Robert Grossman, Illustrator, Cartoonist Extraordinaire, 1940 – 2018 Robert Grossman a multi-talented artist with an instantly recognizable style, has passed away. Mr. Grossman enjoyed a spectacular career as an illustrator and cartoonist with his work appearing on the cover of numerous major publications. For far more information please go to Drew Friedman’s 2013 piece about Mr. Grossman’s career. In
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American Bystander #7 On Its Way!; More Spills…Ken Krimstein’s New Book; New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons Cover (Cont’d)
Hungry for comic humor? American Bystander, now up to its 7th number, will do it for you. Here are just some of the contributors in this issue : Charles Barsotti, R.O. Blechman (who’s provided the cover for #7), Harry Bliss, George Booth, M.K. Brown, Roz Chast, Tom Chitty, Randall Enos, Drew Friedman, Rick Geary, Sam Gross, Tom Hachtman, John
Read moreBook of Interest: Friedman’s Chosen People; A Searle Reject; A Tilley Paperweight
Book of Interest: Friedman’s Chosen People Due in the Fall from Fantagraphics: a new collection from New Yorker cover artist, Drew Friedman. From the publisher: Featuring over 100 of Drew Friedman’s hyper-realistic portraits of the greats, the near-greats, and the not-so-greats, created over the past decade. Artists, cartoonists, comedians, musicians, actors, politicians, the famous and the infamous, these chosen people
Read moreProfile of Interest: Drew Friedman
From AI-AP, December 2, 2016, “Illustrator Profile — Drew Friedman: “Stick to your guns if you believe in your talents” — this profile/interview of Mr. Friedman. His latest book is shown to the left. …and don’t forget the Kickstarter campaign for a documentary film on Mr. Friedman (mentioned on the Spill a few days ago)
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