Acknowledgments

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to those who have extended their support and encouragement over the years as I began to research the depth and breadth of Syd’s work:

Jean Houston – Scholar, philosopher, and author
Alan Rinzler – Prolific editor
Janet Reid – Literary agent
Bob Mankoff – Former New Yorker Cartoon Editor and current Esquire Humor Editor
Michael Maslin – New Yorker cartoonist, author and creator of the Ink Spill blog
Mike Lynch – Cartoonist and blogger (Mike Lynch Cartoons)
Dick Buchanan – Archivist whose “Cartoon Files” frequently feature on Mike Lynch Cartoons
Stephen Nadler – Author of Attempted Bloggery
Michael Cavna – Washington Post journalist, cartoonist, creator Comic Riffs
Bill White – Cartoonist and animator
Phil Nel – Scholar of children’s literature, author, professor of English at Kansas State University
Julia Mickenberg – Scholar of children’s literature, author, professor of American Studies at Univ. of Texas, Austin
Terry Trilling-Josephson – Author of Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People (2009)
Craig Yoe – Cartoonist, comics historian and author
Paul Buhle – American historian, comic author and editor
Denis Kitchen – Cartoonist, publisher and author
Tom Spurgeon – Writer and editor of The Comics Reporter
Tamar Mays – Executive editor (retired) of children’s books at Harper Collins
Mary Rasenberger – Authors Guild (CEO)
Umair Kazi – Authors Guild
Cheryl Davis – Authors Guild
Ellen Ruffin – Retired Curator, de Grummonds Children’s Literature Collection, Univ. of So. Mississippi
Elinor Brecher – Reporter, Miami Herald
Cindy Ehrhardt – Teacher, Syd’s friend
Jamie Berman – Daughter of Arnold Forster (ADL)
Susan Scheftel – Daughter of Stuart Scheftel (Young America)