Son of playwright Bruce Jay Friedman, by the way
March 4, 2006 1:00 PM Subscribe
It's been a while since the glory days of Raw Magazine, but when it was still published the cartoonist whose work I found most intriguing was the pointillist-styled, celebrity obsessed world of Drew Friedman.
Yay, Drew Friedman. I'll add a quote from a letter from Drew to R. Crumb's Weirdo:
Please tell the fans, Drew Friedman does not copy from photographs. I do use photos to assist me at times, but I never copy from them. Drawing with dots helps me achieve a "photographic" look, which is why I draw with dots. So much for these nasty rumors.
(Weirdo number 9, 1983-84)
posted by Termite at 2:01 PM on March 4, 2006
Please tell the fans, Drew Friedman does not copy from photographs. I do use photos to assist me at times, but I never copy from them. Drawing with dots helps me achieve a "photographic" look, which is why I draw with dots. So much for these nasty rumors.
(Weirdo number 9, 1983-84)
posted by Termite at 2:01 PM on March 4, 2006
Didn't he do a really creepy one about a black guy who stops for gas in Mayberry? I've looked, but never could find it.
posted by atchafalaya at 2:04 PM on March 4, 2006
posted by atchafalaya at 2:04 PM on March 4, 2006
atchafalaya, I'm pretty sure that cartton appeared in a late '80's issue of Spy. I'll try to find it....
posted by maryh at 2:08 PM on March 4, 2006
posted by maryh at 2:08 PM on March 4, 2006
Didn't he do a really creepy one about a black guy who stops for gas in Mayberry?
Yes, I know I've seen that, I'm pretty sure it is collected in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead.
posted by marxchivist at 2:37 PM on March 4, 2006
Yes, I know I've seen that, I'm pretty sure it is collected in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead.
posted by marxchivist at 2:37 PM on March 4, 2006
Wow. The story of The Day the Clown Cried, linked to in the FPP, is astounding. It really deserves its own FPP.
posted by soiled cowboy at 3:50 PM on March 4, 2006
posted by soiled cowboy at 3:50 PM on March 4, 2006
Go for. I blew my one post for today, and tomorrow I'm posting about Rondo Hatton. Wikipedia has a good entry for the movie, and some excellent links. It really is a fascinating story.
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:57 PM on March 4, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:57 PM on March 4, 2006
great post. thank you for the links.
posted by Dreamghost at 2:32 AM on March 5, 2006
posted by Dreamghost at 2:32 AM on March 5, 2006
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