Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book - Softcover

Kurtzman, Harvey

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9780878160334: Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book

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ISBN 10: 0878160337 ISBN 13: 9780878160334

Publisher: Kitchen Sink Pr, 1987

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"A Kurtzman formula: you say something true, but high-minded-preferably a couple of things true, but high-minded, to set up the rhythm. Then you deflate the whole lofty mess by saying something really true, but base and down-to-earth. You point out that the Emperor is nekkid, that mortals are driven by greed and lust. And preferably, you do it with a vaguely self-deprecatory Yiddish cadence so that nobody gets too made at you for telling your truths. And, of course, if you're Harvey Kurtzman, you do it with impeccable timing and a tight sense of structure that leaves the reader with not just a laugh, but Insight...Nowhere else is there such a larger body of Kurtzman's drawings, and Jungle Book was an important step toward making comics Adult Entertainment...This is one book I'd even pay for." - from the introduction by Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus

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"Harvey Kurtzman was a transformative figure in the evolution of the comic book and the graphic novel. Like Charlie Parker or Jimi Hendrix or William Burroughs, he changed the whole landscape of his craft." -Anthony Bourdain

About the Author:

Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) was a cartoonist, writer, editor and comics genius. He is probably best remembered for MAD, which he founded in 1952. He created 28 revolutionary issues for E.C. publisher Bill Gaines (for whom he also created Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat) with such talent as Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood before leaving in 1956.

Kurtzman then created the short-lived satire magazine Trump for Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner in 1957. He followed with the comic-size Humbug in 1958, then Help! magazine. During his Help! tenure he discovered such diverse talent as Terry Gilliam, Gloria Steinem, Gilbert Shelton, and R. Crumb. In 1962 he and collaborator Will Elder began producing the long-running and elaborate Little Annie Fanny comic forPlayboy. In the '70s he became known as the "father-in-law of underground comix" for inspiring a new generation of media-bending cartoonists.

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