MFAD faculty member Maira Kalman held her own on the October 28 episode of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Kalman spoke about her new book, “And The Pursuit of Happiness” (Penguin Press, 2010), which collects illustrated essays she made for The New York Times OpEd online column, exploring aspects of American democracy from across the country.

Watch it here.

“He was really a doll to me and I really liked him,” Kalman noted the day after.

(Note: The background aerial view of Central Park with the “C” for Colbert.)