The Lamar Dodd School of Art and the UGA Special Collections Libraries welcome animator and director Mack Williams, UGA alum and 2024 Bulldog 100 recipient, to deliver the 2024 Jack Davis Lecture on the occasion of the centennial of Jack Davis’ birth. A renowned cartoonist and founder of MAD Magazine, Jack Davis was born in Atlanta in 1924. He has been beloved by the UGA community for decades for his quintessential illustrations of the Georgia Bulldogs and Bulldog fandom. Mack Williams, a 2003 BFA alum in digital media from the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences, expresses deep admiration for Davis' ouevre as inspiration for his twenty-year career in animation. His lecture will punctuate a three-day visit with students in graphic design and animation courses.
During Mack's visit to campus, he took time to look through original Jack Davis illustrations in the collections of the UGA Special Collections Libraries. He selected items for display in a pop-up exhibit at the Special Collections Building. While making those selections he chatted with Jan Hebbard, exhibition coordinator, and offered commentary about his picks. These tracks provide a bit of insight into Williams' selections for the pop-up exhibit.