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EPISODE · Oct 18, 2025 · 35 MIN

Drew Friedman’s Schtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy

from Lit NYC · host Harry Siegel

The ubiquitous illustrator talks with Amy Sohn and Harry Siegel about what he wants to illustrate now that he no longer needs to take assignments, how New York City shaped his work, why he thinks being called "the Vermeer of the Borscht Belt" is a misnomer, and much more. 

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