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Audio Interview with Harvey Kurtzman

Harvey Kurtzman, one of the founders of modern American comics, talks with Don in this 1985 interview about Kurtzman's experiences working for EC Comics, Mad magazine, and Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine. He tells us that he started his cartooning career by drawing comics on the sidewalk in New York City and discusses his newest comic project, Nuts.

Listen to the Harvey Kurtzman interview with Don Swaim, 1985
(27 min. 26 sec.)

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.

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