Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America by Bill Schelly

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America Author: Bill Schelly Narrator: Jim Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This biography reveals the true story of Mad creator Harvey Kurtzman—the man who revolutionized humor in America. Harvey Kurtzman created Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor, artist, and sole writer of Mad, one of the greatest publishing successes of the twentieth century. But how did Kurtzman invent Mad, and why did he leave it shortly after it burst, nova-like, onto the American scene? For this heavily researched biography, Bill Schelly conducted new interviews with Kurtzman’s colleagues, friends, and family, including Hugh Hefner, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, and many others, and examined Kurtzman’s personal archives. The result is the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest humorists. Kurtzman’s family life, the details of the FBI’s investigation during the McCarthy Era, his legal battles with William M. Gaines (publisher of Mad), are all revealed for the first time. Rich with anecdotes, this book traces Kurtzman’s life from his Brooklyn beginnings to his post-Mad years, when his ceaseless creativity produced more innovations: new magazines, a graphic novel, and Little Annie Fanny in Playboy.