William Elder was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a frantically funny cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzma
Will Elder self-portrait
American cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman was the founding editor and primary writer for the humor periodical Mad from its founding in 1952 until its 28th issue in 1956. Featuring pop-culture parodies and s
Kurtzman worked for EC Comics from 1950 to 1956.
Tarzan was Mad's first targeted parody.
Kurtzman appropriated the "Me Worry?" character as Mad's mascot; Al Feldstein named him Alfred E. Neuman.
US Senator Joseph McCarthy (left) was the subject of Kurtzman's only political parody, using the format of the game show What's My Line? to satirize McCarthyism.