The New Yorker cartoonist and author Bob Eckstein joins us to discuss his new book, Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums. A beautiful, smart, entertaining new art book that is a love letter to museums—including The Mark Twain House & Museum—and museum-goers—like you! It is filled with lush and whimsical illustrations paired with stories and anecdotes from curators, museum workers, museum visitors, and more. Perfect for artists, art lovers, students, travelers, and adventurers of all ages, this collection of funny, heartfelt, and quirky profiles is a thought-provoking, inspiring celebration of museums, why we go to them, and why we love them so much.

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Copies of Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums will be available for purchase and signed at the event.

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About the Author:

Bob Eckstein is a humorist, New Yorker cartoonist, New York Times best-selling author and world’s leading snowman expert. His work has appeared in MAD magazine, SPY magazine, McSweeney’s, National Lampoon, the New Yorker, New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Playboy, GQ, Wall St. Journal, and publications worldwide. He is also a Contributing Editor at Writer’s Digest.

Eckstein has spoke on shows like Good Morning America and places like NYPL, Miami Book Fair, The Norman Rockwell Museum, and The Grolier Club. He teaches writing and cartooning around the world including School of Visual Arts, New York University, Pratt Institute and Yonsei University in South Korea. He is host of The Cartoon Pad podcast and editor of the popular newsletter, The Bob. His new book is Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums.

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Author programs at The Mark Twain House & Museum are sponsored by Connecticut Public Broadcasting and the Wish You Well Foundation.