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Monday, July 29, 2013

The DAVE BERG Anthology

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The massive book, " Mad's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg-Five Decades of The Lighter Side" from Running Press books, features ...

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Jack Davis's Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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In anticipation of the 50th anniversary coming up in Nov... In 1963, the cartoonist/comics artist/humorous illustrator Jack Davis wa...

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Great Moments of Comedy LP Covers

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In 1964, someone at Verve records had the brilliant idea of releasing comedy LP records by popular contemporary comedians and not featurin...

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

HAIL CAESAR! A tribute to Kim Thompson

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HAIL CAESAR! My tribute to the late, great Kim Thompson, co-founder and publisher/editor of Fantagraphics books, written for The Comics...

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Friday, July 5, 2013

Martin Goodman pencil sketch

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Martin Goodman ( 1908-1992) was the legendary, elusive publisher of magazines, paperbacks and comic books. Under his parent company Magazin...

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Ziggy Gruber, Texas "Deli Man"

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Ziggy Gruber This is my portrait of Ziggy Gruber, the chef/owner of Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen in Houston, Texas. The...

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Drawing James Gandolfini

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During the years that The Sopranos ran on HBO, I was asked to draw the actor James Gandolfini (1961-2013) aka Tony Soprano several times....

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About Drew Friedman (not the Drew Friedman who sells designer rugs in Nantucket):

Drew Friedman: Drew Friedman is an award winning illustrator/cartoonist/figure skater. His work has appeared in Raw, Weirdo, SPY, National Lampoon, Snarf, The New York Times, MAD, The New Yorker, BLAB!, The New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, HONK!, Rolling Stone, Field & Stream, TIME, The Village Voice, etc. His comics and illustrations have been collected in 5 anthologies, the latest, "TOO SOON?" published by Fantagraphics in 2010. His collection of portraits "Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks" was published by Blast books in 2011. His third volume of portraits of old Jewish comedians "Even MORE Old Jewish Comedians" was published in 2011, featuring a foreword by Roastmaster General, Jeffrey Ross. Enough is enough.

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