As an editor for nearly 25 years, Mr. Lorenz brought more than 50 new cartoonists onto the New Yorker pages including Roz Chast and Bob Mankoff.
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Creole Cookin’ Jazz Band, and how he crafted his drawings. Mr. Lorenz did not first make a pencil sketch or other under drawings. He would start with an ink wash or pen and build the images in one go. Mankoff said he watched Mr. Lorenz create a cartoon in 1993 that has brought a knowing nod to millions of cat owners. Mr. Lorenz first made passes with his brush. Then he did a few swipes with his pen to capture a frowning cat looking at a bowl of food just plopped down by an equally grumpy man. “The phrase you’re groping for is ‘Thank you,’” says the man.
Mr. Lorenz studied at Carnegie Tech and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, whose professors included the primitivist painter. After his fine arts degree in 1954, Mr. Lorenz tried to make a name as an abstract painter — also looking to make some extra money with his first jazz group, Eli’s Chosen Six.
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