Trivia

He had four children with his wife, Adele: daughters, Cornelia, Elizabeth and Meredith; and a son, Peter.

Employed Terry Gilliam on "Help" magazine in the 1960s. In Gilliam's Brazil (1985), the hero's boss (Ian Holm) is called Kurtzmann in tribute to him.

As editor of "Help" magazine, he published Robert Crumb's first "Fritz the Cat" strips. Kurtzman wrote to Crumb about his submissions, "We think the little pussycat drawings you sent us were just great. Question is, how do we print them without going to jail?".