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Dave Berg (Brooklyn, June 12, 1920 – May 17, 2002) was an American cartoonist, most noted for his work in MAD Magazine.

Berg showed early artistic talents, studying at the Pratt Art Institute at age 12. Berg attended the Cooper Union Art School. He served a period of time in the Army Air Corps. In 1940, he joined Will Eisner's studio, where he wrote and drew material for the Quality Comics line. Berg's work also appeared with Dell Comics and Fawcett Publications, typically in humorous "backup" stories. Beginning in the mid-1940s, he worked for several years with Stan Lee on many dozens of comic book titles at Timely Comics (now known as Marvel Comics), ranging from Combat Kelly and "The Ringo Kid" to "Tessie the Typist." He also freelanced for a half-dozen other comic companies.

Berg went to work for MAD in 1956. In 1961 he started the "Lighter Side" cartoon, which would become his most famous creation. The feature usually included caricatures of Berg's own family, headed by his cranky, hypochondriac alter-ego, Roger Kaputnik. His visual style made him one of the more realistic Mad artists, although his characters managed to sport garish early-1970s wardrobes well into the 1990s. Though "The Lighter Side" was criticized by some for its frequently corny gags, and was brutally satirized by the National Lampoon's mean-spirited MAD parody, it had a long run as the magazine's most popular feature. Sixteen additional, original collections of Berg's strips were published as stand-alone paperbacks between 1964 and 1987.

Berg's other work included the comic strips Citizen Senior (1989-1993), Roger Kaputnik (1992-?), and Astronuts (1994-?). He also produced regular religious-themed work for "Moshiach Times" and the B'nai Brith newsletter, and held an honorary doctorate in theology. His interaction with MAD's atheist publisher Bill Gaines was suitably irreverent: Berg would always tell Gaines "God bless you," and Gaines would reply, "Go to Hell."

His characters would occasionally make their way into other artists' works, such as Kaputnik finding himself a patient in a Mort Drucker spoof of Saint Elsewhere, along with the words "with apologies to Dave Berg".

Berg worked at MAD for 46 years before dying. His last set of "Lighter Side" strips, which had been written but not pencilled, were illustrated after Berg's death by 18 of MAD's other artists as a final tribute.

He died in his home in Marina del Rey, California, shortly after midnight on May 17, 2002 after a long battle with cancer, with his wife of 52 years, Vivian, and their two children by his side.

• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At The U.S.A. (1964)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At People (1966)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At Things (1967)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At Modern Thinking (1969)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At Our Sick World (1971)
• MAD's Dave Berg: My Friend God (1972)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At Living (1973)
• MAD's Dave Berg: Roger Kaputnik And God (1974)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks Around (1975)
• Dave Berg: MAD Trash (1977)
• MAD's Dave Berg Takes A Loving Look (1977)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks, Listens And Laughs (1979)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At You (1982)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At The Neighborhood (1984)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At Our Planet (1986)
• MAD's Dave Berg Looks At Today (1987)

• How MAD's Dave Berg and Roger Kaputnik Introduced Me To Post-Modernity by Terre Thaemlitz.
• A collection of covers from his books
• Press release of his death, includes synopsis of his life and career