Schtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy

A new collection of portraits of cultural legends from the only cartoonist to have graced the covers of bothNew YorkerandMadmagazine, and seemingly everything in between.

Publisher Marketing: Friedman's illustrations capture the most fascinating corners, blind alleys, and cul-de-sacs of show business -- and the brilliant, weird, one-of-a-kind geniuses who dwell there. Their dark, self-made worlds seem so much happier than ours, and Friedman captures that joy with every pen stroke.--Patton Oswalt Review Quotes : I don't know how Drew Friedman does it. In my social encounters with him he comes off as an attractive, un-neurotic man whom you wouldn't imagine could produce the quality of detailed, intensely focused, and expressive art that he has turned out in his life. He doesn't fit the profile at all. I suspect there is another Friedman brother who is kept hidden, confined to a back bedroom, a total misfit, who actually does all the artwork. Drew takes the credit but in return he has to take care of the maladjusted, dysfunctional brother. Something like that... only thing I can figure. Someday it'll all come out, like the story of Walter Keane's wife who secretly did all the paintings of the big-eyed children.--R. Crumb Review Quotes : I've always been a huge fan of the work of Drew Friedman, the king of the 'warts and all' school of caricature art. And I've been waiting my entire life to get old, decrepit, and craggy enough to merit a Friedman portrait of my own -- hurray!--"Weird Al" Yankovic Brief Description : For years, acclaimed artist Drew Friedman has chronicled an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, old Jewish comedians, comic book artists, and liver-spotted elevator operators are afforded the spotlight over Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs. This latest collection showcases a wide range of recent color and black-and-white portraits of comedians (Gilbert Gottfried, Groucho Marx, Selma Diamond, Moms Mabley, Brother Theodore), writers (Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Zwiebel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Arnie Kogan), musicians (B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Al Kooper, Sammy Davis, Jr., Weird Al), directors (Buster Keaton, Elaine May, Terry Zwigoff), comic book legends (Max Gaines, Bill Gaines, Kelly Freas, Ron Turner), actors (Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr, Rondo Hatton, Peter Falk) and other famous, infamous, and not-so-famous human beings that Friedman has drawn inspiration from over his lifetime. Review Quotes : It's Drew Friedman's best book yet. I love the entire format. The drawings are beyond beautiful and spectacular. Bravo.--Howard Stern Review Quotes : Amazing! I'm very flattered and always honored to be captured and caged by his pens and brushes.--Marc Maron Review Quotes : In Schtick Figures , Drew Friedman, with his brilliant eye and hand, veers from just comedians to wonderful representations of people who are funny and don't know it.--Robert Klein Review Quotes : Drew Friedman's new book Schtick Figures is one of my favorites. A great array of both the famous and the obscure.--Leonard Maltin Publisher Marketing : For years, acclaimed artist Drew Friedman has chronicled an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, old Jewish comedians, comic book artists, and liver-spotted elevator operators are afforded the spotlight over Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs. This latest collection showcases a wide range of recent color and black-and-white portraits of comedians (Gilbert Gottfried, Groucho Marx, Selma Diamond, Moms Mabley, Brother Theodore), writers (Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Zwiebel, Arnie Kogan), musicians (B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Al Kooper, Sammy Davis, Jr., Weird Al), directors (Elaine May, Terry Zwigoff), comic book legends (Max Gaines, Bill Gaines, Kelly Freas, Ron Turner), actors (Buster Keaton, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr, Rondo Hatton, Peter Falk) and other famous, infamous, and not-so-famous human beings that Friedman has drawn inspiration from over his lifetime.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 144 | Publication Date: 2024-07-23