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Mark Linzee Rudolph
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Mark Linzee Rudolph studied fiction with Stanley Elkin while attending Washington University in St. Louis before receiving a B.A. from New York University in film and television. He produced the television series WFMU-TV. He writes satire and options.
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Nancy Arlen, another view. #art #handdrawn #artist #nowave
Cartoon of artist Nancy Arlen on an NYC street to Mars.
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Daily Mail fail. Copy editing notes left in article. (XXX I don't understand that "par" either.) #journalism #copyediting
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Thomas Pynchon’s new novel is…not the one about the insurance adjuster sent to assess the damage done by Godzilla. #Pynchon #art #collage #books
Collage of a hypothetical cover of Thomas Pynchon's hypothetical novel "The Godzilla Adjuster" (which may or may not exist). Godzilla destroys buildings. In a circle, a silhouette of the adjuster wearing a fedora hat. In his background, a tax return.
December 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Nancy Arlen, sculptor and no wave drummer of the band Mars. #art #comics #handdrawn #collage #nowave #Eno
My beloved Nancy Arlen (1942-2006) holds a cigarette that makes a "cloud" of her polyester resin sculptures. Nancy was in the no wave band Mars & a longtime Soho/downtown resident. (drawing & photoshop collage)
December 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Some of these Trump pardons are still in play. #EpsteinFiles #Trump #art #satire #pardons #Santos
Article by Mark Linzee Rudolph, C.2020. "Longshot Trump Pardons" (at that time!) Maxwell in weird USA flag bikini; Unabomber; Shkreli; Bill Cosby; Phil Spector; Manson; Madoff.
October 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Cancer! The Broadway Musical. #art #satire #musical #johnsimon #rexreed #broadway
Happy chorus girls celebrate "Cancer! The Musical."
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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#MLB before pitch clocks. #baseball #opera #Philipglass
Graphic that compares the slow speed of (pre-pitch clock) baseball vs, Philip Glass Robert Wilson operas like "Einstein On The Beach."
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Cardiac Comix. #comics #handdrawn #art #hospital
Cartoon. Heart patient has chest pain. Gets put in a room next to an alcoholic and waits for blood tests and observes the scenes. An elderly woman breaks out into song. Finally: heart attack negative. Final panel: "I need a drink." Hand drawn by M.L. Rudolph.
September 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Creem magazine - Lester Bangs parody. Deep Purple was bigger than Zep for a few months. (A Henny Youngman gag about Robert Plant's schlong for good measure. #art #satire #rock
Fake Creem Magazine article that (wrongly) predicts Deep Purple will be bigger than Led Zeppelin. Robert Plant's tight pants cause him to be rushed to hospital. Ad for a 24 track car tape recording device. Text and graphics by ML Rudolph.
September 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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58 years ago this week, the Jayne Mansfield crash #art #handdrawn #cars #comics #JGBallard
Article about the Jayne Mansfield crash 58 years ago and the subsequent under-ride safety bar for trucks. Crude crayon drawing shows Jayne and her "bobs" crashed under "Big Truck Company." Cops cry "O No" and her "doggy ded." The Jayne Mansfield crash was re-enacted in J.G. Ballard's "Crash."
June 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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58 years ago, the Jayne Mansfield car crash inspired a safety bar for trucks. #art #handdrawn #comics #cartoon
Cartoon. "The Jayne Mansfield Memorial Bar" (A pun on the under-ride safety bar on trucks). Drunk says, "I'll have two boobs please." The cartoon is ironically signed by feminist artist Barbara Kruger.
June 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Books of the 70s were weird. #art #satire #collage
Mountie marries a horse. Horse is dressed in white gown. The Montreal Canadians, The Rolling Stones, and demonstrators from the FLQ (Front Liberation Quebec) are seen in background. Absurd book cover.
June 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Phil Collins in brownface singing, “It’s no fun, being an illegal alien.” Yikes!
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June 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Wordy! Much like the dictators who died in their sleep. Flowchart of tyrants who died comfy-cozy. #satire #art #comic #politics #PolPot #IdiAmin #Pinochet Their favorite phrase, "I'm TOO SICK to stand trial."
"The Natural Causes Club." Article by M.L. Rudolph about dictators who died in their sleep: Pol Pot; Andrew Jackson; Idi Amin; Pinochet and many others are profiled in a flowchart of their dastardly deeds and their comfy cozy deaths. (From the magazine 'Modern Authoritarian')
June 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Dictators who overstayed their welcome. #satire #art #comic #article "Was blood retention avoided?"
"The Killer Elite." Article by M.L. Rudolph about dictators who overstayed their welcome. Before and "after" (assassination) photos of Mussolini, Gaddafi, & The Ceausescus.
June 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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A Depression myth about soup. #art #handdrawn #comic #cartoon #Hopper
Cartoon of Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks." Diner sign: Boiled water 5 cents; catsup 5 cents --or-- tomato soup 5 cents.
June 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Sluggo has a secret revenue stream. #comics #satire #collage #Bushmiller #Sluggo #NancyComics #Nancy
NANCY & SLUGGO SATIRE. Sluggo sits on chair in his dilapidated house. Nancy: I FEEL BAD THAT YOU ARE SO POOR YOU MUST LIVE HERE. Sluggo: WHO SAID I’M POOR? Sluggo: I’M A SLUMLORD AND I WAS SENTENCED TO LIVE IN MY OWN BUILDING. (Based on a Nancy comic from Aug. 31, 1951)
June 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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This month in Andy Warhol history. 47 years ago, Robbie Robertson wanted free art. Scorsese wasn’t there because he had grave concerns! #cartoon #handdrawn #comics #art #Warhol #Scorsese
Cartoon. Andy Warhol, his business manager Fred Hughes; Robbie Robertson of The Band; Martin Scorsese. The cartoon (slightly altered dialogue) was based on this diary entry, June 1, 1978: “We went up to the Scorsese-Robertson suite—Marty was in Rome visiting (laughs) the grave of Roberto Rossellini. Robbie gave us champagne, and then it was the same thing, they always say, “Well, will you do this art poster for us and then we will sell it for you and isn’t that wonderful?” And it’s mixed in with hippie talk and phrases, and then everyone was too embarrassed to talk about money, so finally Fred said, “Look, man, what’s in it for Andy?” (laughs) Yeah, he really said “man.”
June 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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This month in Andy Warhol history. 47 years ago, Robbie Robertson tried to mooch some free art for The Band. #cartoon #handdrawn #comics #art #Warhol
Cartoon. Andy Warhol, his business manager Fred Hughes and Robbie Robertson of The Band. The cartoon (slightly altered dialogue) was based on this diary entry, June 1, 1978: “We went up to the Scorsese-Robertson suite—Marty was in Rome visiting (laughs) the grave of Roberto Rossellini. Robbie gave us champagne, and then it was the same thing, they always say, “Well, will you do this art poster for us and then we will sell it for you and isn’t that wonderful?” And it’s mixed in with hippie talk and phrases, and then everyone was too embarrassed to talk about money, so finally Fred said, “Look, man, what’s in it for Andy?” (laughs) Yeah, he really said “man.”
June 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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‘Death at the Airport,’ aprés Grant Wood’s ‘Death on Ridge Road.’ #collage #art #satire #airport #travel #comics
Collage: “Death at the Airport.” A comically large jet is about to land or crash into prop planes lined up on a narrow road from Grant Wood’s “Death on Ridge Road.” A man is seen jumping from the air traffic tower.
June 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The Depression: urban jobless roast possum on third rail. #satire #collage #article #food #art #comics
Satirical Depression article. Headline URBAN JOBLESS ROAST POSSUM ON THIRD RAIL. Small photo of Naked City photographer Weegee. Article about 'urban hunters.' Collage of man grilling possums with zaps of blue electricity from the third rail of the IRT line in NYC.
May 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Pope Leo endorses the #novel ‘Frontier Nun.” Manner of #GrantWood #satire #comics #catholic Created with MSFT designer & Photoshop.
Fake novel cover, “Frontier Nun.’ A nun in full black habit aims a hunting rifle upwards. An older nun with wrinkles looks stern and holds a pistol. Background: rolling hills with forest. Fall colorful leaves. Painting image in the manner of Grant Wood. Microsoft designer & Photoshop.
May 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#Bushmiller ’s #Nancy became #AynRand as an adult and dissed #sluggo #cartoon #handdrawn #comics #satire #art
Two hand drawn cartoons inspired by Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy. A bum at the door says, “The hobo code says you’re suckers.” Later, Nancy becomes ‘Ayncy Fritz’ and writes ‘The Virtue of Selfishness.’ Nancy has an Ayn Rand haircut and smokes a cigarette. Sluggo panics because he has been called "a client of the welfare state…morally guilty of robbing taxpayers."
May 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Fake movie: 'Double Trouble!' Robert #DeNiro & Nicole Kidman play a pair of married siamese twins. You don’t need AI to make up stupid movies, just a kaleidoscope. #collage #satire #art #movies #mandrills
Fake movie poster: Double Trouble! Robert #DeNiro & Nicole Kidman play a pair of married siamese twins. You don’t need AI to make up stupid movies, just a kaleidoscope and Pulp magazines. (I found an image from a 50s pulp magazine that happened to resemble De Niro & Kidman.) “They were going through a separation when the plane went down.” Plane crashes in mandrill infested jungle. DeNiro fights them off by beating them with THEIR rifle. Kidman is menaced by crazed mandrills.
May 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Censored version of "Period Piece." (FLOW) #cartoon #handdrawn #art #comic
May 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM