The Art of Harvey Kurtzman

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Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1613122659
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis The Art of Harvey Kurtzman by : Denis Kitchen

Download or read book The Art of Harvey Kurtzman written by Denis Kitchen and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive anthology of the pioneering cartoonist and creator of Mad magazine, featuring 100s of classic and never-before-seeen illustrations. It’s difficult to overstate Harvey Kurtzman’s influence on pop culture. He discovered Robert Crumb and gave Gloria Steinem her first job in publishing. Terry Gilliam also started at his side, where he met John Cleese, and the genesis of Monty Python was formed. And Art Spiegelman has stated on record that he owes his career to him. Harvey Kurtzman was 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 and comedians. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman 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.

Harvey Kurtzman

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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606997610
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Harvey Kurtzman by : Bill Schelly

Download or read book Harvey Kurtzman written by Bill Schelly and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography reveals the true story of Mad 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 Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor, artist, and sole writer of Mad, one of the greatest publishing successes of the 20th century. But how did Kurtzman invent 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 Mad), are all revealed for the first time. Rich with anecdotes, this book traces Kurtzman’s life from his Brooklyn beginnings to his post-Mad years, when his ceaseless creativity produced more innovations: new magazines, a graphic novel, and Little Annie Fanny inPlayboy.

Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book

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Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1616555637
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book written by Harvey Kurtzman and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2014 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic books of all time, and was voted into the 'Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century' by The Comics Journal. Written and illustrated by Kurtzman in 1959, Jungle Book takes a satirical swipe at the cultural monoliths of the day: detective shows, Western movies and the publishing industry in general. Equally unafraid to take on social issues, Kurtzman also satirises the lynch-hungry mobs still prevalent in the South, and the nascent rise of the Freudian movement within popular culture.

Humbug

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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606991795
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Humbug by : Jack Davis

Download or read book Humbug written by Jack Davis and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know MAD. Do you know Humbug? Harvey Kurtzman changed the face of American humor when he created the legendary MAD comic. As editor and chief writer from its inception in 1952, through its transformation into a slick magazine, and until he left MAD in 1956, he influenced an entire generation of cartoonists, comedians, and filmmakers. In 1962, he co-created the long-running Little Annie Fanny with his long-time artistic partner Will Elder forPlayboy, which he continued to produce until his virtual retirement in 1988. Between MAD and Annie Fanny, Kurtzman’s biographical summaries will note that he created and edited three other magazines―Trump, Humbug, and Help!―but, whereas his MAD and Annie Fanny are readily available in reprint form, his major satirical work in the interim period is virtually unknown. Humbug, which had poor distribution, may be the least known, but to those who treasure the rare original copies, it equals or even exceeds MAD in displaying Kurtzman’s creative genius. Humbug was unique in that it was actually published by the artists who created it: Kurtzman and his cohorts from MAD, Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Al Jaffee, were joined by universally acclaimed cartoonist Arnold Roth. With no publisher above them to rein them in, this little band of creators produced some of the most trenchant and engaging satire of American culture ever to appear on American newsstands.

Goodman Beaver

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ISBN 13 : 9780878160082
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis Goodman Beaver by : Harvey Kurtzman

Download or read book Goodman Beaver written by Harvey Kurtzman and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Art of the Funnies

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780878056743
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (567 download)

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Book Synopsis The Art of the Funnies by : Robert C. Harvey

Download or read book The Art of the Funnies written by Robert C. Harvey and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1994 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comic strip was created by rival newspapers of the Hearst and the Pulitzer organizations as a device for increasing circulation. In the United States it quickly became an institution that soon spread worldwide as a favorite form of popular culture. What made the comic strip so enduring? This fascinating study by one of the few comics critics to develop sound critical principles by which to evaluate the comics as works of art and literature unfolds the history of the funnies and reveals the subtle art of how the comic strip blends words and pictures to make its impact. Together, these create meaning that neither conveys by itself. The Art of The Funnies offers a critical vocabulary for the appreciation of the newspaper comic strip as an art form and shows that full awareness of the artistry comes from considering both the verbal and the visual elements of the medium. The techniques of creating a comic strip - breaking down the narrative, composition of the panel, planning the layout - have remained constant since comic strips were originated. Since 1900 with Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland key cartoonists have relied on the union of words and pictures to give the funnies their continuing appeal. This art has persisted in such milestone achievements as Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff, George McManus's Bringing Up Father, Sidney Smith's The Gumps, Roy Crane's Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy, Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Zack Mosley's Smilin' Jack, Harold Foster's Tarzan, Alex Raymond's Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim, and Flash Gordon, Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates, E. C. Segar's Popeye, George Herriman's Krazy Kat, and Walt Kelly's Pogo. In morerecent times with Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey, Charles Schulz's Peanuts. Johnny Hart's B.C., T.K. Ryan's Tumbleweeds, Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, and Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, the artform has evolved with new developments, yet the aesthetics of the funnies remain basic. The Art of The Funnies unearths new information and weighs the influence of syndication upon the medium. Though the funnies go in ever new directions, perceiving the interdependency of words and pictures, as this book shows, remains the key to understanding the art.

The Mad Archives

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Publisher : MAD
ISBN 13 : 9781401237875
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (378 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mad Archives by : The Usual Gang of Idiots

Download or read book The Mad Archives written by The Usual Gang of Idiots and published by MAD. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume collecting the early issues of MAD featuresclassic material from issues #7-12, including "Shermlock Sholmes," "DraggedNet," and "Little Orphan Melvin"!

Wally Wood's EC Comics Artisan Edition

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Publisher : IDW Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781631403286
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Wally Wood's EC Comics Artisan Edition by : Al Feldstein

Download or read book Wally Wood's EC Comics Artisan Edition written by Al Feldstein and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wally Wood was arguably the finest comic book artist of his generation, and EC Comics the best publisher of the time - it was almost inevitable that they would produce their most outstanding work together. This volume collects some of the very best EC stories by Wally Wood, each one meticulously scanned in color from the actual original art, ennabling the reader to clearly see all the nuances (paste-overs, blue pencil notations, etc.) that make original art unique - this is the closest most of us will ever come to seeing Wally Wood's gorgeous original artwork.

The Grasshopper and the Ant

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Publisher : Denis Kitchen Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780971008007
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Grasshopper and the Ant written by Harvey Kurtzman and published by Denis Kitchen Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YA. Listed in Stephen Weiner's 101 Best Graphic Novels. From the creative force behind Mad magazine, this story looks at both sides of the hippie revolution of the 1960s.

Heroes of the Comics

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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606997319
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Heroes of the Comics by : Drew Friedman

Download or read book Heroes of the Comics written by Drew Friedman and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry’s birth in the ’30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the ’50s. All lovingly rendered and chosen by Drew Friedman, a cartooning legend in his own right. Featuring subjects popular and obscure, men and women, as well as several pioneering African-American artists. Each subject features a short essay by Friedman, who grew up knowing many of the subjects included (as the son of writer Bruce Jay Friedman), including Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Bill Gaines. More names you might recognize: Barks, Crumb, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Werthem… it’s a Hall of Fame of comic book history from the man BoingBoing.com call “America’s greatest living portrait artist!”

Masters of Comic Book Art

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ISBN 13 : 9780895450210
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Masters of Comic Book Art by : P. R. Garriock

Download or read book Masters of Comic Book Art written by P. R. Garriock and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Little Annie Fanny: the Complete Hardcover Ltd

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ISBN 13 : 9781569718179
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (181 download)

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Book Synopsis Little Annie Fanny: the Complete Hardcover Ltd by : Harvey Kurtzman

Download or read book Little Annie Fanny: the Complete Hardcover Ltd written by Harvey Kurtzman and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-10 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1962 to 1988 Little Annie Fanny graced the pages of Playboy, lampooning every aspect of American life. Now every last strip is collected here, in a pink-leather hardcover set, with matching slipcase. A special tip-in plate is part of this special limited run of 500 sets, signed by Annie editor and Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner.

Fukitor

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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606998250
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Fukitor by : Jason Karns

Download or read book Fukitor written by Jason Karns and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Karns’ Fukitor is an attack of a different kind: reprinted from the artist’s self-published zine, the book is a 144 page compilation of full color comics that reside uneasily between a straight and satirical response to the violence, xenophobia, and sexual and racial stereotypes found in pop culture.

John Severin: Two-Fisted Comic Book Artist

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Publisher : Two Morrows Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781605491066
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis John Severin: Two-Fisted Comic Book Artist by : Jon B. Cooke

Download or read book John Severin: Two-Fisted Comic Book Artist written by Jon B. Cooke and published by Two Morrows Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of one of the most prolific creators in the history of American comics! From a start in 1947 at the Simon & Kirby shop, he co-created the legendary Western strip American Eagle with Will Elder, and became an EC Comics mainstay, working with Harvey Kurtzman on Mad and Two-Fisted Tales. In addition to a 40+ year association with Cracked magazine, his pivotal Marvel Comics work included an extended run inking Herb Trimpe on The Hulk, and teaming with sister Marie Severin to create the classic comics version of King Kull. Throughout his storied career, he freelanced for every major publisher, and remained a workhorse up till his final Dark Horse mini-series at age 90. Included in this volume is a special "American Eagle" section, an eye-popping art gallery, and extensive personal photos and artifacts (including WWII "Victory Mail" cartoons and handmade greeting cards for his family). Also featured are commentary from over 25 peers gathered just for this book, including Neal Adams, Richard Corben, John Byrne, Russ Heath, Walter Simonson, and many others. Written by Greg Biga and multiple Eisner Award-winner Jon B. Cooke, with an introduction by Howard Chaykin, Foreword by Mort Todd, and Afterword by Chuck Dixon, this profusely illustrated book celebrates the centennial of the two-fisted artist's birth!

Frazetta Sketchbook (Vol II)

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Publisher : Vanguard Frazetta Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781934331675
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (316 download)

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Book Synopsis Frazetta Sketchbook (Vol II) by : J. David Spurlock

Download or read book Frazetta Sketchbook (Vol II) written by J. David Spurlock and published by Vanguard Frazetta Classics. This book was released on 2015-01-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanguard's original Sketchbook series continues with a follow-up to last year's best-selling hit, Frazetta Sketchbook, Vol. I, with more classic and unseen material by the acclaimed, revolutionary Master of the Fantastic Art, including rare and classic Conan, Tarzan, EC Comics, Death Dealer material and more. Vanguard is the exclusive, authorized publisher of Frank Frazetta books. Each edition (HC, PB) features a unique cover.

The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen

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ISBN 13 : 9781595823601
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen written by Denis Kitchen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, the long-awaited collection of Kitchen's comics, covers, and illustrations, brings Kitchen the artist to the forefront. A comprehensive career overview, this compendium includes approximately two hundred illustrations, most unseen since their original publication in the late '60s and early '70s, and many from regional publications not seen even by serious comix fans.

Mad Art

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Publisher : Watson-Guptill
ISBN 13 : 9780823030804
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Mad Art by : Mark Evanier

Download or read book Mad Art written by Mark Evanier and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2002 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fiftieth anniversary tribute to MAD Magazine celebrates famous cartoon figures from its "Usual Gang of Idiots," in a volume that features rare sketches and interviews with veteran MAD artists and writers. Original.