Sunday Funnies - Jack Davis Advertising Art

This is page two of a Richie Rich comic book.

Richie Rich is a comic book character from the Harvey Comics group.

Jack Davis did at least 43 posters and full page ads for movies, most notably "Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" where he cartooned images of all the characters in the movie. (Actually he did "Mad Mad world twice; once for the original release and once for the re-release.)

He started in 1956 with artwork for a British film "Wee Gordie" and then "The Ship Was Loaded" (also known as "Carry On Admiral")

He did the advertising art for two Frank Sinatra Movies: "Sergeants Three" and "Come Blow Your Horn".

Other notable movies that include Jack Davis artwork were "Dear Brigitte", "Waterhole #3", "Inspector Clouseau", "The Producers", "Bank Shot" and "Heaven Can Wait".


All artwork on this page is copyright by the respective copyright holders.

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Secret CHEESE Sauce

Okay, stop the begging.

I’ll reveal to you my secret recipe for cheese sauce. No it’s not that gaggy, red-orange stuff that is squirted on your hamburger at the Grease Chain Restaurant.

I use a Parmesan/Alfredo cheese sauce as a base.

Here’s a basic Parmesan Sauce recipe:

1 1/2 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon All purpose flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup Parmesan; freshly shredded
1/4 teaspoo nSalt
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
1 pinch Paprika

Parmesan Cheese Sauce Preparation

1. Melt 1 1/2 Tbsp. butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle 2 Tbsp. flour into melted butter, whisking constantly. Cook, whisking constantly, 30 seconds to 1 minute or until mixture is golden and lumpy.

2. Gradually whisk in 1 cup 1% low-fat milk, and bring to a boil. Cook, whisking constantly, 1 to 2 minutes, or until thickened.

3. Add 1/2 cup freshly shredded Parmesan cheese, 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper, and a pinch of paprika, whisking until smooth. Remove from heat and use immediately.

Or this one is a bit simpler:
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, cubed
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. (2 oz.) grated Parmesan cheese
Dash of pepper

Microwave cream cheese, milk and Parmesan cheese in 1 quart measure. Microwave on medium (50%) 6 to 8 minutes or until sauce is smooth, stirring every 2 minutes. Stir in pepper. Toss with hot cooked pasta, 1 1/2 cups.

You can make your own if you want but I just skip to a pre-packaged one. It’s hard to beat Classico Creamy Alfredo, but Classico Four Cheese sauce works fine for me also. There are other brands of Italian cheese sauces on the shelf but read the labels carefully, many are made with sugar (high fructose corn syrup, dehydrated beet juice solids, or whatever they are calling sugar that day. Or worse still, maltodextrin.)

NOW, the secret part.

For enough cheese sauce for two servings of pasta, dump a cup of your creamy cheese sauce in a microwave pan.

Add a couple large tablespoons of small curd cottage cheese.

Finely chop about three broccoli florets. Finely. It must look about like coarse pepper. Add to pan.

Next add one teaspoon of tarragon.

Stir this until evenly distributed.

Microwave on high for about 5 minutes or until the cottage cheese is all melted, stirring occasionally. Sauce may brown slightly at the edges. That’s okay. Just stir it in.

You’re done.

Toss with pasta or just ladle on top. Looks good either way.

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Almost big enough.