Mourning the loss of Gene Case whose genius served many causes

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Gene Case on September 9th in New York. Case was one of the original geniuses of the "Mad Men" age of advertising and, in his later years, went on to found his agency, Avenging Angels, which produced ads and artwork for many progressive causes, including Beyond Nuclear (some samples are shown here). Earlier, Case founded the half-billion-dollar agency Jordan McGrath Case & Partners. Gene was also part of the creative team that produced the now famous short "daisy" television commercial  and the equally wry ice cream commercial for the 1964 Lyndon Johnson presidential campaign against Barry Goldwater. A full tribute to Gene Case will be coming soon, but we wanted to acknowledge the passing of a creative talent and a wonderful friend and human being.