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The Mad Genius of Comics
Abrams ComicArts
April 2009
On Sale: April 1, 2009
256 pages
ISBN: 0810972964
EAN: 9780810972964
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Harvey Kurtzman discovered Robert Crumb and gave Gloria
Steinem her first job in publishing when he hired her as
his assistant. Terry Gilliam also started at his side, met
an unknown John Cleese in the process, and the genesis of
Monty Python was formed. Art Spiegelman has stated on
record that he owes his career to him. And he's one of
Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner's favorite artists. Harvey Kurtzman had a Midas touch for talent, but was
himself an astonishingly talented and influential artist,
writer, editor, and satirist. The creator of MAD and
Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny" was called, "One of the most
important figures in postwar America" by the New York
Times. Kurtzman's groundbreaking "realistic" war comics of
the early '50s and various satirical publications (MAD,
Trump, Humbug, and Help!) had an immense impact on popular
culture, inspiring a generation of underground cartoonists.
Without Kurtzman, it's unlikely we'd have had Airplane,
SNL, or National Lampoon. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman is the first and only authorized
celebration of this "Master of American Comics." This
definitive book includes hundreds of never-before-seen
illustrations, paintings, pencil sketches, newly discovered
lost E.C. Comics layouts, color compositions, illustrated
correspondence, and vintage photos from the rich Kurtzman
archives.
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