Bill Peckmann &Books &Illustration 29 Mar 2013 03:08 am
Kurtzman Jungle Book – part 1
- Currently, the Society of Illustrators is featuring an exhibit celebrating the art of Harvey Kurtzman. This exhibit continues through May 11th.*
When I brought this info to the attention of Bill Peckmann, Bill naturally began by sending me some pages of “Jungle Book”. It’s 4 pages long, so we’ve decided to break it into two. The second part will come next Friday. Here’s part 1, immediately following Bill’s comments:
- Harvey Kurtzman‘s “Jungle Book” was a very rare treat for us knuckle headed Kurtzman fans when it came out in 1959. It was 140 long pages of Harvey’s writing and art. The art was the rare part, since HK had just come off editing and writing Mad, Trump and Humbug magazines where the final art was always left to his “usual gang of Idiots”.
Here in this wonderful paperback was the master at the height of his cartooning talent! The treat was extended when Kitchen Sink Press published their reprint version in 1988, and what an exquisite job they did!
The cover of the book is the original paperback, the inside pages are from the beautifully done reprint book.
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* Thanks to Steve MacQuignon for word on the show at the Society of Illustrators.
on 29 Mar 2013 at 6:04 am 1.Stephen Macquignon said …
You are welcome FWI pages 106, & 107 are at the show
on 29 Mar 2013 at 5:16 pm 2.the Gee said …
Here’s a New Yorker article about the show.
“http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/03/new-yorker-cartoonists-art-of-harvey-kurtzman-exhibit.html” rel=”nofollow”
on 30 Mar 2013 at 1:26 pm 3.the Gee said …
That link above:
It is a review of Kurtzman and his work written in comic book form. Though, it is probably better described as an appreciation of the man rather than a solid review.