Erstellt am: 9. 5. 2012 - 12:05 Uhr

Today's Webtip: Maurice Sendak

a few things you might not have known about the man behind the monsters.

I will assume you have heard of the book "Where the Wild Things Are". You might have read it as a child, or simply been unable to avoid the media hype when the film came out.

You might even have read some of the other books written by the author, Maurice Sendak.

But you probably don't know much about him.

I only knew enough to be sad when I heard that he had died. That mild sorrow inched toward despair as I began to find links to articles and other things providing a look at the perfect grumpy old man he was.

First off, Maurice vs. Colbert:

Add to that an article at Mentalfloss and round it all off with a comic illustrating the time Art Spiegelmann went to Connecticut for a talk with Mr. Sendak. The result might surprise you...