Oral history interview with Harvey Kurtzman, 1989

Scope and Contents

Early work in comic book industry; early writing and editing; method of editing; advantages of having both writing and drawing skills; censorship in the arts; work on Mad magazine and Help! magazine; the "underground" versus the "establishment" in comic industry; coloring techniques; work on "Little Annie Fanny" for Playboy magazine; sexism in comics and magazines

Subjects

• Cartoonists--Interviews.
• Comic books, strips, etc.--United States.
• Interviews.
• Kurtzman, Harvey--Interviews.
• Mad.
• Oral histories.
• Romaine, Paul W., interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990