I wrote some essays for The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons including: The Advertising Gag, The Evolution Gag, The Trojan Horse Gag, and The Zombie Gag.

Here is a link to an article in The New Yorker about discovering a long-forgotten mural by Charles Addams:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/09/the-addams-family-secret

Here is a link to an essay for The New Yorker about a great Peter Arno cartoon:

http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/the-perfect-cartoon-part-two

Here is a link to an essay about Fletcher Hanks: "10 Reasons Why Fletcher Hanks Kicks Ass" over at Boing Boing:

http://boingboing.net/2017/01/17/10-reasons-why-fletcher-hanks.html

Here is a link to a review of Chris Ware's "Building Stories":

http://www.tcj.com/reviews/building-stories/

Here is a link to a book review in comics form of Bill Schelly's autobiography of Harvey Kurtzman:

http://www.tcj.com/big-if/