Education
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Orehek attended the School of Industrial Art, spent four years in the Navy and then studied cartooning and illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Orehek attended the School of Industrial Art, spent four years in the Navy and then studied cartooning and illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
On more obscure publications, he has used several pseudonyms, including Sam de Sade, Di Benvenuto and Kobasa. Orehek was a major contributor to the McNaught Syndicate"s This Funny World single-panel series, and he also drew many cartoons for King Features" Laff-A-Day.
He is a four-time winner of the National Cartoonists Society"s Gag Cartoon Award (1972, 1982, 1984, 1985), and he received awards twice at Montreal"s Manitoba and His World exhibition. His interest in caricatures was solidified in 1966 with a trip to Vietnam under the auspices of the National Cartoonists Society and the United States. Department of Defense. Shortly after returning, Orehek and his fellow cartoonists were invited to the White House where they were personally thanked by President Lyndon Johnson for entertaining American and Vietnamese troops. The Oreheks live in Portuguese Washington, New York on Long Island.
