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M.K. Brown's cartoons have appeared in many publications, including National Lampoon (1972-1981), Mother Jones, Wimmen's Comix, The New Yorker, Playboy and more. She has written several books, created animations for The Tracey Ullman Show, and was a contributing artist in Voyager's Graphic Novel The Narrative Corpse (Gates of Heck April 1998), working with many of the great cartoonists of the day. She is also an accomplished painter with work in galleries and many private collections worldwide.

A popular comic by M.K. Brown is "Aunt Mary's Kitchen" which is the name of a comic strip published in National Lampoon. M.K. Brown also published a Cook Book of 140 recipes by the same name in 1983 by Collier Books.

Her animated series Dr. N!Godatu (with Julie Payne as Dr. Janice N!Godatu) debuted in 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show trading spots with the then unknown Simpsons shorts. Nancy Cartwright and Dan Castellaneta from The Simpsons lent their voices to episodes "Freeway", "Blind Date" and "Fishtank".

Episodes of Dr. N!Godatu included:

• The Proposal
• The Party
• The Scanner
• The Dream
• Fish Tank (Dan Castellaneta)
• Freeway (Nancy Cartwright)
• Blind Date (Dan Castellaneta)
• The Office

• Selby Speaks - Harper/Collins, 1996
• Selby : The Secret Adventures of a Talking Dog
• Let's Go Camping with Mr. Sillypants - Crown, 1995
• Sally's Room - Scholastic, 1992
• The Enneagram Relationship Workbook - (Illustrations) Molysdatur Press, 1991
• Big Goof and Little Goof : A Pet for the Goofs, a Change of Seasons, Bigger and Smaller - (Illustrations)
• Big Goof and Little Goof/Three Short Stories
• Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants - Crown, 1986
• Aunt Mary's Kitchen Cookbook (1983 by Collier Books)

Anthologies:

• Twisted Sisters #1 -Bad Girl Art (1990)
• Twisted Sisters #2 -Drawing the Line (April 1995)
• Narrative Corpse (Gates of Heck (April 1998)
• Titters - Collection of Women's Humor - Collier
• National Lampoon's Truly Tasteless Cartoons - Contemporary Books Paperback
• Are Your Papers in Order? - Recycled Paper
• Animals, Animals, Animals - Cartoonist's Guild
• Drawn Together - Cartoonist's Guild
• Dogs, Dogs, Dogs - Harper and Row
• Strip Aids USA - Last Gasp
• The Big Book of New American Humor - Harper/Collins

Television & Film:

• Script co-writer - Comedy News - NBC
• Script and Animation - Dr. N!Godatu - Tracey Ullman Show - Fox
• Script - Doug - Nickelodeon (ACE Award nomination)
• Script - Things That Go Bump in The Night - Danger Prod.
• Animation featured in The Third Animation Celebration - Expanded Entertainment

• M.K. Brown web site
• Graphic Classics
• Mark's Very Large National Lampoon site