Happy 93rd, Edward Sorel! A special shout-out to the one-and-only Ed Sorel on his 93rd birthday. Mr. Sorel’s latest book, Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir (Knopf) is receiving rave reviews. Mr. Sorel’s Spill A-Z entry: Edward Sorel (self-portrait above from a strip appearing in The Nation following the death of Marlene Dietrich. Drawing used by permission of Mr. Sorel). Born March 26, 1929. New
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Interview Of Interest: Edward Sorel From “Person Place And Thing with Randy Cohen,” this 27 minute interview with the great Ed Sorel, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1990. Mr. Sorel talks Art Young, Graydon Carter, Lee Lorenz, Edward G. Robinson, and Barry Goldwater, among others. Ed Sorel will forever be remembered as the cover artist for Tina
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Above: David Sipress, on the left, with Sam Gross, who Mr. Sipress calls “the funniest cartoonist that’s ever been.” –Photo: Ken Krimstein We don’t see many memoirs from New Yorker cartoonists. Peter Arno started one, but it never went further than lists of names and snippets of memories
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Event Of Interest: Ken Krimstein At The Strand An excellent time & place to catch Mr. Krimstein, who began contributing his cartoons to The New Yorker in 2000. When I Grow Up is receiving rave reviews and has landed on a number of best of the year lists. Link here to Ken Krimstein’s website. _________________________________________________________________ Video Of Interest: Edward Sorel
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