COMIC ARTIST

Harvey Kurtzman

1924 - 1993

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Harvey Kurtzman (; October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988. His work is noted for its satire and parody of popular culture, social critique, and attention to detail. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harvey Kurtzman has received more than 504,160 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Harvey Kurtzman is the 155th most popular comic artist (down from 139th in 2019), the 9,862nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,890th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Comic Artist.

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  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 155 out of 226. Before him are Mike Mignola, Guy Delisle, Norihiro Yagi, George Herriman, Mort Walker, and Neal Adams. After him are R. K. Laxman, Jim Lee, Seishi Kishimoto, Eduardo Risso, Yuu Watase, and Makoto Yukimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 444. Before him are Mary Ford, Norman Alden, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Sofía Ímber, Ragnar Lundberg, and Boris Markov. After him are Susanna Amatuni, Knut Steen, Yvonne Brill, George Amick, Earl Scruggs, and Ralph Miliband. Among people deceased in 1993, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 264. Before him are Heinrich Albertz, Vilmos Zombori, Jeanne Sauvé, Ray Gillen, Janusz Sidło, and Sammy Cahn. After him are Helen Sawyer Hogg, Kerry Von Erich, Rok Petrovič, Arthur Alexander, Cyril Collard, and Gustav Hasford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 9,862 out of 20,380. Before him are Lezley Zen (1974), Eric Christian Olsen (1977), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), Nella Larsen (1891), Richard Rush (1780), and Pamela Bellwood (1951). After him are Neal Morse (1960), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Walter Bahr (1927), Aldo Donelli (1907), Anna J. Harrison (1912), and Alison Brie (1982).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 36. Before him are John Buscema (1927), Rose O'Neill (1874), Mike Mignola (1960), George Herriman (1880), Mort Walker (1923), and Neal Adams (1941). After him are Len Wein (1948), Jim Starlin (1949), Marv Wolfman (1946), Alison Bechdel (1960), Harvey Pekar (1939), and Bill Watterson (1958).

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