Harvey Kurtzman was a cartoonist working for Mad Magazine from 1952 until 1956 and illustrating the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988. Kurtzman was the founding editor for Mad for that period. Kurtzman was born on October 3, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York and died on February 21, 1993 in Mount Vernon, New York. Mad Strikes Back is a facimile edition of the first Mad paperback.