Maria Reidelbach is a local food activist who engages in social practice, interdisciplinary art and writing.
Reidelbach assisted sculptor Milo Mottola to create the Totally Kid Carousel, an award-winning public artwork and amusement ride at Riverbank State Park (at 145th Street and Riverside Drive), facing the Hudson River.
The popular giant gnome and roadside attraction has become a permanent part of the family's thriving agritourist business.
For that comprehensive study, she interviewed many cartoonists, and Bill Gaines, publisher of Mad and EC Comics, gave her total access to his magazine's internal correspondence and filing cabinets.
Speaking at the memorial service for Gaines in the Time Warner building on June 5, 1992, she described her research: Publishers Weekly reviewed: