From Aargh! to Zap! Harvey Kurtzman’s Visual History of the Comics

Harvey Kurtzman’s From Aargh! to Zap! is a single-issue visual essay from Kitchen Sink Press, published in 1991, that offers the legendary cartoonist’s personal, illustrated tour of comics history. Known for his work on Mad and Little Annie Fanny, Kurtzman here distills decades of comic art into a lively, opinionated survey, making it a unique artifact from a master’s perspective. Its brevity belies its significance as a concise, creator-driven snapshot of the medium’s evolution.