America’s greatest living portrait artist presents his favorite subjects. Artists, cartoonists, comedians, musicians, actors, politicians, the famous and the infamous, these chosen people are just that: People chosen to be rendered by the man BoingBoing calls “The greatest living portrait artist.” Subjects include Johnny Cash, Marc Maron, Redd Foxx, Gilbert Gottfried, The Marx Brothers, Hillary Clinton, Anthony Weiner, and of course Friedman favorite Shemp Howard. No one is spared the loving Friedman treatment, including Drew Friedman himself!  Full-color illustrations throughout. "Drew Friedman is one of my favorite illustrators, I love his portraits. I’m honored to be included in this book!" ― Marc Maron, WTF "We've said before that Drew Friedman is the greatest living portrait artist, and his new book, Drew Friedman’s Chosen People , offers proof of my claim." ― Boing Boing Drew Friedman 's work has appeared in The New York Times, Mad, New Yorker, Rolling Stone , and many other magazines. He is the author of several collections of comics and cartooning, including All the Presidents, Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix, Old Jewish Comedians , and Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental . He resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and collaborator, Kathy Bidus, and their beagles. Merrill Markoe is best known as the Emmy-winning co-creator of  Late Night with David Letterman . A comedy writer, she's worked on TV shows such as  Sex and the City  and published collections of her essays. She lives in Malibu.