{{Short description|American cartoonist}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = Michael Maslin | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = Michael Maslin.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = Michael Maslin at Holsten's in Bloomfield, N.J. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Cartoon | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Liza Donnelly | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = {{URL|http://michaelmaslin.com/}} | portaldisp = }}
'''Michael Maslin''' is an American cartoonist for ''The New Yorker'' magazine.<ref name="first">{{Cite magazine |last1=Mankoff |first1=Robert |date=7 March 2012 |title=First Cartoon: Michael Maslin |url=https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/first-cartoon-michael-maslin | magazine=The New Yorker | access-date=2022-09-07}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Arno - Regan Arts. |url=https://www.reganarts.com/peter-arno |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.reganarts.com}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="first"/> 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'', [http://www.stonybrook.edu/southampton/mfa/publishing/tsr.html ''The Southampton Review''], and ''Narrative Magazine''.<ref name="Example of Maslin illustration in Narrative Magazine">{{Cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Liza |last2=Maslin |first2=Michael |date=13 February 2012 |title=Married Cartoonists: The True Story |url=http://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/spring-2012/graphic-stories/married-cartoonists-true-story-liza-donnelly-and-michael-maslin |website=Narrative Magazine}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartar |first=Andre |date=17 September 2011 |title=ABC Picks up Jennifer Garner's Cartoon Marriage |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/09/abc_picks_up_jennifer_garners.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2011 |title=Jennifer Garner, ABC ready for 'Cartoon Marriage' |url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni15503962/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grabert |first=Jessica |date=17 September 2011 |title=Jennifer Garner's Vandalia Films to Produce Cartoon Marriage for ABC |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Jennifer-Garner-Vandalia-Films-Produce-Cartoon-Marriage-ABC-35178.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=CinemaBlend}}</ref> In 2009 he began Ink Spill, a website devoted to ''New Yorker'' cartoonists news and history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inkspill |url=https://michaelmaslin.com/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=michaelmaslin.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Ink Spill has been cited in ''The New York Times'' on a number of occasions.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |date=27 June 2008 |title=Ed Arno, Cartoonist of New Yorker Whimsy, is Dead at 92 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/books/27arno.html |access-date=2022-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |date=14 June 2016 |title=Anatol Kovarsky, New Yorker Cartoonist for Decades, Dies at 97 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/arts/design/anatol-kovarsky-new-yorker-cartoonist-for-decades-dies-at-97.html |access-date=2022-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |date=14 July 2016 |title=Michael Crawford, Wiseacre with a Pen, Dies at 70 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/arts/design/michael-crawford-wiseacre-with-a-pen-dies-at-70.html |access-date=2022-09-07}}</ref>
Maslin and Donnelly were the subjects of a CBS Sunday Morning segment, “Drawn Together”, which aired February 15, 2009.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/zHBVMhPtaf4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20211003033807/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHBVMhPtaf4&feature=youtu.be Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHBVMhPtaf4| title = Married New Yorker Cartoonists-CBS SUNDAY MORNING | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Frank |first=Gary E. |date=2000 |title=The World According to Michael Maslin |url=https://magazine.uconn.edu/content/uploads/2017/11/UConnTraditions_Fall-Winter2000.pdf |journal=UConn Traditions |issue=Fall/Winter |pages=28–31}}</ref>
== Personal life == Maslin is married to fellow ''New Yorker'' cartoonist Liza Donnelly.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 1988 |title=Liza Donnelly, an Artist, is Wed to Michael Maslin |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/15/style/liza-donnelly-an-artist-is-wed-to-michael-maslin.html |access-date=2022-09-07}}</ref> 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) {{ISBN|978-0593581056}} *''Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist'', Regan Arts (2016) {{ISBN|978-1942872610}} *''J. Herman's Museum Adventure'', Pine Brothers Charity Press (2014) {{ASIN|B01FJ0I0PM}} *''Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker's Cartooning Couple'' (with Liza Donnelly), Random House (January 27, 2009) {{ISBN|1400068088}} *''Husbands And Wives'' (with Liza Donnelly), Random House (1995) {{ISBN|978-0-345-39041-7}} *''Call Me When You Reach Nirvana'' (with Liza Donnelly), Andrews McMeel (1995) {{ISBN|0836204204}} *''Fathers and Sons: It's a Funny Relationship!'' (with Liza Donnelly), Random House (May, 1994), {{ISBN|978-0-345-38676-2}} *''Mixed Company'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1990) {{ISBN|0671663380}} *''The Crowd Goes Wild!'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1989) {{ISBN|0671663372}} *''The Gang’s All Here!'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1988) {{ISBN|0671635360}} *''The More The Merrier'', Fireside/Simon & Schuster (1987) {{ISBN|0671635352}} *''115 Drawings'', Lawford Press (1977) {{ASIN|B008K0ZIP4}}
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== External links == * [http://michaelmaslin.com/ Ink Spill, New Yorker Cartoonists News and Events] *[https://cartoonbank.com/search?p_p_id=searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P&p_p_lifecycle=0&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_search=%22michael+maslin%22&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_match=n&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_searchFeatures=cncartoons&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_pageNumber=1&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_struts.portlet.action=%2Fview%2FdisplaySearchForm&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_struts.portlet.renderDirectNamespace=%2Fview&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_struts.portlet.mode=view&_searchform_WAR_searchportlet_INSTANCE_XsyCBTetWF8P_struts.portlet.eventAction=true Michael Maslin's cartoons at The Cartoon Bank] *[http://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-michael-maslin/ Interview with Michael Maslin for The Comics Journal] *[http://wamc.org/post/mad-mad-world-new-yorkers-greatest-cartoonist Interview with Michael Maslin for WAMC] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3HckWAyRo0 Interview with Michael Maslin for The Wall Street Journal]
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