Some of Harvey Kurtzman's greatest comic book work were his Pot-Shot Pete stories, which he created just prior to starting MAD for EC Comics. The Asifa-Hollywood Animation Archive has just posted some really amazing scans from the color original comic books, courtesy of the amazing collection belonging to Kent Butterworth. There's also a couple of Kurtzman's Pig Tales comics from the 1940's...about twenty pages of classic cartooning in all! You can find all the comic book scans at: http://www.animationarchive.org/2009/06/comics-kurtzmans-comic-books.html
Also… BIG NEWS for Harvey Kurtzman fans! The long-awaited illustrated biography of Harvey Kurtzman is finally in bookstores!
| | What a treasure! I first got turned on to Kurtzman around 1986, when "Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book" was reprinted. When his "Hey Look" collection (of pre-MAD one-page gag comics) came out, it instantly became my favorite book in the world, and my constant cartooning inspiration. It has never left the number one spot on my "Greatest Books Ever" list. |
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