Alfred E. Neuman
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Alfred E. Neuman is the fictitious mascot and cover boy of the American humor magazine Mad. The character's distinctive missing-tooth, smiling face, freckles, red hair, protruding ears, and scrawny bo
Neuman on Mad 30, published December 1956
The New Boy (1894)
Antikamnia tablet calendar (1908)
Postcard with a similar boy and slogan to Mad's Neuman (Longview, Texas, c. 1930–1945)
Harvey Kurtzman
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Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Pl
Alfred E. Neuman
…late 19th-century advertisements for painless dentistry, as does the origin of his "What, me worry?" motto. The magazine's founder and original editor, Harvey Kurtzman, began using the character in 1954. He was named "Alfred E. Neuman" (a name Kurtzman had previously used in an unconnected way) by Mad's second editor…
Author photo from Help! #7 (1961)
Kurtzman assisted on the Classics Illustrated version of Moby Dick in 1942 as his first assignment at Louis Ferstadt's studio.
Kurtzman worked for EC Comics from 1950 to 1956.
Kurtzman is best known for creating Mad in 1952.