Jack Mendelsohn
Jack Mendelsohn (November 8, 1926 – January 25, 2017) was an American writer-artist who worked in animation, comic strips and comic books. An Emmy-nominated television comedy writer and story editor, he had numerous credits as a TV scripter, including Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Three's Company, The Carol Burnett Show and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Among his work for feature films, he was a co-screenwriter of Yellow Submarine (1968). In 2004, the Animation Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award.[1]
For the British Labour Member of Parliament, see John Mendelson.Jack Mendelsohn
November 8, 1926
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
January 25, 2017 (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Writer-artist
Personal life[edit]
His father was an agent for cartoonist-animator Winsor McCay, and during Mendelsohn's childhood in Brooklyn, he was an avid reader of cartoonist Stan MacGovern's off-beat New York Post comic strip, Silly Milly, an obvious influence on Mendelsohn's cartoon style. Dropping out of high school, Mendelsohn joined the Navy and after World War II, he contributed gag cartoons to The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines.
Mark Evanier reported Jack Mendelsohn died of lung cancer on the evening of January 25, 2017.[2]