Harvey Kurtzman of Mad magazine

So interesting to learn about this birthday person this evening! Among his work in writing and editing comics and comic books, Harvey Kurtzman founded Mad magazine in 1952. Mad began as a 23-issue series of comic books and became a magazine in 1955. Kurtzman was the first to adapt the "Me Worry?" kid--which had been a popular icon since the 1890s--as a Mad character. (The next editor named him Alfred E. Newman.) Kurtman left the magazine in 1956. During his subsequent work, he discovered and mentored artists like Terry Gilliam and Robert Crumb. Kurtzman was born 100 years ago, October 3, 1924. He died in 1993.

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