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Article: Malcolm Hancock, R I P. (tribute to the late National Review cartoonist) (Editorial)
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- National Review
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- March 15, 1993
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Malcolm Hancock--"Mal" to his many NR fans--made his first appearance in NATIONAL REVIEW at age 27, illustrating a 16-page election supplement (November 3, 1964) whose lead piece was James Burnham's "A Coming ADA Government?" prophesying LBJ's Great Society.
Hancock had been brought, forcibly, to my attention by Bill Buckley's original column syndicator, the indomitable Harry Elmlark. NR must, Harry told me, at once, he told me, sign up the hottest new young cartoonist he, Harry, had seen in a long, long time. Young Hancock's story was sad, Harry continued. An eager young athlete, Mal, as a teenager, had taken a hideous fall while searching for an errant golf ...