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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 456,382 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Harvey Kurtzman is the 140th most popular comic artist (down from 127th in 2019), the 8,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,762nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 140 out of 174Before him are Hiroyuki Takei, R. K. Laxman, Moyoco Anno, Kouta Hirano, Tooru Fujisawa, and Raymond Briggs. After him are Inio Asano, Mort Walker, Lynn Okamoto, Guy Delisle, Momoko Sakura, and Kiyohiko Azuma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 379Before him are James Lighthill, Lev Kulidzhanov, Sam Jones, Claude Netter, Maino Neri, and Erika Mahringer. After him are Earl Scruggs, Hubert Curien, Nicholas Colasanto, Ivan Udodov, Maria Golubnichaya, and Gail Russell. Among people deceased in 1993, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 233Before him are Avram Davidson, Francisco Zuluaga, Tony Barton, Cyril Collard, Heinrich Albertz, and Jeanne Sauvé. After him are Paul Grégoire, Kenneth Burke, Jim Pollard, Roger Michelot, Mary Philbin, and Rok Petrovič.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 8,908 out of 18,182Before him are Kylie Ireland (1970), Mark Mancina (1957), Art Babbitt (1907), Janet Rowley (1925), Melvin Laird (1922), and Maggie McNamara (1928). After him are Carmine Caridi (1934), Tim DeKay (1963), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Bob Gaudio (1942), John Jakes (1932), and William Beebe (1877).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 31Before him are Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Richard Corben (1940), Alex Raymond (1909), Larry Lieber (1931), John Buscema (1927), and George Herriman (1880). After him are Mort Walker (1923), Les Clark (1907), Mike Mignola (1960), Harvey Pekar (1939), Neal Adams (1941), and Marv Wolfman (1946).