Mark Alan Stamatyย is an acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator. His childrenโs books includeย Who Needs Donuts?ย (1973, 2003),ย Aliaโs Missionย (2005),ย Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down!ย (2010),ย Small in the Saddleย (1975),ย Minnie Maloney & Macaroniย (1976), andย Whereโs My Hippopotamus?ย (1977). In 1977โ1978, Markโs panoramic centerfold cartoons for theย Village Voiceย of Greenwich Village and Times Square attracted widespread attention and were sold by theย Voiceย as posters; he then created a series of comic strips for that paper, includingย MacDoodle St. In 1981, he created the acclaimed political comic stripย Washingtoonย for theย Voiceย andย The Washington Post, and it was soon picked up by more than forty papers. From 1994 to 1996, he was the political cartoonist forย Timeย magazine, and from 2001 to 2003, he produced the monthly comic stripย Booxย forย The New York Times Book Review. His cartoons, illustrations, covers, and comics reporting have appeared inย The New Yorker,ย Harperโs,ย The New Republic,ย New York,ย GQ, and many other magazines and newspapers. His honors include two Gold Medals and two Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, the Premio Satira Politica Forte dei Marmi 2005 from the Museum of Satire and Caricature in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, a Page One Award from the Newspaper Guild of New York, and the Augustus Saint-Gaudens alumni career award from the Cooper Union. He was born in Brooklyn in 1947, and lives in New York.
Jules Feiffer has received a number of awards for his cartoons, plays, and screenplays, including the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He is considered the most widely read satirist in the United States, and his work appeared regularly in several publications, including the Los Angeles Times, The Observer (London), The New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, The Nation, and The New York Times. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2004. He lives in New York City.