Pruneface

Pruneface is a wrinkled-faced villain from Dick Tracy's rogues' gallery, here reimagined in Mad Magazine's satirical tradition — a parody version of Chester Gould's classic comic-strip antagonist, appearing alongside Tracy in Mad's signature comedic send-up format.

Pruneface is a villain straight out of the rogues' gallery that made Dick Tracy legendary, and this wrinkled-faced menace first turned up in a 1973 Mad Special — brought to life by the brilliant satirical pairing of writer Frank Jacobs and the incomparable caricaturist Mort Drucker. A Bronze Age debut gives this character a distinctive pedigree, and across more than five decades of publication history, Pruneface has kept some truly iconic company: sharing pages with Tracy himself, the infamous Flattop, Tess Trueheart, Pat Patton, and Shoulders. With appearances spanning Blackthorne's Dick Tracy titles and deluxe editions alike, Pruneface is a vivid piece of comics history for any Tracy devotee or fan of the grand tradition of grotesque, unforgettable villainy.