family ties
Bruce Jay Friedman’s cartoonist son reflects on his father’s legacy
Drew Friedman believes his dad was a sunny optimist despite the black humor he came to be known for

Josh, Bruce Jay, Kipp and Drew Friedman.
Drew Friedman was just a kid when his father first brought him to Elaine’s, the legendary Upper East Side bar and restaurant where celebrities rubbed elbows with literary types in a New York that no longer exists. “I’d be...