Dick MacKay was an American cartoonist whose for appeared mainkly in the forties and sixties. It seems he worked in advertising a lot, and some of his originals wound up at Heritage in the Gill Fox collection. That would make him a likely suspect to have worked at the Johnstone and Cushing compny, like Gill Fox. His style in thse ads is a bit old fashioned, like that of another Johnstone and Cushing employee, Stan Randall. In the fifties, he changed to a more modern style.
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Mr. MacKay is so obscure, there doesn’t appear to be a reference to him even in Stripper’s Guide. Is this him? - Bonnie Mackay, Tree of Treasures: A Life in Ornaments: “…[M]y father, Dick Mackay [sic], worked for Disney in New York…”Bambi” [was] one of Daddy’s favourite cartoons. He took me to see it many times, describing all the intricacies of the animation.” and: “Daddy was a freelance cartoonist, voice impersonator, and ventriloquist.” Your Dick MacKay samples reminds one a little of Jimmy Hatlo.
Yes, but that was a pretty common style, based on most of the popular learn yourself to draw books. Another great sample of this was Stan Radall, who also worked at Johnstone and Cushing. You can find his work as one of the artists on the Pepsi Cops ad series. Another artist who worked in a similar style, was Paul Fung Junior, who als did many series for Johnstone and Cushing.
Bails' Who's Who spelled his name as McKay and he has an entry there. MacKay/McKay did work for Fawcett on the feature, Richard Richard Private Dick and the advertising feature Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries.
I think he’s the Duck MacKay listed as living at 60 Magnolia Ave, who would be Richard Haig MacKay, listing the same address on his World War II draft card.
That is a find. I will share it with the Comic Book Exchange, a private group of comic and comcis hostorians. Do you have a city name?
Garden City, New York. He was also born in Brooklyn on November 15, 1901, though I can’t find a death date. Could you happen to share the link to the CBE group? I’d be happy to share any more research I come across.
https://www.fold3.com/image/672338808?terms=richard,mackay,haig
Comic Book Exchange is a Facebook group, where you'll have to be vetted to be allowed in. There are rules too - no on is allowed to use information or illustrations found there without permission from the author. There are several people there who intreviewed older artists (and some even shared transcriptions of unpublished interviews)) From your first post I assumed David MacKay would be still alive, but anything you can find will be appreciated. YOu can try and contact me on Facebook, to furtehr talk about this (and other questions I have).
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