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6 - Harvey Kurtzman and the Influence of Mad Magazine

from Part I - 1799–1978

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

Jan Baetens
Affiliation:
University of Leuven
Hugo Frey
Affiliation:
University of Chichester
Stephen E. Tabachnick
Affiliation:
University of Memphis
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