# Malky McCormick

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{{Short description|Scottish cartoonist (1943–2019)}}
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'''Malky McCormick''' (1943 – 15 April 2019) was a Scottish [cartoonist](/source/cartoonist), [comics artist](/source/comics_artist), [postcard](/source/postcard) artist, [caricaturist](/source/caricaturist)<ref name="cartoonsac">{{cite web|title=Malcolm McCormick - British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent|url=https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/c-d/MalcolmMcCormick.html|website=Cartoons.ac.uk|accessdate=8 February 2017}}</ref> and musician.

==Biography==
After leaving the [commercial](/source/Commerce) [art](/source/art) world in 1965, he illustrated [comics](/source/comics) and [magazines](/source/magazines) for [D.C. Thomson](/source/D._C._Thomson_%26_Co._Ltd) in [Dundee](/source/Dundee) then became a [graphic art](/source/graphic_art)ist and [designer](/source/Graphic_designer) with [Scottish Television](/source/Scottish_Television) for three years.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mccormick_malky.htm|title=Malky McCormick|website=Lambiek.net|accessdate=6 August 2020}}</ref> In 1975, along with friend and fellow [banjo player](/source/Banjoist) [Billy Connolly](/source/Billy_Connolly), he devised and wrote the successful [cartoon strip](/source/cartoon_strip), [The Big Yin](/source/The_Big_Yin) for the ''[Sunday Mail](/source/Sunday_Mail_(Scotland))''. Subsequently, McCormick contributed to many [Scottish](/source/Scotland) and [UK](/source/United_Kingdom) [national newspaper](/source/national_newspaper)s including ''[The Sun](/source/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom))'', ''[Daily Record](/source/Daily_Record_(Scotland))'', ''[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)'', ''[Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times_(UK))'', ''[Sunday Telegraph](/source/Sunday_Telegraph)'' and ''[New Statesman](/source/New_Statesman)''. His work illustrated several major national [advertising campaign](/source/advertising_campaign)s.<ref name="auto"/>

As a skilled banjo player, he was a member of the Scottish skiffle group, the Vindscreen Vipers, and contributed the artwork for the album ''Ah'll Get Ye!'' by [Danny Kyle](/source/Danny_Kyle), another member of the group.

His [caricature](/source/caricature) skill got him invited to [corporate](/source/Corporation) events in [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), [Canada](/source/Canada), [Croatia](/source/Croatia), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Romania](/source/Romania), [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait), [India](/source/India) and [Russia](/source/Russia). For ten years he was resident [cartoonist](/source/cartoonist) on [ITV](/source/ITV_Network)'s networked quiz show, ''[Win, Lose or Draw](/source/Win%2C_Lose_or_Draw_(British_game_show))''.

He was a key player in organising the National Cartoon Festival which was held annually in [Ayr](/source/Ayr), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) between 1998 and 2002, and was a regular [after-dinner speaker](/source/public_speaking). His [stand-up comedy](/source/stand-up_comedy) presentation focused on instant [sketches](/source/Sketch_(drawing)) of his audience.

==Personal life==
McCormick and his wife Ann had three children: Jane, Sean, and Dominic.

McCormick died of [vascular dementia](/source/vascular_dementia) on 15 April 2019 at a care centre in [Ayrshire](/source/Ayrshire). He was preceded in death by his wife and is survived by his children.<ref>{{cite news |title=Legendary Scottish cartoonist Malky McCormick dies aged 76 |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/legendary-scottish-cartoonist-malky-mccormick-14329088 |accessdate=15 April 2019 |newspaper=[Daily Record](/source/Daily_Record_(Scotland))}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mccormick_malky.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia page.]

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Category:1943 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Scottish editorial cartoonists
Category:Scottish caricaturists
Category:Scottish comics artists
Category:British comic strip cartoonists
Category:Scottish humorists
Category:Scottish banjoists
Category:British postcard artists
Category:Deaths from dementia in Scotland
Category:Deaths from vascular dementia
Category:British album-cover and concert-poster artists

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