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Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book, pgs 18-19

Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (All)

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Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book, pgs 18-19 Comic Art

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Title:	Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book, pgs 18-19
Artist:	Harvey Kurtzman (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,526
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	3/23/2016
Comic Art Archive:	Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book Issue: 338 K Page: 18 View

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At the age 13 or 14, I was already a fan of Harvey Kurtzman and the comic book version of MAD. One day I found out that Kitchen Sink had published a hardcover reprint of Kurtzman's Jungle Book - which simply overwhelmed me when it arrived. Its effective artwork and dialogue is matched by very few works in the history of comic art, and one of the pages that stayed with me from the very first time I read this classic, was page 19. The gag and phrase "It means like you're standing on my flippers, baby!", wonderfully captures the hardboiled humor in the first Thelonius Violence episode of the book. Jump forward 25+ years and suddenly - there it is - that page, the original for page 19, for sale. Simply put: I have one less grail to hunt down!

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	Germund von Wowern
Joined:	June 2005
Last Login:	August 2025
Country:	SWEDEN
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CHRIS OLIVERIA
Member Since 2011

Posted on 3/23/2016

these are really great pages! Kurtzman, strangly enough, still seems to be underappreciated except by hardcore fans and comic history buffs. He really is one of the great innovators, congratulations!

Monty B
Member Since 2006

Posted on 3/23/2016

Fantastic...these pages are soooooo great!!! Congrats my friend!!!

DC's Showcase
Member Since 2006

Posted on 3/25/2016

What a great pair! (and yes, I'm referring to the pages). Big congrats, these Jungle Book pages are masterworks.

Bill Baroud
Member Since 2010

Posted on 10/25/2019

Those pages are amazing! Congrats!

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