Edward Sorel

Ed Sorel’s update of Christian Schussele’s painting Men of Progress ran in the November 1999 issue.

Articles by this Author

Clinton Observed, December 2000 | Vol. 51, No. 8

Our foremost satiric artist bids farewell to a great subject—and selects four colleagues he believes were the departing President’s defining delineators

Movie Star, May/June 1998 | Vol. 49, No. 3

A Cartoonist's Light Jabs at His Elite Class, November 1997 | Vol. 48, No. 7

Charles Saxon's cartoons are a definitive record of upper-class suburban life in the 1960s and ’70s.

Covarrubias, December 1995 | Vol. 46, No. 8

He may have been the greatest caricaturist of all time; he has imitators to this day. But his true passion was for a very different discipline.

Our Checkered Past, December 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 8

A fond ride through the bright high noon and on into the sad twilight of the American taxicab

Casablanca, December 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 8

Desperate improvisations in the face of imminent disaster saw us through the early years of the fight. They also gave us the war’s greatest movie.

Too Quick On The Draw, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Stuart’s $100 Bills, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Graham Crackers, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Mrs. Fish In Low Company, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Footnotes to History, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Not every memorable historic moment is on a grand scale. Here is a look at some of the bizarre, true sidelights that add sparkle to the larger picture.

Tr Packs For Cuba, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

“Give Me Vesuvius!”, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Patton Is Not Amused, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

“Get Up Out Of That Chair”, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Won-ton Insolence, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

Funny, Like Us, May/June 1988 | Vol. 39, No. 4

In Clare Briggs’, cartoons nobody got chased by 20 cops, nobody broke a plank over the boss’s head, and nobody’s eyes popped out on springs. People just acted the way people do, and as a result, the drawings still make us laugh.

Perfectly Simple, June/July 1986 | Vol. 37, No. 4

William Auerbach-Levy’s genius as a caricaturist lay in what he chose to leave out.

LOST PLEASURES, April/May 1984 | Vol. 35, No. 3

Sometimes life in the past really was better

The World Of Gluyas Williams, December 1984 | Vol. 36, No. 1

He was more than just a cartoonist. He was the Hogarth of the American middle class.

City Lights, February/March 1983 | Vol. 34, No. 2

The decline and fall of the lamppost

The Warner Mob, December 1983 | Vol. 35, No. 1

With the Depression pushing the studio toward bankruptcy, Warner Brothers had to resort to crime—and crime paid so well that the company was able to recruit the toughest guys that ever shot up a sound stage.

Krazy Kat A Love Story, August/September 1982 | Vol. 33, No. 5

There’s a corner of every Americans heart that is reserved for a cartoon cat. Its name might be Garfield, Sylvester, Fritz, or Felix. But there will never be another Krazy.

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