Maurice Sendak dead at 83.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books ... wanted=all

Reading the obit, he was a pretty fascinating guy.

EDIT:
I was also considering
"In the DEAD Kitchen"
but figured that Wild Things was a better ref.

Maurice Sendak (83) illustrator/author of Where the Wild Things Are has died.

I never knew how prolific he was until the film came out a few years ago and I looked him up again. WtWTA was a staple of my childhood. RIP.

RIP

If you haven't seen Colbert's interview with Sendak (which were his last), it is essential watching:

PART 1
PART 2

things I discovered about Cendak during the interview

1. he's gay
2. he hates kids
3. he says whatever the hell he wants because he don't give a fuck
4. he was an old, loveable grouch

Yeah that's really really good so far.

Colbert ran another section of the interview last night as a tribute.

HERE it is

also, see below for the header quote from Colbert's new children's book. It was taken from the interviews I posted above.

Colbert: "It's an honor to meet you, sir''
Sendak: "No shit."
Colbert: "No shitnick."