Harvey Kurtzman knew funny. As a cartoonist he keenly deployed slapstick, parody and satire in ways that were not only hilarious, but groundbreaking as well. In addition, he was a gifted ringleader, someone who could harness the best talent from the grindhouse that was the comics industry at the time. With fellow artists, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffe, Wally [...]
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Mad Men of Comics
Posted in Comedy, Comic Books, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Satire, Will Elder, Woody Allen on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Harvey Kurtzman’s Mad, Mad, Mad World
Posted in Comic Books, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Satire, Will Elder, Writing on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics (Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, Abrams ComicArts, $40) In his introduction to this groundbreaking book, comedian/writer Harry Shearer declares: “Without Harvey Kurtzman, there would have been no Saturday Night Live. What a horrible thing to say about him, but it’s true. . . . OK, this [...]
Will Elder: 1921 – 2008
Posted in Will Elder on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Will Elder, one of the original MAD artists along with creator Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis and Al Jaffe, died yesterday at the age of 86. MAD made a huge impact on me from a young age, as it has done with most cartoonists, I’m sure, and Will Elder was a big part of making that impact happen. [...]
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