Lee Sharp Lorenz (October 17, 1932 – December 8, 2022) was an American cartoonist most notable for his work in ''
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...
''.
Early life and education
Lorenz was born on October 17, 1932, in
Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack is the most populous municipality in and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. .
After studying at North Junior High School in
Newburgh, New York
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, where he starred in student productions, he continued with his education at
Carnegie Tech and
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York. It has an additional campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The institute was founded in 18 ...
.
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Career
His first published cartoon appeared in '' Colliers'' in 1956, and two years later he became a contract contributor to ''The New Yorker'', which has published more than 1,600 of his drawings. He was ''The New Yorker''s art editor for 25 years, from 1973 until 1993, continuing as cartoon editor until 1997.[Cornwall Free Library]
Lorenz was a musician who played cornet with his own group, the Creole Cookin' Jazz Band.[
Lorenz edited and wrote books on the art in ''The New Yorker'', as well as the artists themselves, including ''The Art of The New Yorker'' (1995) and ''The World of ]William Steig
William Steig ( ; November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book ''Shrek!'', which inspired the Shrek (franchise), film series of the same name, as we ...
'' (1998).
Personal life
Lorenz was first married to Joan Gaillardet. Together they had two children. Their marriage ended in divorce. He then married Jill Runcie and divorced. He then married and later divorced Jane Plant.
Lorenz died on December 8, 2022, at his home in Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The city, part of the New York metropolitan area, New York Metropolitan Area, is the List of municipalities of Connecticut by population, sixth-most populous city in Connecticut ...
, at the age of 90.[Lee Lorenz – RIP](_blank)
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Awards
He received the National Cartoonists Society
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...
's Gag Cartoon Award for 1995 for his work.National Cartoonists Society Awards
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Bibliography
* ''Here It Comes'' (Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. 1968)
* ''Now Look What You've Done!'' (Pantheon, 1977)
* ''Hugo and the Spacedog'' (Prentice-Hall, 1983)
* ''The Golden Age of Trash'' (Chronicle Books, 1987)
* ''The Essential George Booth'' (Workman, 1998)
* ''The Essential Charles Barsotti'' (Workman, 1998)
* ''The Art of The New Yorker 1925 -1995'', (Knopf, 1995)
* ''The World of William Steig'' (Artisan, 1998)
* ''The Essential Jack Ziegler'' (Workman, 2001)
* ''Big Gus and Little Gus'' (Prentice-Hall, 1982)
References
External links
National Cartoonists Society Awards
The Cartoon Bank
2011 interview in The Comics Journal
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1932 births
2022 deaths
American editorial cartoonists
The New Yorker cartoonists
The New Yorker editors
American jazz cornetists
Eli's Chosen Six members
Writers from Hackensack, New Jersey