Paul Coker, Jr. discusses his beginnings at Mad Magazine

Paul Coker, Jr.

 I just had a nice long chat with Paul Coker, Jr. (Designer of most of the Rankin/Bass TV Specials). I was a bit worried about him, as his phone was out of service for a while (What a relief!). I had to let him know about several projects and he told me he absolutely loved our last book and is looking forward to the new one. #paulcokerjr #rankinbass #madmagazine

Jack Davis

Haven't heard from my pal Jack in a while...hope he is feeling better!

Paul Coker, Jr. is here!

Paul Coker, Jr.

I talked to my long-time pal, Rankin/Bass designer Paul Coker, Jr. Monday night!   We are really looking forward to finally meeting in person in Dallas this Friday! ❄ You can come to the North Dallas Comic Con on Saturday 9:30 am until 5 pm!  We will have some special signed items for sale, including my books. If you are not able to make Dallas, stay tuned for our Black Friday offer at www.miserbros.com.  Sign up to our mailing list to be in the loop and get holiday discounts and updates.

PAUL COKER, JR. will be appearing with me in Dallas November 14th!

A nice Beatle piece Paul did for MAD MAGAZINE... 

PAUL COKER, JR.

Just had a nice, long chat with my friend Paul Coker, Jr. We have a few things coming up that we may work on together..Always enjoy talking with him! He has a great sense of humor He said he just finished a two page spread for Mad Magazine, that he had great difficulty with.

PAUL COKER, JR.'s 2014 Christmas card

My good friend Jack Davis retires at 90

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/jack-davis-mad-mag-retires/

Paul Did this for my friend Scott Jerald's sketchbook!

I had a nice, long conversation with Paul Coker tonight! He spent the holidays in California BUT is back in Santa Fe now. He told me MAD MAGAZINE is now published quarterly, so that has cut his work back a bit. He also does some art for the MAD KIDS publication. For some reason his Christmas card to me got lost in the mail, so he is sending another this week. I will post it when it arrives. He had a nice holiday season and all is good :)
posted by Thomas Frederick

The late TONY PETERS: Designer of RANKIN/BASS' RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

We miss our friend Tony! He passed away in 2009.

PAUL COKER, JR. autographed postcard

We still have a few of the authentic PAUL COKER, JR. autographed postcards of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN! PAUL did the drawing just for us and handsigned a limited number of them for us to sell to support the site. Paul designed many RANKIN/BASS TV Specials including FROSTY THE SNOWMAN and THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS! $9.99 shipped. PAYPAL Rickgoldsc@aol.com

calling PAUL COKER, JR.

I talked with my pal PAUL COKER, JR. yesterday! I thanked him for signing the 2008 RANKIN/BASS CHRISTMAS CARD...which are available now! Check the right hand column. We also talked about the possibility of a RANKIN/BASS reunion for THE DR. PHIL SHOW in Hollywood! He was very excited about that! Check PAUL out, in his living room, drawing the MISER BROS and FROSTY in the documentary "We Are Santa's Elves," which is an EXTRA on the deluxe YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS DVD and it is also included in the new box set CLASSIC CHRISTMAS FAVORITES!