Risultati di ricerca
Harvey Kurtzman (New York, 3 ottobre 1924 – New York, 21 febbraio 1993) è stato un fumettista statunitense.
Harvey Kurtzman (/ ˈ k ɜːr t s m ə n /; 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.
- Adele
- October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Editor
- February 21, 1993 (aged 68), Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
30 apr 2015 · The title of a new, exhaustive biography by Bill Schelly out May 2, Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America, makes this exceptionally clear,...
13 ott 2023 · Harvey Kurtzman (1924 – 1993) was an American cartoonist, writer, editor and pioneer of comics. He is probably best known for creating the trailblazing and revolutionary humor magazine MAD in 1952 before eventually leaving the publication in 1956.
- Kurtzman at EC
- Mad Magazine
- Kurtzman's Departure
- Mad After Kurtzman
- Kurtzman After Mad
In 1949 Harvey Kurtzman (1924–1993) brought sample artwork to the offices of EC Comics in New York City. "EC" had originally stood for "Educational Comics" when it was run by early comic-book business pioneer Max Gaines, but his son Bill renamed it "Entertaining Comics" and changed the company's focus when he inherited the business. Gaines liked th...
Since the 1940s, crime and horror comics had been drawing fire from those worried about a rise in juvenile delinquency.[page needed] The Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency brought pressure on such comic books in 1954, and EC, one of the major purveyors of such fare, found their distributor refusing their wares. Mad was still an exception a...
Mad's circulation was rising issue by issue, but while Kurtzman was pleased finally to be editor of a magazine, he was frustrated at the financial restrictions. He felt the $25-page rate for contributors was too low, and wanted to include color features. He felt responsible to a degree for EC's survival, and felt insufficiently rewarded for it. He ...
Kurtzman left after issue #28, but much of the content that appeared in the twenty-ninth and thirtieth issues had been done under his supervision. Feldstein was still fresh on the job when Time reported that Hefner was to publish a "still unnamed magazine" and had "hired the whole staff of Mad, a short-lived satirical pulp." Kurtzman had lured away...
Gaines retained all of the work that Kurtzman had done with EC as it was work made for hire. Kurtzman had received bonuses from Gaines for sales of the Madpaperback collections, but this was not stipulated in Kurtzman's contract and Gaines stopped the payments when Kurtzman left. Kurtzman tried to recreate Mad's success in one publication after the...
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 politics.
23 feb 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...
