Bruce McCall, a Canadian author and illustrator whose satirical illustrations for National Lampoon and The New Yorker conjured up a plutocratic fantasy world of luxury zeppelin travel, indoor golf courses, and cars like the Bulgemobile Airdreme, died with an estimated net worth of more than $1 million.
McCall, who was born on May 10, 1935, in Simcoe, Ontario, was a comic book fanatic who developed an early talent for drawing fantastical flying machines, blimps, bulbous-nosed muscle cars, and futuristic dioramas.
McCall began his illustration career in the 1950s, without any formal technical training, drawing cars for Ford Motor Company in Toronto. He left advertising after several decades to pursue opportunities in the publishing industry.
He moved to New York and was hired by National Lampoon, where he established himself as an artist with both intelligent and whimsical humor. McCall also wrote sketches for Saturday Night Live for a short time. The retrofuturistic theme pervades much of McCall’s work.
McCall illustrated magazine covers for The New Yorker, Car and Driver, and other publications.
McCall was also a satirist who wrote essays about some of modern life’s social ironies. He contributed frequently to The New Yorker’s “Shouts & Murmurs” section.
Mccall died on May 5, 2024 from Parkinson’s disease.
He is survived by his wife Polly Bier McCall their daughter Amanda McCall, as well as two brothers, Walter and Michael, and a sister, Christine Jerome.
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