I was curious enough to look it up and the given name Mortimer means "dead pond" according to Wiktionary. Mort Drucker's name is Morris, not Mortimer, so I gues

I was curious enough to look it up and the given name Mortimer means "dead pond" according to Wiktionary. Mort Drucker's name is Morris, not Mortimer, so I guess this is a somewhat irrelevant piece of trivia.