Background
Lorenz, Lee Sharp was born on October 17, 1932 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Lloyd and Martha (Castagnetta) Lorenz.
(Jack Ziegler is a pivotal figure in the history of contem...)
Jack Ziegler is a pivotal figure in the history of contemporary cartooning. An artist who redefined what a gag cartoon can be, he blends the conventions of a comic strip with the traditional format of a one-panel captioned cartoon, giving readers of The New Yorker some of their funniest moments for nearly 30 years. And though his self-stated ambition is modest-"just wanting to be funny"-his editors over the years praise him as a genius with a "touch of madness." (Balancing that is the opinion, shared by the artist himself, of friend and fellow cartoonist Bill Woodman: "Oh, Jack-he's just nuts, that's all.") Third in The Essential Cartoonists Library is The Essential Jack Ziegler, joining The Essential George Booth and The Essential Charles Barsotti in respectfully celebrating this unique visual form and its great artists. Compiled and edited by Lee Lorenz, former art editor of The New Yorker, it presents approximately 150 of the artist's best cartoons, as well as photographs, insight into his background, influences, inspirations, working habits, and the appreciations of fellow cartoonists, including Roz Chast, Mick Stevens, and Bob Mankoff. A sharp social satirist whose work sneaks up on you, Ziegler offers a deadpan yet bemused portrait of middle America. Everything appears normal-yet of course it's not. Television comes in by pipeline. "Say, this isn't so bad," comes a thought bubble from under a grave. And two dogs suspiciously eye a cat calendar. No idea is too far-fetched, too silly, too pointed-and suddenly you're laughing out loud.
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Lorenz, Lee Sharp was born on October 17, 1932 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Lloyd and Martha (Castagnetta) Lorenz.
Student, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1950-1951; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, 1954.
Staff cartoonist, New Yorker magazine, since 1958; art editor, New Yorker magazine, since 1973; professional cornetist, since 1955; consultant, since 1997.
(The big, charming, funny, serious book in which 400 great...)
(Jack Ziegler is a pivotal figure in the history of contem...)
(With more than 400 illustrations, including 32 pages of f...)
Trustee Swann College of Cartoon and Caricature, since 1978. Director Museum for African Art. Member Century Club.
Married Jill Allison Runcie, September, 1986. Children: Christopher, Matthew, Martha, Ava.