Michael Maslin

Michael Maslin is an American cartoonist for ''The New Yorker'' magazine. He is the author of ''Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist'' published in April 2016 by Regan Arts. Four collections of his work were published by Simon & Schuster. With his wife and fellow ''New Yorker'' cartoonist, Liza Donnelly, he co-edited one collection of drawings and co-authored three collections, including ''Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker's Cartooning Couple''.

Career

Michael Maslin first sold an idea for a cartoon to ''The New Yorker'' in 1977, which was later executed by veteran cartoonist Whitney Darrow Jr. Maslin’s first cartoon under his own name appeared in the April 17, 1978 issue of ''The New Yorker''.
His work has appeared in numerous publications including '' Harper’s Magazine'', ''The New York Times'', '' Mother Jones'', ''TIME'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'', ''Utne Reader'', ''Harvard Business Review''
''The Southampton Review''
and '' Narrative Magazine''.

Maslin’s book ''Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker's Cartooning Couple'', written with his wife, Liza Donnelly, was optioned by Jennifer Garner's production company, Vandalia Films. The script was written by ''Lizzie McGuire'' creator Terri Minsky. In 2009 he began Ink Spill, a website devoted to ''New Yorker'' cartoonists news and history.
Ink Spill has been cited in ''The New York Times'' on a number of occasions.

Maslin and Donnelly were the subjects of a CBS Sunday Morning segment, “Drawn Together”, which aired February 15, 2009.

Early life and education

Maslin was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and was raised in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He attended Bloomfield High School, then attended Kean University before transferring to the University of Connecticut, where he graduated in 1976 with a BFA.

Personal life

Maslin is married to fellow ''New Yorker'' cartoonist Liza Donnelly. They have two daughters.

Bibliography

*''At Wit's End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker'' (photographs by Alen MacWeeney, foreword by Emma Allen), Clarkson Potter (2024)
*''Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist'', Regan Arts (2016)
*''J. Herman's Museum Adventure'', Pine Brothers Charity Press (2014)
*''Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker's Cartooning Couple'' (with Liza Donnelly), Random House (January 27, 2009)
*''Husbands And Wives'' (with Liza Donnelly), Random House (1995)
*''Call Me When You Reach Nirvana'' (with Liza Donnelly), Andrews McMeel (1995)
*''Fathers and Sons: It's a Funny Relationship!'' (with Liza Donnelly), Random House (May, 1994),
*''Mixed Company'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1990)
*''The Crowd Goes Wild!'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1989)
*''The Gang’s All Here!'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1988)
*''The More The Merrier'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1987)
*''115 Drawings'', Lawford Press (1977)

References

External links

Ink Spill, New Yorker Cartoonists News and EventsMichael Maslin's cartoons at The Cartoon BankInterview with Michael Maslin for The Comics JournalInterview with Michael Maslin for WAMCInterview with Michael Maslin for The Wall Street Journal

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Living people
American magazine cartoonists
American humorists
Bloomfield High School (New Jersey) alumni
People from Bloomfield, New Jersey
Artists from Montclair, New Jersey
The New Yorker cartoonists
The New Yorker people
University of Connecticut alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)