Michael Maslin


	A note to visitors Ink Spill: Time Capsule, and Pt.2 of Searching for...Al Kaufman Ink Spill: Cartoon Polymaths at Parsons Ink Spill: A Pile of Newspapers and a Magazine: John Lennon and The New Yorker Ink Spill: The First New Yorker Cartoon Coming soon: Ink Spill — the blog A list by Gerald Scarfe: "Ten of the Greatest Cartoonists" A Note on the new homepage photograph Mankoff speaks; Fisticuffs returns Re-captioned New Yorker Cartoons...again Peter Arno: Whoops! James Stevenson's look back at the NYer; Profiles: Francoise Mouly, Liza Donnelly; Bliss opening; Roger Angell remembers Joe Carroll; Fact Check: Bill Erwin Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New Bob Mankoff on New Yorker's Cartoons of the Year; Felipe Galindo's new book John Donohue in exhibit Peter Steiner speaks; The Cartoons of the Year Kate Beaton profiled Liza Donnelly speaks at TED on the Power of Cartoons The New Yorker website's new look; Archie cartoonist dies at age 81; Comics in Brooklyn Special Thanksgiving non-cartoon-related link New Yorker Book Bench review of new Nat Lampoon coffee table book Maira Kalman on the New Yorker New Yorkistan cover, and more... Photos from Society of Illustrators event; Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Mankoff and Donnelly at The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art; Society of Illustrators event with Chast, Kanin, Smaller and Dernavich Denys Wortman exhibit at The Museum of the City of New York Debut:The Basement; and a Special Event Reminder Liza Donnelly in conversation with Bob Mankoff; Fisticuffs reminder Thurber House launches new website New Yorker pays tribute to Leo Cullum Video: Charles Addams drawings for opening sequence of Murder by Death Slide show: Liza Donnelly's new book; Bob Mankoff's live chat transcript; Special: Times of London runs obit for Bernard Schoenbaum Leo Cullum: 1942 -2010 Cartoonists galore at The 92nd St Y Mick Stevens shows new dog cartoons; Cartoon Bank's Emily Flake Interview; Steig Exhibit ending run at Norman Rockwell Museum; Roz Chast's new website Joe Dator, King Kong and Cupcakes Video: promo for Liza Donnelly's new book Ohio State's 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art; Kvetching with Ken Krimstein Article: Ian Frazier will make you laugh; David Sipress's Story of the Week in Narrative Video; Felipe Galindo & Andrea Arroyo; Copy Editing at The New Yorker; Video sample from The NYer Festival's Caption Contest; Edward Koren, panelist Ken Krimstein's new collection; Douglas Florian bio added to the A -Z; NYTs: For Comics Fans, City Leaps Off the Page Reminder: Al Jaffee, Liza Donnelly and Denis Kitchen exhibits opening at The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art this Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Ward Sutton's Tea Party comics Barbara Smaller, Drew Dernavich, Roz Chast, Zach Kanin, Liza Donnelly panel discussion at The Society of Illustrators Liza Donnelly retrospective exhibit at The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art ( MoCCA) Mankoff moderates Future of Animation panel; Westport talk given on Charles Addams Oslo Exhibit with work by Steinberg Rude funky cartoons Cartoonists at The New Yorker Festival; Profile: Jason Polan John O'Brien Profile; Chast and Kaplan sign; George Booth's high school job; Mankoff raps Song: New Yorker Cartoon The Joseph Farris David-Wasting-Paper interview Bruce Eric Kaplan's new book: Monsters Eat Whiny Children New Yorker Cartoon editor to speak at Norman Rockwell Museum Mankoff: more on the mashup, and a Comment Interview: Rina Piccolo Photo: Cartoonists lunch, 1972 HuffPo story on New Yorker and Kanye West Cartoon mashups copyright issue; Interview: creator of the Kanye New Yorker cartoon mashups The man behind the Kanye New Yorker cartoon tweets; Gahan Wilson's watering can; more about John Callahan; Chas Addams in Westport Liza Donnelly's graphic memoir; George Booth in the classroom David Remnick on JFK, Bob Dylan, and watching movies; John Callahan dies at age 59; Harvey Pekar 1939 - 2010; Addams Evilution reviewed; Bob Mankoff: How I became a New Yorker Cartoonist Note: Summer break Profile: Kate Beaton; Liza Donnelly to speak at Norman Rockwell Museum Syd Hoff tribute George Booth at the NCS; New Yorker review of Steiner's The Terrorist; Review of Chris Ware's Drawing is a Way of Thinking From the Desk of Bob Mankoff: Being Bob (with video content) Liza Donnelly's "Portrait of the Cartoonist as a Woman"; Profile: Peter Steiner; Tim Burton's animated Addams Family CB's Meet the Artist: Zach Kanin; Profile: John Klossner Liza Donnelly's new book Gerald Scarfe interview; Peter Steiner signing his new book in upstate NY this weekend Little Orphan Annie strip has ended; Peter Steiner signing/speaking in Phoenix, June 15 Peter Steiner speaks & signs in San Mateo, California; R.Crumb interview in The Paris Review More NCS photos Radio interview: Peter Steiner Mike Lynch posts NCS photos: Bill Plympton posts NCS photos P.S Mueller on Bernie Schoenbaum; Booth's NCS Lifetime Achievement Award Drawings from the Tobey collection; Peter Steiner speaks at the Westport (CT.) Library Peter Steiner's "The Terrorist" out today; Interview David Remnick on Apple's censorship: "We're going to publish what we publish" Note: 1950s New Yorker magazines on Ebay Jules Feiffer profile, video Podcast: Dernavich, Johnson & Donnelly at Joe's Pub New York Times review: Edward Koren George Booth to receive NCS's Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award; Posted Note: Bernie Schoenbaum and The Age of Innocence New York Times Bernie Schoenbaum obit Steig exhibit, "Love & Laughter" comes to the Norman Rockwell Museum CB's Meet the Artist: Warren Miller Profile: Kim Warp Bernie Schoenbaum Tonight "In Conversation": George Booth & Matt Diffee; Interview: Daniel Clowes Peter Steiner's new book, The Terrorist, out May 25th Video: Drew Dernavich plays air guitar Joe's Pub Cartoonists Night with Carolita Johnson, Drew Dernavich, and Liza Donnelly Addams Family musical to tour in 2011 Exhibit: Edward Koren's Parallel exhibits Exhibit: Kim Warp Video: Chicago Tribune Cartoonists, 1931 Video: Harry Bliss speaking at Vermont's Aldrich Library, June 2009 Henry Martin: Drawing through the decade Mankoff in Toronto Edward Koren Exhibit; Talk:Koren & Feiffer Peter Steiner's new book "The Terrorist" out in May Addams Family Musical opens on Broadway to mixed reviews Interview: Gahan Wilson; Henry Martin donates cartoons, books to Princeton; Chast honored; Krimstein collection due in the Fall Video: Addams Family musical opening number on Letterman Addams spelled out Pt.2 Exhibit: Felipe Galindo; Film & Discussion: "Funny Business" Addams tribute spelled out The work of 200 Cartoonists on display Cartoonists photographs discovered Interview: John'Brien; Profile: Jason Polan Bruce Petty's Lifetime Achievement award; Interview: Jerry Dumas Kaplan reviewed; Mankoff: laughing with, laughing at; Tim Burton & Charles Addams; Meet the Artist: Michael Crawford Chast shows, works & speaks in Connecticut Feiffer book signings; Emily Gordon on John Kane & the Ukulele; Chast presents Mike Lynch remembers John Kane Eli Stein on John Kane Interview: Shannon Wheeler; Bob Mankoff: Keats Was Wrong; P.C. Vey's collection New Yorker cartoonist John Kane has died The Southampton Review's Cartoon Portfolio; Jules Feiffer's Memoir Profile: Jason Polan New Addams book! "Charles Addams: The Addams Family: An Evilution" ; Exhibit -- The New York Times reviews "Charles Addams's New York" ; From the Desk of Bob Mankoff: "The Humor of Humors" Video/article: Ronald Searle; Isaac Littlejohn Eddy added to the New Yorker Cartoonists A - Z Article/Video: Bob "The Snowman Expert" Eckstein Winter Storm Break Ronald Searle approaches 90; Liza Donnelly blogs; Eric Lewis works dimensionally; Ely's 2009 film "Funny Business" to be screened at Museum of the City of New York Interview: Kim Warp; Karen Sneider & sharks; From the Desk of Bob Mankoff; Chast's Possessed cover Andy Friedman's new blog Exhibit: Charles Addams's New York Gahan Wilson on the phone; Martha Gradisher interviewed Gahan Wilson on the radio; From the Desk of Bob Mankoff Matthew Diffee's Steam Powered Hour -- Valentine's Day Edition; Adolf Dehn added to The New Yorker Cartoonists A - Z Interview: Mick Stevens; Jules Feiffer speaks; Bob Mankoff & Salinger Interview: P.S. Mueller; Mankoff speaks in Canada The world's biggest Comic Convention w/ Sempe & Crumb J.D. Salinger dead at 91; Mankoff, gadget guy; Video: four New Yorker cartoonists in Chicago Wallpaper by Steinberg Shannon Wheeler's new collection; Interview: Drew Dernavich Meet the Artist: William Haefeli; Interview: Rini Piccolo NYC Dog Cartoon Exhibit; Gahan Wilson collection reviewed Audio interview: Gahan Wilson Letter From Paris: Laughing for Change BEK signs Interview: Carol Lay; Reminder: Gahan Wilson signs at NYC's Strand Jan. 19th Video: Williams Steig's Dr. De Soto Bruce Eric Kaplan (BEK) at LA's Hammer Museum Smilby (Francis Wilford-Smith): 1927 - 2009; Interview: John Klossner BEK's new collection reviewed; Liza Donnelly on provocative cartoons; Crumb's Genesis Robert Gallivan, Cartoonist for The New Yorker and numerous other publications has died at age 95 Peter Arno: America's Guilty Pleasure Chas Addams Birthday salute More on the Addams Family Musical Gahan Wilson at The Strand Diffee hosts Bluegrass Battle How did I miss this? Steiner's Dog on the Internet inspires play; PW's The Beat comics poll Appreciating Jack Ziegler New NYer Cartoon Collection cover; Kenneth Mahood retires; Robert Grossman interviewed Audio & slide show: Gahan Wilson; David Levine & co.; Steinberg, "a writer who draws" Revisions in store for Broadway bound Addams Family musical New Yorker Cartoon Yearbook 2009; Interview: Marisa Acocella Marchetto TV: Thurber inspired "My World and Welcome To It"; Video: David Sipress at Williams College: Catching up with Al Ross Meet Kim Warp; New Yorker cartoonists out on the town Profile: Robert Leighton ; Interview: Nick Downes Addams Family musical opens in Chicago to mixed reviews The New Yorker in Paris "Cartoons in Conflict" exhibit opens in NYC; Happy 115th, James Thurber! Liza Donnelly's animated Sock; Shannon Wheeler interview; NYTs reviews The Best of Punch Otto Soglow's Little King, "Christmas Night" 1933 From The New Yorker's Golden Age of Cartooning, Ten Great Collections Jason Polan's One Tenth of a Percent Event Posted Note: Thurber's Unbaked Cookies New Steig collection in 2011; Interview with Jeanne Steig Peter Steiner Exhibit "Making Faces: Paintings & Constructions"; Group show in Chelsea Review: Addams at the Bruce; Steig in Greenville, SC In Search of...Al Kaufman; Best Comics of the 00s; Crumb, Spiegelman & Mouly in Texas Seth speaks; Byrnes' play Video: New Yorker Editor David Remnick on humor & cartoonists Anne Hall's new book; Crawford & Johnson in Inwood Genesis of the Addams Family musical; Liz Smith, cartoonist?; Chast exhibit in N. Mexico Mick Stevens' Gods of Humor; Koren, Byrnes, Chast & Mankoff in Chicago Hef and cartoons; Punch Cartoon Library; Gahan, Mike & Rapunzel Jason Pollan exhibit; Mankoff lecture Chas Addams "Fun Facts"; the Haunting World of Chas Addams Steig lp cover; Crumb: "A (Secret) Life in Music"; '09 Cartoon Issue 1994 CBS Sunday Morning piece: Charles Addams exhibit at the NYPL Al Ross turns 98; Spiegelman & Mouly's Toon Treasury; Sipress interview NPR: Crumb's Genesis Booth at the New Yorker Festival Chicago panel: Byrnes, Chast & Koren, moderated by Mankoff Halloween readings: R.O. Blechman, Seth; Jack Ziegler signs; Rainy Day Colouring Book with Leavitt Interview: Benita Epstein Video interview: Bob Mankoff; New New Yorker Cartoon collection International Cartoon Festival, St. Just le Martel R. Crumb & Francoise Mouly in Conversation; Yesterday's Papers Video: Gammill Visits the NYer, Pt. 2 w/Kanin & Katz; Mankoff's poster Mick Stevens on Revolving Floor; Mankoff's Foreword; David Huffine photo, portrait & bio added to the A - Z Combative Cartoons Katz speaks; Friedman in Nashville; Spiegelman "Master of Comix Disaster" Chas Addams exhibit in Connecticut; Israel Cartoon Museum exhibit: Cartoons in Conflict New Bruce Eric Kaplan collection in 2010 On Revolving Floor: Felipe Galindo; Revolving Floor names Cartoon Editor; New Yorker Festival Cartoon Events; Laughter in the Galleries; Paul Karasik at SPX '09 Mouly interviews Crumb; Video: Mankoff rejects Gammill; Sipress short story on Narrative Witty Cartoons For Snobs! Peter Steiner launches website Richard Merkin, 1938 - 2009 Julia Suits' new book; Panel: Mankoff, Byrnes, Koren & Chast Video: thumbing through R.Crumb's Genesis John O'Brien honored Minnesota Cartoon Art Show: What's So Funny; Katz cards Addams Family The Musical, trailer More Feiffer at Dartmouth; Diffee illustrates "A Giggle of Cartoonists": Sorel, Koren, Feiffer, Danziger; Bob Mankoff on David Marc Fischer New Lee Lorenz collection Ziegler covers "The Lost Algonquin Roundtable" Gahan Wilson speaks; Thurber vrs Addams Spiegelman in Detroit; A glance at Tippit Farley Katz speaks; New Posted Note: Instant Office Kim Warp Q&A; Shanahan illustrates David Borchart Exhibit of Cartoons & Graphic Novel Excerpts Joseph Farris at the opera; Q&A with Tom Cheney; Shannon Wheeler at Comic-Con Harry Bliss interview Arno and the Fair A Moment with Bob Mankoff; Arnold Roth inducted into Soc. of Illus. Hall of Fame; Edward Sorel's Certitude; Q & A with Emily Flake; Interview: Glen Le Lievre Sam Cobean's "Dream Cartoons" Paul Karasik's latest blog entry; J.C. Duffy website and blog added to Links Mick Stevens' Hellth Club; Ward Sutton on HuffPo; Tom Bloom covers Between the Covers for 20 years Mankoff & movies; Chast & birds NY Observer piece: Jason Polan Fun Island; Humor piece by J.C.Duffy; Early Works by Noted Cartoonists New Posted Note New Cartoon collection from The New Yorker: On The Money: The Economy in Cartoons 1925 - 2009 Review of Leo Cullum's latest collection; Seth on the radio Website added: Frank Modell Booth inspires The Gotham Jazzmen (with Lee Lorenz) at the Bruno Walter Auditorium Bob Mankoff & captions & money ; Chast & Addams Addams Family press galore; New Yorker Cartoons read out loud Seth video, article Mike Twohy interview: More of Henry Martin's spots Thurber in The (Thurber) House; Michael Shaw audio interview; Virgil Partch appreciation; A Sneak Peek at Clowes' new work; Spiegelman Washington Post interview; Note Suits illustrates I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears...; Shannon Wheeler added to the A -Z; Bob Gallivan added to the A -Z; Louis Jamme A -Z entry expanded Feiffer appearance, exhibit; Felipe Galindo's "Manhatitlan Codex" at Rutgers; Virginia Snedecker's work at Rutgers; Roz Chast's honorary degree; New Posted Note: Home At Last: Thurber & Nugent's Male Animal The Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival Comics Conference at SCSU; Gahan Wilson aplenty Andy Friedman New CD Release; Matt Diffee and the next Steam Powered Hour; Leo Cullum's new collection "Suture Self" now out Paul Karasik blogs about Pordenone Benita Epstein exhibit; Whitney Darrow children's book debate; Tom Spurgeon on buying comics during a recession Bairnsfather tribute and auction Revisiting Barbara Shermund Chast speaks in Brooklyn; Morgan screens "Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird" Mankoff speaks in Boston Douglas Florian interview; Mouly & Spiegelman Toon talk Reminder: Lee Lorenz moderates Three Paths to The New Yorker this Wednesday Steinberg's Illuminations now in Hamburg; Ward Sutton graphically reviews new Rolling Stones book; review of Donald Barthelme bio; a Weekend book review roundup, including Brunetti; A Note on The Center for Cartoon Studies New Graphic Novel due from John Leavitt & Molly Crabapple; Roz Chast's And Here's The Kicker interview; Booth & Bliss illustrate Children's books Rod Gilchrist, of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum, dies at age 58 Kudos for Karasik and Mazzucchelli's City of Glass: The Graphic Novel; Henry Martin's Spot Drawings; Seth's "Quiet Art of Cartooning" The Nation weighs in on The Morgan's New Yorker Money exhibit Thurber's Many Moons at Columbus's Phoenix Theater for Children Edward Sorel illustrates Certitude; Roz Chast speaks in New Jersey Roz Chast and dark energy; Caldwell and faxes; Playbill update on the Addams musical; Liza Donnelly's Happy on Youtube; Out March 10th: Cheever: A Life Addams Family Musical website; The Columbus Dispatch reviews"On the Money" Feiffer profile An Updike biographer signs with HarperCollins Remembering Peter Arno An exhibit of Liza Donnelly's cartoons in the Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics Art for Cats Auction begins tonight; Mound Wisdom ( New Yorker Cartoons & Baseball) Bob Mankoff on Sean Delanos's controversial cartoon in The New York Post Roz Chast Speaks in DC Carol Lay Interview; Bob Mankoff Speaks in Oklahoma Note: CBS Sunday Morning airs Donnelly & Maslin segment, "Drawn Together" Note: Cartoon Marriage book signing on Valentine's Day Art for Cats Auction with work aplenty by New Yorker artists ; Ward Sutton's B&N Reviews Cartoon Marriage news; Ernie Kovacs' "transformed" New Yorker; Bob Mankoff at The Morgan Library & Museum, plus other Morgan New Yorker events Bob Eckstein interviews Liza Donnelly; John M. Price obit Happy Birthday, New Yorker!; Bloomberg's "On The Money" review Writer at Rest; New York Times reviews The Morgan's "On the Money"; On Charlie Rose: "An appreciation of John Updike" with David Remnick Cartoon Marriage out today; A Cartoon Marriage review On the Money at the Morgan; A Passion for Comic Books; Carol Lay's "Big Skinny" reviewed Andy Friedman aka Larry Hat interviewed; Review of "Don't Mind Me, and Other Jewish Lies" (illustrated by Roz Chast) Boris Drucker: 1920 -2009 News of Stage ( Charles Addams) & Screen (Marisa Acocella Marchetto) Narrative Magazine's Cartoon Art Volume 1; Daniel Beyer: What the heck is Magazine Cartooning?; New books: Seth, Sempe Sweating the Details: That Was the Cartoon That Wasn't Morgan Library Exhibition of New Yorker Cartoons Coming in '09: The New Yorker Book of Stock Market Cartoons; A note on The New Yorker Cartoon Yearbook 2008 New Yorker's 20 Most Popular Cartoons of 2008; Paul Karasik profiled Roz Chast: Sunday Arts video profile Peter Steiner Exhibition of Paintings Ink Spill Update Mick Stevens new look; Emily & Marshall Hopkins new magazine Francoise Mouly on comics; Holiday Comic anthology round-up; Zap comix; Victoria Roberts' latest "My Sunday" Bliss talks to Playboy; Spiegelman slide show; Supermen on the way Steinberg: The man who put the inking in thinking; Mike Lynch on James Stevenson's Op-Art; Bob Mankoff: Here's what I'm doing Dernavich, Sipress, Diffee, and Noth at The Jersey City Museum; Cartoonists draw portraits at Saks Fifth Ave.; New New Yorker Humor collection, "Disquiet, Please!" reviewed; Tom Chalkley added to The A - Z Rina Picollo, Michael Biddle added to The New Yorker Cartoonists A - Z; Bob Eckstein interview; Arthur Geisert teaches Arnie Levin's Cartoon of the Month; Bob Staake on his most recent New Yorker cover; Bob Mankoff takes part in a comedy round table; Victoria Roberts' "My Sunday by Hillary Rodham Clinton"; Liza Donnelly's Wowowow Cartoon of the Week More Steinberg, including a remembrance by Adam Gopnik Bruce Bairnsfather site added to the A -Z; Chris Ware & Seth speak; J.C. Duffy's Thanksgiving Procedure The Times of London: Mankoff on Steinberg, Art Spiegelman interview Websightings: A review of "The Best American Comics 2008" edited by Lynda Barry; More Shanahan; French edition ( with new cover) of "Sex & Sensibility"; New Patty Marx children's book with illus by Roz Chast Book signing/reading : Danny Shanahan & Friends; Steinberg's "Illuminations" travels overseas Blogspotting: Robert Mankoff on Political Humor Carol Lay's cartoon memoir; an Andy Friedman print exhibition Coming in 2009: a collection of Leo Cullum's medical cartoons, and a George Booth 40th Anniversary collection of dog cartoons Blogspotting: New Yorker Cartoonists and Most Influential Books Chas Addams musical "pre-Broadway world premiere" in Chicago, November, 2009; Bob Mankoff on Charlie Rose; Edward Sorel's Waverly Inn mural The Best of Punch; Art Spiegelman Harvard Crimson interview Websighting: Harry Bliss interview; Blogspotting: Mad Cover Art Auction Bob Mankoff on American Public Radio; Jules Feiffer's new anthology of Village Voice strips New Humor Collection including Donnelly, Shanahan, Crawford Websighting: Librarie Super Heros; Edward Sorel's latest book; "All Smiles" New Yorker Festival post Reuters: "The New Yorker gives red ink a black eye" Roz Chast in Colorado; 50 Things Every Comics Collection Needs Robert Mankoff, "The Editor of Laughs" ; William Steig's Animated work; Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert's Entertainment Weekly Cover and Q & A Sighting: The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Book Websighting: Time's Drawing Room Blogspotting: Victoria Roberts lecture at The Society of illustrators; Gahan Wilson's Playboy work collected Websighting: Robert Mankoff's Extremely Short History of Humor; Blogspotting: Opening: Kim Deitch exhibit at MoCCA Daniel Beyer added to New Yorker Cartoonists A -Z ; Mike Lynch 9/12/08 Mr. Media podcast rescheduled Posted Note: On a Bench with Steinberg Emily Flake added to New Yorker Cartoonists A - Z and to Links; Michael Rae-Grant added to the A - Z; Mike Lynch interviewed live by Mr. Media Exhibit: Felipe Galindo / Feggo: "Manhatitlan Codex"; Peter Steiner L'Assassin signing Websightings: Edward Sorel's "New Dexter" cover; Art Spiegelman's new book; Peter Steiner interview on NPR; Blogspotting: Mick Stevens wraps up his Unsung Heroes series Websighting: Crumb celebrated in his hometown ; Blogspotting: Soglow's Ambassador ; Tooting Our Own Horn Dept. Spiegelman in North Carolina ; More Clowes Clowes in Seattle Websighting: Bruce Petty's new book; Mick Stevens meets up with Jack Ziegler in Denver Blogspotting: Felipe Galindo interviewed by Bob ( The Snowman Expert) Eckstein; Summer Note: Addams in the Attic Websighting: "The Man Behind Shrek" ; Summer Note: Instant Library Blogspotting: Frank Beaven in Radio Craft; Websighting: Derek Van Gieson & The Cartoon Lounge; World War 2 Saxon drawings come to light Paul Karasik's Eisner Thurber's "13 Clocks" Revisited Dean Vietor: 1931 -2007 Peter Steiner's new book, L'Assassin is released Lobsters Times of London Ed Arno obit Another Side of Syd Hoff David Remnick on Blitt cover ; Talk of the Web: Blitt's Obama Cover William Steig appreciation ; Harry Bliss on his new book, and more... Peter Steiner's Next Chapter ; The Independent's Ed Arno obit ; Suzy Becker & Sipress & Sutton ; Portrait of the Artist: Gerald Scarfe "Cartoonist of the Month" blog takes a breather ; "The Cartoon Lounge" starts its engines ; Rea Irvin piece in Print ; Vintage Books reissues two Joseph Mitchell classics Websightings: John Astin ( Gomez Addams ) speaks ; News on the upcoming theatrical production, The Addams Family ; New Yorker notes Ed Arno's Death; NYTs Ed Arno Obit ; A Note of Thanks Blogspotting: Video of Liza Donnelly on Sex & Sensibility Exhibit ; Note Ed Arno, Long-time contributor to The New Yorker, Has Died Blogspotting: Bob Eckstein interviews Evan Forsch New book forthcoming: "The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics" Dog days Gallery show: Robert de Michiell New "Punch" anthology coming in September ; Steig exhibit helps launch SF's new Contemporary Jewish Museum Websightings: "Sterne and Steinberg: Critics Within" exhibit ; Dedini's Playboy work Cartoonists amid throng at The New Yorker Spring Books Party Peter Steiner's new novel coming in July J.B. Handelsman remembered by Eli Stein ; "Up From the Underground" -- a piece on Jay Lynch Victoria Roberts about to depart New Yorker blog, Crawford steps in ; Blogspotting: Review of Feiffer's "A Room With A Zoo" ; Websighting: Bob Staake talks about his recent New Yorker cover Blogspotting: Richard Taylor's early work ; Good book: Dr. Seuss Cartoon Caption Contest Dust Up featuring Jack Kirby and Harry Bliss Websightings: Lynda Barry's "What It Is" reviewed ; Matthew Diffee's "Unnamed Music & Comedy Show" ; Random House lists Donnelly & Maslin's "Cartoon Marriage" collection for January 2009 release NYTs reports: The Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State Doubles its Collection Websightings: two forthcoming books by Art Spiegelman Websightings: Upcoming books of interest ; Seth and "old fashioned media" ; Blogspotting: Mike Lynch spotlights Vahan Shirvanian Nine years ago today Cartoonists turn out for Cartoon Bank Event ; Blogspotting: Steinberg's "Reflections and Shadows" Websighting: Andy Friedman Interview; Cartoon dust-ups Websightings: Cover image for "The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest" on Amazon; P.S. Mueller's new website ; Where Cartoonists Lunch Websighting: Roz Chast at The Wilton, Ct. Library May 7 ; Blogspotting: a report on the "Sex and Sensibility" Algonguin event Reminder: Wednesday, April 30th, "Sex And Sensibility" book party at The Algonguin ; New Yorker's "Cartoonist of the Month" of May is Victoria Roberts; Blogspotting: Whitney Darrow, Jr. covers The '64 Worlds Fair Chast, Modell, Koren, Feiffer art in benefit auction ; Algonguin "Sex & Sensibility" note Julia Suits, Signe Wilkinson, and more "Sex & Sensibility" contributors at The Algonguin Blogspotting: Sempe mural ; Websightings: Saxon revisited ; Edward Sorel subject of Rants & Raves Websightings: Sempe -- a short appreciation ; new kids books with illus by Edward Koren, James Stevenson ; Society of Illustrators hosts "Sex & Sensibility" contributors Websighting: Ring Tales' New Yorker animations nominated ; Blogspotting: Raw Junior's online publication Websightings: "Intrigue With Faye" ; More Bruce Petty ; Adrian Tomine's "Shortcomings" reviewed; Blogspottings: Francoise Mouly interview ; Betty Boop explored Feiffer Signs at The Strand ; Mary Petty page ; Regarding the new Sam Gross Collection: "Is It Kosher to Laugh at Swastikas?" ; Daniel Clowes' "Modern Cartoonist" essay online Websighting: Gallery Bershad's Mischa Richter page ; Blogspotting: Bruce Petty's Film "Global Haywire" ; Websighting: "Sex & Sensibility" Party at The Algonquin Alain website added to Links ; Blogspotting: a Francoise Mouly appreciation Websighting: Bill Plympton at Aspen Shortsfest Art Spiegelman in Canada ; "An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories: Vol. 2" in September ; Smaller, Roberts, and Donnelly on NPR Cartoonists come out for Sex & Sensibility Book Launch Charles Barsotti is April's Cartoonist of the Month ; Victoria Robert's new website Ward Sutton, Barry Blitt: an evening of clips, stills and discussions ; Benita Epstein ; Liza Donnelly signs "Sex & Sensibility" Six Artists Added to The New Yorker Cartoonists A - Z Cartoon Art Museum hosts Sex & Sensibility Book Party tonight Websighting: R. Crumb at The Frye Art Museum Paul Webb added to The A - Z ; Frederico Lebrun added to The A - Z James Daugherty added to The A - Z Websightings: More Gross & "We Have Ways of Making You Laugh" ; Ed Koren illustrates "Oops!" ; Henry Holmes Smith added to The New Yorker Cartoonists A - Z Websighting: A catch-all site for reviews/commentary on the new Sam Gross collection ; Blogspotting: Chris Ware NYC Exhibit review "The Art of William Steig" reviewed ; Larry Hat aka Andy Friedman covers the New York Times Magazine Early Richter photo & cartoons on EliSteincartoons.com ; Arnie Levin's PBS Suspenders ; More Mankoff in Michigan ; Jackie Ormes Biography Michael Shaw in Missouri ; Bob Mankoff in Michigan Blogspotting: The Story of Toon Books ; Websightings: Ivan Brunetti talk at Illinois State ; Michelle Urry remembered Websightings: More about the upcoming (May) Vancouver Art Gallery exhibit "Krazy!..." ( includes work by Seth, Milt Gross, Spiegelman, and others) ; Interview: Adrian Tomine Websightings: Paul Karasik in NYC, signing, discussion ; Marshall & Emily Hopkins interview Websighting: Bruce Petty in group show ; Graphic Novels in schools Websightings:Bob Mankoff Google video; Background: Sam Gross's "We Have Ways of Making You Laugh" Websightings: Another Pete Holmes' Stand-up appearance ; More Sex & Sensibility news ; Cartoonists back on the slopes ; Note of thanks Barbara Smaller --The New Yorker's next Cartoonist of the Month ; Webspotting: William Steig considered Websightings: Amazon lists two new New Yorker cartoon books ; Seth & Spiegelman at Vancouver Art Gallery; Blogspotting: Sempe video courtesy of Mike Lynch Blogspottings: Hachtman, Harris and 101 Things ; 3 Gahan Wilson videos; Pete Holmes at University of Wisconsin Websightings: A Gahan Wilson two-fer: The Southampton Writers Conference, and an interview with Wilson film-maker Steven Charles Jaffee ; Pat Oliphant Georgia Exhibit Websightings: John Stanley ; Irving Penn Exhibit includes Steinberg & Capote Websightings: R. Crumb considered ; Lucy Shelton Caswell's bio "Billy Ireland" Blogspottings: Roz Chast illustrates "Don't Mind Me -- And Other Jewish Lies" ; Chris Ware NYC Exhibit review News to me: The Rea Irvin typeface descended from Allen Lewis Websightings: Paul Noth & Sheboygan ; "Sex and Sensibility" San Francisco exhibit reviewed; NYTs review, Ben Katchor's "The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island" Blogspotting: Chris Ware NYC Exhibit ; Websighting: Sempe Illustrates News to me: Robert Grossman at the New Yorker "Sex and Sensibility" Exhibit Opens in San Francisco Bob Mankoff at GEL ; Roz Chast at the Wilton, Ct. Library Websightings: Sid Harris & "101 Funny Things About Global Warming" on NPR; From Lansing, Michigan, a review of Roz Chast's "Theories of Everything..." Websightings: Tilleymania! Seth's turn on Tilley, Francoise Mouly audio feature on Tilley, and Tilley contest winners ; Bill Lee in the 2008 Dutch Farmer's Almanac ; Comic Art #9 reviewed Sam Gross's "We Have Ways of Making You Laugh" (with cover scan)on S&S site; "Cobeans Visit Campus" from Samcobean.com New Yorker Cartoonist Blog Update, and a Note. A Duo of Seattle Exhibits: Robert Crumb, Underground Comix ; Blogspotting: Zach Kanin Interview Websightings: Panel discussion: "Serious Stuff About Humor"; Radio Rejection Collection ; Review: "Secret Ingredients" ; TIME archive: review of Peter Arno's "Sizzling Platter" Websightings: Edward Sorel in the Nation: "How I Lost My Job and Found Happiness"; A Ben Katchor theater collaboration. Blogspotting: Mike Lynch, "Cartoonists on Cartooning" New Yorker Cartoonists, Food, and The New York Times Websightings: Exhibit: MAD's Alfred E. Neuman "Alfred, We Hardly Knew Thee!" ; Judith Yaross Lee's "Defining New Yorker Humor" Websightings: First issue of The New Yorker on Ebay: $4,750.00 ; Time Archives: The New Yorker Album of Drawings 1925 -1975 reviewed, Britain's Telegraph goes "Inside the temple of Times Square" Websighting: Virginia Snedeker Exhibit comes to northern New Jersey ; Blogspottings: Mick Stevens' video studio tour, Brief reviews of Edward Sorel's "Just When You Thought Things Couldn't Get Worse" & "Best American Comics 2007" (Edited By Chris Ware) Blogspotting: Edward Koren video ; Websightings: Crumb in Detroit Exhibit ; Cartoon Bank issues new Valentine's Day collection The BBC's "Guided Tour Through 'The New Yorker' " ; Time Magazine Archive Two-fer: Thurber's Men, Woman and Dogs ; Thurber Obit. Blogspotting: Robert Leighton illustrates ; Websightings: 2004 USA Today review of The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker; Time Archive: "Mollie Among the Neurotics" Websightings: Time Magazine archive: Steinberg's All In Line ; Cartoonists take to the powder ; The Washington Post reviews vintage comic strips An Appreciation: Peter Steiner's "Portraits & Self Portraits" Blogspottings: Sam Means & his Practical Guide; "...The Four Cartooning Roth Brothers" ; Websightings: Adrian Tomine interview ; Sex & Sensibility exhibit in San Francisco New Yorker's Tilley Contest ; Steig in Esquire ; Blogspotting: A Blogger looks for cartoons on NYer's new blog ; Web-Booksighting: Film & TV Adaptations of Comics & Graphic Novels Blogspottings: Bloggers on The New Yorker's new blog ; Websightings: Francoise Mouly interview; TIME Magazine archive: William Hamilton's "Long Road to Broadway" Peter Arno's Birthday ; "Finding Arno" Websighting: Charles Addams' Birthday Peter Steiner's "Portraits & Self-Portraits" opens ; Hit-and-Run Review: "From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig" Soglow's Depression ; The Book of Other People Websighting: Fantagraphic Books site Steven Florio: New York Times obituary, and a personal note ; Newsday puts Steig exhibit in its Art Top 10 of 2007 Websightings: Steinberg's "For Modern Living" mural ; Cartoon Charisma: Salon's Daniel Clowes interview Websightings: Paris Review Interviews Vol. 2 w/ Thurber ; Francoise Mouly's Comic book series ; Cartoon Bank Emails Cartoons Nationwide Blogspotting: Mick Stevens blogs for The New Yorker ; Websighting: Edward Gorey exhibit Robert Grossman website added ; Chris Ware's Building Stories reviewed ; Village Voice's Year in Comics and Graphic Novels Websightings: Museum Of Modern Art Book of Cartoons in March '08 ; Nate Collier on Cartooning Websightings: Christopher Weyant profiled/interviewed ; Marisa Acocella Marchetto news Websightings: Spock.com "New Yorker Cartoonist" search results ; NYTs review of Steig exhibit at the Jewish Museum Websightings: A Matthew Diffee two-fer, in Print, and on the air ; Bob Eckstein on NPR ; Ward Sutton's "Impact" ; Updike's "Due Considerations" Boston Globe review Websightings: Arthur Geisert, Artist-in-Residence ; Review of "LitGraphics: The World of the Graphic Novel" ; Exhibit: Janice Biala Cartoonists turn out in force for New Yorker Holiday Party; French New Yorker Cartoon Collection Cartoon Contest in Viet Nam; Sid Harris' Global Warming collection reviewed; Review of Secret Ingredients Times Of London: "Cartoon of the year" by Christopher Weyant ; More on Paul Noth's Pale Force ; "Comics on Display" at Boston University Aline Kominsky Crumb interview ; Review of Don Martin collection ; Chris Ware's "Savage" poster ; Roz Chast at Dartmouth Andrews McMeel Publishers exclusive deal with Cartoon Bank includes Fall 2008 Cartoon Caption Contest book Websightings: A potted history of The New Yorker; Time reviews Geo. Price, Charles Saxon, and Lee Lorenz, Dec. 12, 1977 ; NPR Feb 15, 2005 story "Dogs in Art" includes Victoria Roberts Websightings: George Booth / NYTs Feb 7. 93 "Flights of Lunacy on the Drawing Board" ; Harry Bliss & PETA ; Video: Robert Mankoff in Aspen Websightings: NYTs Feb. 15, 1994 "Eustace Tilley's on Vacation..." ; Comicsresearch.org ; Fall 1995 Paris Review Humor Issue Websightings: Henry Martin ; Art Spiegelman at Wesleyan ; TIME on Fortune on The New Yorker Websighting: 1947 TIME mag piece on Harold Ross: "Nah...Nah...Nah" ; Phil Nel's Visual Arts Links; Short clip on Youtube:Bob Mankoff rejects turkey idea Websightings: Steinberg mural not sunk ; Steig appreciation/review ; Bob Eckstein's History of the Snowman signing Blogspottings: Mick Stevens' "12 Days (Or More) of Christmas" ; Lynch link to Goofbutton & Dedini drawings; Websightings: Syd Hoff Website added to Links ; Cream of Crap / NPR Websighting: an Updike info & discussion site; Blogspottings: Emdashes' Roz Chast and Steve Martin links & link to Andertoons' Business Cartoon Collections review ; Arflovers' New Yorker cartoonists vs Nazis Andy Friedman Illustration Exhibit ; Blogspotting: VW's 1967 collection Think Small; Websighting: Plenty of Paul Noth's Pale Force; Joe Dator added to Links/Library Cream of the Crap Party Pix ; Roz Chast L.A. City Beat interview Two films by Adam Van Doren: "Thurber: The Life and Hard Times" and "Top Hat & Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of The New Yorker" Websightings: Mick Stevens' "Where I Get My Ideas" ; Le Lievre, Mad and The New Yorker ; Gahan Wilson documentary "Born Dead, Still Weird" : Two Zach Kanin items: his blog "Smallotry" , and a final NYC reading. Websightings: Roz Chast in conversation ; Bliss in Alaska ; Background About Twohy R. O. Blechman book signing ; Marisa Acocella Marchetto Random House Author interview; Chris Ware interview Paintings & Sculptures by Miller, Lorenz. Harris, Modell ; Websighting: NYSun review of Steig Exhibit Reminder: Steig Panel discussion Thursday, Nov. 15th ; Toronto Life Seth Profile; New Yorker Cartoon Yearbook 2007 Websightings: Center For Cartoon Studies ; Gahan Wilson Toronto Star Interview LitGraphic / The World of the Graphic Novel at The Norman Rockwell Museum ; Roz Chast & Steve Martin are No.1 Websightings: Charles Barsotti, Edward Koren, Pat Byrnes Sex & Sensibility now listed on Amazon.com ; Websighting: Tilley's Farewell ; Website added: John Jonik Websightings: David Remnick: 'New Yorker' stories ; Gerald Dumas. Hit-and-Run Review: Feiffer at Vassar Cartooning For Peace at Emory University ; Websighting: Robert Mankoff's Washington Post "Comics: Meet the Artist" transcript, Nov. 2004 Jules Feiffer Speaks at Vassar College Nov. 1st ; Websighting: Nick Downes' website Websightings: Charles Addams' New York Times Obit, Time Magazine's James Thurber obit, C.W. Anderson bio snippet Websighting: Cyril Kenneth Bird aka Fougasse, Time Magazine: "The Hokinson Girls" ; More Rejection Collection Vol. 2 Promotional Event Dates Websighting: Gus Mager ; Book signing: Roz Chast & Steve Martin ; Rejection Collection Promotional Events, November 07 Ohio State University's 2007 Festival of Cartoon Art ; Websightings: Ralph Barton, Time article "Does Mad Need A Museum?" Websighting: Studies in American Humor / Special Issue: The New Yorker from 1925 -1950 ; New in paperback: In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists Websightings: Zachary Kanin Week, Westport Artists Exhibit: Peter Steiner, Portraits and Self-Portraits ; Websighting: Time Magazine's review of The Thurber Carnival Added to The New Yorker Cartoonists A - Z: Johan Bull ; From the "How'd We Miss This Dept" : Robert Mankoff in Westport, Ct. ; Websighting: George Price Play: Victoria Roberts in "Mercy Thieves" ; Performance: Andy Friedman & Co. ; Websighting: Rea Irvin & Eustace Tilley Websightings: Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings, Robert and Aline Crumb, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh -In" New Yorker Fest Note...and a further note. Websightings: Julia Suits, Sam Cobean New Yorker Festival Cartoonist appearances ; Websighting: Donald Reilly Websightings: Drew Dernavich, David Sipress, Harry W. Haenigsen Website added: Jules Feiffer ; Websightings: Herb Roth, Seth Websites added: Martha Gradisher, Carol Lay ; Websightings: Art Spiegelman on NPR, Hilda Terry NY Sun obit, Gregory D'Alessio's Papers Websites added: R. Crumb, Glen Le Lievre ; Websightings: James Stevenson, Herb Valen Websightings: on the eve of October, a Charles Addams quartet. Websightings: Mischa Richter Papers, Yagoda's review of Lorenz's Art of The New Yorker, Richard Cline, Obit of NYer idea man Gary Belkin Award: Edward Koren ; Websightings: Jack Ziegler, Virgil Partch (VIP), Paul Karasik, Miguel Covarrubias Websightings: Liza Donnelly, Art Young, Robert Mankoff Note: Library Addition ; Websightings: Roz Chast, Harry Bliss, Saul Steinberg, George Price Websightings: Richard Taylor, Robert Leighton, Leo Cullum, Arnie Levin Websightings: Arnie Levin, John Held, Jr., John Jonik, Bruce Eric Kaplan Websightings: M.K. Brown's website; A 1979 Time Magazine review of books by Frank Modell, Jack Ziegler, and Michael Witte ; Arthur Getz's website Websightings: Time Magazine review of the first issue of The New Yorker, Emily Richards, Bud Grace, Andy Friedman Websightings: Robert Mankoff on NPR, Kenneth Mahood; Library of Congress Abstracts: Ralph Barton, Al Freuh Websightings: New Yorker Cartoon Caption Game origin, Ton Smits, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Kim Warp, George Booth New Yorker Festival: Ziegler at the easel ; Steig Exhibit: Panel ; Websightings: James Thurber, Boris Drucker Websightings: R.Crumb on NPR , Fernando Krahn, B.Kliban Website added: Edward Koren ; Websightings: P.S. Mueller, Peggy Bacon, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Jack Markow New Book: Zachary Kanin ; Websightings: W.B.Park, New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, Michael Shaw Websightings: Arthur Geisert, Edward Sorel, Gahan Wilson Websightings: Victoria Roberts, John Groth, William Hamilton Lecture/ Q&A : Art Spiegelman ; Websightings: Frank Cotham, Wallace Morgan Profile: William Haefeli ; Websighting: George Booth Exhibit: Joseph Farris ; Websightings: David Langdon, Bruce Eric Kaplan Denys Wortman website added; Websightings: "Famous Cartoonist Series" buttons; This Little Gag Went... Websightings: J.C.Duffy, Kemp Starrett, "Wednesday Look Day" at The Sat Eve Post w/Norment & Porges Joseph Farris Website Added & Bio ; Websightings: Howard Baer, Anne Hall Emdashes: Talk,Inspired Animations; Websightings: Chast, Alex Noel Watson, Bairnsfather Websightings: Leighton, Ben Hur Baz, Molvig New Yorker Festival: Bagels with Bob ; Websightings: Blechman, Boardman Robinson, Soglow New Yorker Festival Schedule; Websightings: Rea Irvin, Addams, Florian Exhibit: Steinberg ; Website added: Noth ; Websightings: Thurber on Youtube, Steiner, Tippit Marisa Acocella Marchetto site live! : Websighting: Bruce Petty ; Papers: Drucker, Dunn, Mary Petty, Farris, Hoff, Kraus, Soglow, more Stevens' Cartoon Contest! : Websightings Galore II: Cheney, Opie, ffolkes, C.E.M., P.S. Mueller, Warp Saxon's Papers; Websightings:Bliss, Soglow Exhibit: Art of Illustration ; Websightings: Cullum, Friedman, Barton FSG's Steig Website; Websightings: Twohy, Darrow, Johnson Websightings Galore: Ziegler, Hopkins & Bliss, Henry Martin; Dedini on Youtube Sam Cobean Website Added; Websightings: Shanahan, John O'Brien, Sempe Gross Book Reissued, New Books: Steig, Harris; Websighting: Edward Koren 2 Websites and a Blog Added; Websightings: Peter Steiner; Sorel on Saxon; And: Arno 8 Websites Added; Websightings: Richard Taylor, Dernavich Websites Added: Vey, Hamilton, Hopkins, Marchetto, plus a Websighting Sorel, Booth, Chast & Martin Haefeli Interview, New Bliss Book, More The New Yorker Records, Bruce Eric Kaplan on NPR, The New Yorker Festival Exhibits: Thurber, Addams; New Books: Remnick, Stevenson, Gross Welcome to michaelmaslin.com. Michael Maslin is a cartoonist for The New Yorker Magazine. Samples of his cartoons, illustrations and commercial work can be viewed here. 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