# Michael Maslin

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'''Michael Maslin''' is an American [cartoonist](/source/cartoonist) for ''[The New Yorker](/source/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](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster). With his wife and fellow ''New Yorker'' cartoonist, [Liza Donnelly](/source/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.](/source/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](/source/Harper%E2%80%99s_Magazine)'', ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', ''[Mother Jones](/source/Mother_Jones_(magazine))'', ''[TIME](/source/Time_(magazine))'', ''[The Saturday Evening Post](/source/The_Saturday_Evening_Post)'', ''[Utne Reader](/source/Utne_Reader)'', ''[Harvard Business Review](/source/Harvard_Business_Review)'', [http://www.stonybrook.edu/southampton/mfa/publishing/tsr.html ''The Southampton Review''],  and ''[Narrative Magazine](/source/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](/source/Jennifer_Garner)'s production company, Vandalia Films. The script was written by ''[Lizzie McGuire](/source/Lizzie_McGuire)'' creator [Terri Minsky](/source/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](/source/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](/source/YouTube)}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Maslin was born in [Montclair, New Jersey](/source/Montclair%2C_New_Jersey), and was raised in [Bloomfield, New Jersey](/source/Bloomfield%2C_New_Jersey). He attended [Bloomfield High School](/source/Bloomfield_High_School_(New_Jersey)), then attended [Kean University](/source/Kean_University) before transferring to the [University of Connecticut](/source/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](/source/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}}

== References ==
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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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