Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad And Revolutionized Humor In America
by Bill Schelly /
2015 / English / PDF
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2016 Eisner Award Winner for Best Comics-Related
Book!
2016 Eisner Award Winner for Best Comics-Related
Book! This biography reveals the true story of
This biography reveals the true story ofMad
Mad creator Harvey Kurtzman―the man who revolutionized
humor in America; it features new interviews with his colleagues
Hugh Hefner, Robert Crumb, and others.
creator Harvey Kurtzman―the man who revolutionized
humor in America; it features new interviews with his colleagues
Hugh Hefner, Robert Crumb, and others.Harvey Kurtzman created
Harvey Kurtzman createdMad
Mad, and
, andMad
Mad
revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor,
artist, and sole writer of
revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor,
artist, and sole writer ofMad
Mad, one of the greatest
publishing successes of the 20th century. But how did Kurtzman
invent
, one of the greatest
publishing successes of the 20th century. But how did Kurtzman
inventMad
Mad, and why did he leave it shortly after it
burst, nova-like, onto the American scene? For this heavily
researched biography, Bill Schelly conducted new interviews with
Kurtzman’s colleagues, friends and family, including Hugh Hefner,
R. Crumb, Jack Davis, and many others, and examined Kurtzman’s
personal archives. The result is the true story of one the 20th
century’s greatest humorists: Kurtzman's family life, the details
of the FBI's investigation during the McCarthy Era, his legal
battles with William M. Gaines (publisher of
, and why did he leave it shortly after it
burst, nova-like, onto the American scene? For this heavily
researched biography, Bill Schelly conducted new interviews with
Kurtzman’s colleagues, friends and family, including Hugh Hefner,
R. Crumb, Jack Davis, and many others, and examined Kurtzman’s
personal archives. The result is the true story of one the 20th
century’s greatest humorists: Kurtzman's family life, the details
of the FBI's investigation during the McCarthy Era, his legal
battles with William M. Gaines (publisher ofMad
Mad), are all
revealed for the first time. Rich with anecdotes, this book traces
Kurtzman’s life from his Brooklyn beginnings to his
post-
), are all
revealed for the first time. Rich with anecdotes, this book traces
Kurtzman’s life from his Brooklyn beginnings to his
post-Mad
Mad years, when his ceaseless creativity produced
more innovations: new magazines, a graphic novel, and
years, when his ceaseless creativity produced
more innovations: new magazines, a graphic novel, andLittle
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