And yet another damned obituary: Jerry DeFuccio passed away last night. Jerry was a veteran of EC Comics, having worked as an assistant editor, researcher and occasional writer for Harvey Kurtzman's war comics during their "golden" period. When Mad Magazine got up and running, Jerry became one of its Associate Editors and remained there for more than 25 years. (A few years after he departed, he resurfaced for a brief time at Cracked).
Anyone who visited the Mad offices during his years there probably met and spent time with Jerry. He was the magazine's historian, researcher and unofficial greeter. He was also a devout student of comic book history who was responsible for unearthing much that is today known about vintage funnybooks. He was very nice to me when I first ventured into the halls of Mad, as he was to just about everyone. I wish I had more info on his life to pass along here…