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Norman Theodore Mingo (20 January 1896 – 8 May 1980) was an American commercial artist and illustrator. He is most famous for being commissioned to formalize the image of Alfred E. Neuman for ''Mad.'' A prolific magazine illustrator in the Norman Rockwell vein, Mingo resided in the Chicago area for numerous decades before latterly retiring to Tarrytown, New York. In his pre-''Mad'' years, he worked as an illustrator for various advertising agencies and magazines, including ''American Weekly'', ''Ladies' Home Journal'' and ''Pictorial Review''. He provided a bikinied pin-up girl for a 1946 Mennen Skin Bracer advert, signed with his distinctive Mingo script.〔Cohn, Beverly, "What a Year It Was!-1946", MMS Publishing, Marina del Ray, California, 1995, ISBN 0-922658-04-8, page 154.〕 In addition to pin-up art, he also illustrated for paperbacks (Pocket Books) and paper dolls (Deanna Durbin). In 1956 Mingo answered a New York Times ad for an illustrator, and was selected by ''Mad'' publisher William M. Gaines and editor Al Feldstein to create a warmer, more polished version of a public domain character the magazine had been using. Previously, the magazine had printed a rougher image and redrawings of the character, which were randomly dubbed "Melvin F. Coznowski" or "Mel Haney" in addition to "Alfred E. Neuman." The pollyannic simpleton had appeared in many guises and variations since the 19th century, including in dental advertisements that assured the public of minimal tooth-pulling pain. Permanently named Alfred E. Neuman, the character became Mad magazine's mascot with issue #30. In November 2008, Mingo's original cover featuring the first "official" portrait of Neuman sold at auction for $203,150. Norman Mingo crafted several ''Mad'' covers in 1956-7 before leaving the magazine. He returned to ''Mad'' in 1962 and painted most of its front covers until 1976. His last ''Mad'' cover appeared on issue #211 (December 1979). Combining the regular issues (including some back covers), the reprint "MAD Specials" and the paperbacks, Mingo did more than 200 original covers for ''Mad.'' Fellow cover artists Jack Rickard and Bob Jones have remarked that Mingo was the only one who could paint the Neuman character perfectly 'on model' every time. A born again Christian, Mingo began signing his covers (executed in gouache) with the ichthys beneath his name in 1975, beginning with ''Mad'' #174. Although Mingo has been named as the artist who created the definitive Neuman face, he created a dramatic variation in 1979—after the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. With an exaggerated version of the meltdown in the background, on the cooling towers, Alfred abandons his trademark grin and says, "Yes...me worry!" Semi-retired when he took his first ''Mad'' magazine cover assignment, Norman Mingo was the only veteran of the First World War ever to write or draw for ''Mad''. An obituary for Mingo appeared in the May 9, 1980 issue of the New York Times.〔The New York Times, "Norman Mingo, 84, Illustrator Behind 'Alfred E. Neuman,'" May 9, 1980〕 ==See also== *Mad magazine *List of Mad Magazine issues 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Mingo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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