First published 2017
Drew Friedman selects his most compelling subjects for this visual collection. The artist captures entertainers like Johnny Cash, Marc Maron, and Redd Foxx alongside comedians including Gilbert Gottfried and the Marx Brothers. Politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Anthony Weiner receive Friedman's detailed attention. The collection features his signature approach to famous and notorious figures alike. Friedman includes his beloved subject Shemp Howard and turns his artistic eye on himself. Each portrait demonstrates why critics consider him America's premier living portrait artist. The book presents these figures through Friedman's distinctive visual interpretation, offering readers full color reproductions of his work across entertainment, politics, and culture.
Genres: art, biography-memoir, 21st-century, comics, graphic-novels-comics
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking, visual
Tropes: character-study, visual-storytelling
Period: 21st-Century
136 pages · Hardcover · Fantagraphics