$10, Members free

*Please note: This is a online virtual event held on Zoom. We will not be broadcasting this event at the Museum.

Join Steve Brodner online, co-curator of What, Me Worry?: the Art and Humor of  MAD Magazine for an illustrated talk about political satire, the art of caricature and Brodner’s reflections on his formative experience growing up reading MAD magazine. The presentation will touch on the many ways MAD Magazine with its rich mix of satire, anti-establishment critique, and irreverent humor helped shape the ethos of an entire generation and set Brodner on his path to becoming one of the nation’s foremost political cartoonists.

Steve Brodner is an illustrator, caricaturist, journalist, author, educator, lecturer, and political commentator, He is a regular contributor to The Nation, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. His work has also appeared in most of the major magazines and newspapers in the United States, including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, and The Atlantic. His weekly newsletter, The Greater Quiet, can be found at stevebrodner.substack.com.