MORE of the LAST of the RED HOT LOVERS...

James Coco, art by Al Hirschfeld...

Jack Weston...

art by Sam Norkin

Dom Deluise...

Jerry Stiller

Sid Caesar

Milton Berle...

Jack Carter

Tom Poston

Marvin Kaplan

Shelley Berman

Stubby Kaye...

Herschel Bernardi

Barney Martin...

Al Lewis

Tom Bosley...

Conrad Bain

Pat Paulson...

Ray Walston

David Doyle

Arte Johnson

George Gobel

Al Checco

Bruce Kirby

Douglas Andros

Albert Salmi...

Joe Conley

Jerry Grayson

Barry ZeVan

Ray Rayner

Milt Moss

Gary Burghoff...

Harry H. Corbet

Frank Sutton

Don Knotts

Nanette Fabray

Marty Brill (and Marilyn Chambers)...

Alan Arkin...

Thanks to John Wendler

R. Crumb and The Book of WEIRDO

On March 2nd,  the worlds greatest greatest artist/cartoonist R. Crumb, in NYC for a gallery opening of his work,  joined me and author/editor Jon B. Cooke and his brother Andrew for lunch in downtown New York. Crumb is absolutely THRILLED with "The Book of WEIRDO" by Cooke,  a celebration of the legendary comics/graphics humor magazine Crumb created and originally edited in the early 1980's, coming out in May from Last Gasp books. 

WEIRDO was later edited by Peter Bagge and finally by Crumb's wife Aline Kominsky. I drew the cover art and wrote the foreword to the book. 12 years in the making, the large (nearly 300 pages), hardcover book is truly magnificent. 

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Weirdo-Retrospective-Legendary-Anthology/dp/0867198753/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Book+of+Weirdo&qid=1551647229&s=gateway&sr=8-1



Photos by Andrew Cooke:

R. Crumb and The Book of WEIRDO author Jon B. Cooke...

me, R. Crumb, Jon B. Cooke...

MINESHAFT #37 Cover

This is my cover art for the upcoming Spring 2019 issue of MINESHAFT magazine, featuring artwork and prose by some of the world's greatest cartoonists, among them R. Crumb, Bill Griffith, Robert Armstrong, and
Mary Fleener, among many others.

The cover, featuring the legendary French wrestler Mauraice Tillet was art directed by Pat Moriarty and lettered by Phil Felix.

the original art. The title lettering was stretched a bit to fill out the space.

http://www.mineshaftmagazine.com/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3qYDWXAmUJvwzEgNW-pgUIHYJkLQkb9hGpGCboGPXf5KTGyRf7W-HkwWU

Drawing Stan Lee

Stan Lee (1922-2018), Born Stanley Martin Lieber, was a complex man. He was both worshiped and vilified, and has been described as a tireless and shameless celebrity spokesman for Marvel comics. He was an imperious comics writer and editor, a persistent self-promoter, and a credit and publicity hog. His public persona was charming, funny and affable.  He was the face of Marvel for over half a century and probably the most famous man to have ever worked in the comics industry.

Christmas card sent to me from Stan Lee
in late 1972 after I briefly interned
at Marvel

I got to know Stan when I was a young kid in the early to mid 1960's. My dad was a magazine editor at Martin Goodman's "Magazine Management" publishing company, and he shared an adjoining office with Stan for a decade, between 1954-66. Mario Puzo's editorial office was also nearby. My brothers and I would often visit and I always made a beeline for the Marvel comics offices, where Stan held court. He couldn't have been nicer to me, like a favorite uncle handing out candy, although in Stan's case, brand new Marvel comic books. Stan took a liking to me, especially after he learned I liked to draw cartoons. He'd often exclaim "Someday Drew is going to draw for MARVEL!". That was not to be although I did intern at Marvel for a week at age 14 in 1972 as part of a school work-study program. Stan was still as kind and attentive to me as ever.

Some of my Stan Lee drawings from over the years:

Stan Lee, drawn for my book Heroes of the Comics (Fantagraphics)

two pencil sketches included in my introduction to Heroes of the Comics...
a 1960's Stan

and a 1970's slimed-down, toupee'd Stan

Stan cover art for The Comics Journal, early 1990's
(the original art owned by Daniel Clowes)

Zacherley's Centennial

My new portrait of the legendary TV horror host Zacherley, "the Cool Ghoul" is based on a small black & white postcard image I created 
in the mid-1980's for collector Glenn Bray,  and included in my book Warts & All. FILMFAX magazine commissioned a new color version for the cover 
of their fall 2018 issue, #152, to commemorate Zacherley's centennial. The issue hits the stands on Oct 10th.

My article "Drawn to Monsters", featuring new portraits of Boris Karloff, 
Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, George Zucco and Lon Chaney Jr., among 
others, is also included in the issue. Zach almost lived long enough (98) to attend his own celebration.



The entire uncropped Image is availble as a large, high quality signed print (25 have been made), 
by ordering here:

http://www.drewfriedman.net/prints/zacherley.html