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By: Maurice Sendak’s Will
“The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)”. My obituary for Sendak, which ran in the Comics Journal. A longer version appears as the introductio...
By: Emily’s Library, Part 8: 25 Fine Books for Small Peop... Further Adventures in Building the Ideal Children’s Library
Sendak thought this was ridiculous: “If a kid doesn’t like a book, throw it away. Children don’t give a damn about awards. Why should they? We should let children choose their own books. W...
By: Wild Things, I Think I Love You: Maurice Sendak, Ruth Krauss, and Childhood
“The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)”. My obituary for Sendak, which ran in the Comics Journal. A longer version appears as the introductio...
By: It’s a Wild World: Maurice Sendak, Wild Things, and Childhood
The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012). My obituary for Sendak, which ran in the Comics Journal. A longer version appears as the introduction to G...
By: Sendak on Sendak
The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012). My obituary for Sendak, which ran in the Comics Journal. A longer version appears as the introduction to G...
By: One year later: Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012)
The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012). My obituary for Sendak, which ran in the Comics Journal. A longer version appears as the introduction to Ga...
By: What Do Professors Do All Summer? Wednesday
has just sent me the marked-up version of my Comics Journal essay (I adapted and abridged it for my TCJ obituary.) I’d asked to revise the piece in light of his passing. Since I am thinki...
By: Camilla Ostrin
A wonderful and nuanced salute. Thanks, Phil.
By: Mark Newgarden
Excellent
By: Charles Hatfield
Thank you, Phil. A wonderful tribute.
By: The Most Wild Thing of All: Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012
Nel, “The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012).” The Comics Journal, 10 May 2012. My obituary, adapted from a longer piece appearing in The Comic...