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Cartoonist Anthony Haden-Guest sues socialite to get art back; NYC’s Museum of Modern Art to display their animation cels collection; the MAD King and the MAD Mascot; ASIFA-East Awards for 2026 includes the inaugural Cartoon Brew Award.
Anthony Haden-Guest Sues to Get His Cartoons Back
Peter Senzamici reports for The New York Post that cartoonist Anthony Haden-Guest wants his art back:
High society art critic Anthony Haden-Guest is throwing the sketchbook — and a massive lawsuit — at jet-setting fashionista Libbie Mugrabi, accusing her of holding nearly 100 of his cartoons and scribbles hostage in her Southampton estate.
The legendary 89-year-old British-American art critic and cartoonist filed a Manhattan Supreme Court complaint, demanding the immediate return of 97 “original drawings and cartoons” he claims Mugrabi has been “wrongfully” displaying on her walls for 15 years…
It’s Alive! A Century of Animation
Mercedes Milligan at Animation Magazine informs us of an animation exhibit coming to NYC’s MoMA.
The Museum of Modern Art in N.Y.C. has announced It’s Alive! A Century of Animation from the Collection, an expansive exhibition featuring the work that more than 35 artists and filmmakers — working largely in New York — produced in the 100 years prior to digital technology’s transformation of the medium.
Opening August 1, the exhibition will bring together over 200 pieces of production art and films from the Museum’s collection created between 1908 and 2020 by such artists as Jane Aaron, John Canemaker,Sally Cruikshank, Tissa David, Jerome Hill, Candy Kugel, Emily & Faith Hubley, David Ehrlich, George Griffin, Jeff Scher and Michael Sporn. A theatrical retrospective of animated shorts and features, including work by exhibited artists and other animators represented in the Museum’s collection, will coincide with the exhibition, with details to be announced…
MAD King Compares Democrat to Alfred E. Neuman (Again)
Fox News carries the story by Greg Norman-Diamond and Paul Steinhauser:
President Donald Trump compared Democrat Texas Senate nominee James Talarico to MAD Magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman on Wednesday while separately vowing to campaign for his Republican rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“His opponent, Alfred E. Neuman, may be the worst TEXAS candidate I have ever seen,” Trump then said about Talarico, a state representative.
Not the first time the elder politician has compared a young democrat to the MAD magazine mascot.
Asked about Trump’s put-down by POLITICO in San Francisco on Friday, the 37-year-old Buttigieg professed ignorance about the comic book character, whose fame peaked more than 20 years ago, while making a veiled reference to the 72-year-old Trump’s seniority.
Momo Cao’s Wins Inaugural Cartoon Brew Award At ASIFA-East
Cartoon Brew’s Jamie Lang has the details about all the awards handed out at the 2026 ASIFA-East Festival including the first ever Cartoon Brew Award for Excellence in Filmmaking.
ASIFA-East handed out awards for its 56th annual animation festival on Sunday night in New York City, closing out another edition of one of the longest-running showcases for independent, student, and experimental animation in the United States.
The festival, organized by ASIFA-East, has long served as a key platform for East Coast animators, with categories spanning student work, commissioned projects, experimental filmmaking, and independent shorts.
This year’s Best in Show prize went to K8 Howl and Jak Ritger’s Shapes...
This year’s festival was particularly exciting for us, as it saw the introduction of the Cartoon Brew Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, a new honor created through our partnership with the event. The inaugural CB Award went to Not Alone by Momo Cao.
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