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Harvey Kurtzman ( / ˈkɜːrtsmən /; October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988. His work is noted for its satire and parody of popular ...
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- October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Editor
- February 21, 1993 (aged 68), Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Apr 30, 2015 · Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America is exhaustively researched: The book is 642 pages, and the footnotes alone take up 27 of them.
Aug 2, 2016 · Kurtzman, a Brooklyn boy, was born in 1924. His parents were both from Ukraine. His father died of a bleeding ulcer when he was only 4; Harvey and his older brother Zachary spent a few traumatic ...
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Feb 23, 1993 · Harvey Kurtzman, a cartoonist and a pop-culture historian who founded and created Mad magazine and was a guiding force in several other satirical magazines, died on Sunday at his home in Mount ...
Jul 24, 2009 · Harvey Kurtzman was a hopeless businessman who tried to run businesses. He was a perfectionist who scorned deadlines trapped in an industry that demanded work banged out on time. Ultimately, he ...
Harvey Kurtzman was a U.S. comic writer and artist, widely considered one of the most influential satirists of all time. As the founder of Mad Magazine (1952-2019), he scripted comics which spoofed and twisted all conventions, clichés and lies in mass media, advertising and...
Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988. His work is noted for its satire and parody of popular culture, social critique, and attention to detail. Kurtzman's working method has been likened to that of an ...
