the editor of Mad from 1985 to 2004. He also wrote several books including The Art of Humorous Illustration and Drawing from Within with his daughter Diane Meglin. He drew sketches for Opera News and collaborated on two musicals. He wrote the lyrics for Grumpy Old Men: The Musical and wrote the book and lyrics for Tim and Scrooge. He died of a heart attack on June 2, 2018 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Nick Meglin
Mad Magazine #292 4 copies
Mad Magazine #305 3 copies
Mad Magazine #356 3 copies
Mad Magazine #374 3 copies
Mad Magazine #309 3 copies
Mad Magazine #352 3 copies
Mad Magazine #360 2 copies
Mad Magazine #396 2 copies
Mad Magazine #328 2 copies
Pictures at an Exhibition 2 copies
Mad Magazine #351 2 copies
Mad Magazine #379 2 copies
Mad Magazine #346 2 copies
Mad Magazine #391 2 copies
Mad Magazine #361 2 copies
Mad Magazine #298 2 copies
Mad Magazine #418 2 copies
Mad Magazine #282 2 copies
Mad Magazine #335 2 copies
Mad Magazine #378 2 copies
Mad Magazine #375 2 copies
Mad Magazine #372 2 copies
Mad Magazine #365 2 copies
Mad Magazine #339 2 copies
Mad Magazine #279 2 copies
Mad Magazine #370 2 copies
Mad Magazine #255 2 copies
Mad Magazine #387 2 copies
Mad Magazine #401 2 copies
Mad Magazine #367 2 copies
Mad Magazine #395 2 copies
Mad Magazine #386 2 copies
Mad Magazine #295 2 copies
Mad Magazine #310 2 copies
Mad Magazine #313 2 copies
Mad Magazine #320 2 copies
Mad Magazine #312 2 copies
Mad Magazine #308 2 copies
Mad Magazine #307 2 copies
Mad Magazine #304 2 copies
Mad Magazine #301 2 copies
MAD Mini-Müll Nr. 3 1 copy
Mad's Don Martin digs deeper 1 copy
Mad Magazine #448 1 copy
Mad Magazine #447 1 copy
Mad's Don Martin Carries on 1 copy
Mad Magazine #445 1 copy
Mad Magazine #380 1 copy
Mad Magazine #442 1 copy
Mad Magazine #321 1 copy
Mad Magazine #381 1 copy
Mad Magazine #377 1 copy
Mad Magazine #376 1 copy
Mad Magazine #369 1 copy
Mad Magazine #366 1 copy
Mad Magazine #350 1 copy
Mad Magazine #349 1 copy
Mad Magazine #341 1 copy
Mad Magazine #336 1 copy
Mad Magazine #329 1 copy
Mad Magazine #327 1 copy
Mad Magazine #326 1 copy
Mad Magazine #322 1 copy
Mad Magazine #319 1 copy
Mad Magazine #392 1 copy
Mad Magazine #318 1 copy
Mad Magazine #314 1 copy
Mad Magazine #311 1 copy
Mad Magazine #306 1 copy
Mad Magazine #300 1 copy
Mad Magazine #290 1 copy
Mad Magazine #283 1 copy
Mad Magazine #277 1 copy
Mad Magazine #258 1 copy
Mad Magazine #390 1 copy
Mad Magazine #393 1 copy
Mad Magazine #439 1 copy
Mad Magazine #420 1 copy
Mad Magazine #438 1 copy
Mad Magazine #436 1 copy
Mad Magazine #435 1 copy
Mad Magazine #434 1 copy
Mad Magazine #432 1 copy
Mad Magazine #429 1 copy
Mad Magazine #428 1 copy
Mad Magazine #427 1 copy
Mad Magazine #426 1 copy
Mad Magazine #425 1 copy
Mad Magazine #423 1 copy
Mad Magazine #422 1 copy
Mad Magazine #421 1 copy
Mad Magazine #419 1 copy
Mad Magazine #398 1 copy
Mad Magazine #417 1 copy
Mad Magazine #416 1 copy
Mad Magazine #415 1 copy
Mad Magazine #414 1 copy
Mad Magazine #411 1 copy
Mad Magazine #410 1 copy
Mad Magazine #407 1 copy
Mad Magazine #406 1 copy
Mad Magazine #405 1 copy
Mad Magazine #404 1 copy
Mad Magazine #402 1 copy
Mad Magazine #400 1 copy
Mad Magazine #399 1 copy
Associated Works
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Megliola, Nick (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1935-07-30
- Date of death
- 2018-06-02
- Gender
- male
- Education
- City University of New York (Brooklyn College)
School of Visual Arts - Occupations
- cartoonist
editor - Organizations
- Mad Magazine
U.S. Army - Cause of death
- heart attack
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
What an awesome collection! There's a degree to which writing about humor is like "dancing about architecture" or whatever but it's nice to hear
cartoonists like Sergio Aragones and Al Jaffee (both of whom are autodidacts and accidental artists) talk about what they do, esp. because few of the artists represented see their work as a means to an end. More than attempting to extract and analyze "what's funny", this is a collection of interviews with people who don't take themselves too show more seriously, who have navigated the business of art without compromising their sense of humor. Thank God they didn't invite Dave Berg though, that guy sucks...
The only bummer about this is Federico Fellini's introduction, which lacks any humor and charm. For someone with such playful visual/musical aesthetics he sure comes off as a blowhard.
"If brevity is the soul of wit, it follows that overstatement can be the death of it." -Al Jaffee show less
cartoonists like Sergio Aragones and Al Jaffee (both of whom are autodidacts and accidental artists) talk about what they do, esp. because few of the artists represented see their work as a means to an end. More than attempting to extract and analyze "what's funny", this is a collection of interviews with people who don't take themselves too show more seriously, who have navigated the business of art without compromising their sense of humor. Thank God they didn't invite Dave Berg though, that guy sucks...
The only bummer about this is Federico Fellini's introduction, which lacks any humor and charm. For someone with such playful visual/musical aesthetics he sure comes off as a blowhard.
"If brevity is the soul of wit, it follows that overstatement can be the death of it." -Al Jaffee show less
The first Superfan was a classic. This is a good follow-up. Of course, the references such as "belly of Jurgensen" are a bit dated now.
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 267
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 710
- Popularity
- #35,708
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 20
- Languages
- 2