Eric Drooker Bio | Wiki
Eric Drooker is an American graphic novelist and painter. He currently serves as a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker. In 2010, Eric was in charge of conceiving and designing the animation for the film Howl. a movie based on the epic poem by Allen Ginsberg. Allen collaborated with Eric on the book Illuminated Poems.
Howl: A Graphic Novel is his best-selling book, that visualizes the poem with animation art that Eric designed for the film. Eric developed an interest in graphic arts and cartoons while still very young. He particularly developed an interest in the woodcut novels of Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward as well as the underground comics of Robert Crumb. He studied sculpture at Cooper Union.
From there, Eric turned to poster art where he created flyers on local political issues. At the same time, he worked as a tenant organizer. His images were done in a striking black-and-white style. They were reminiscent of Masereel and other 1930s expressionist illustrators. Those images were widely copied and reused by others. Sometimes, they were used for unrelated purposes such as advertising concerts. The images became popular enough that Eric could make a small income selling artwork on the street.
Eric Drooker Age
He was born in 1958 in New York, United States of America. Eric is 64 years old.
Eric Drooker Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Eric stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in (Approx 1.8 m).
Eric Drooker Family
He was born and raised in Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Town, adjacent to the Lower East Side. By then, the place was a working-class immigrant neighborhood. It had a tradition of left-wing political activism.
Eric Drooker Wife
The 64-year-old American graphic novelist is a bit secretive when it comes to his personal life. Eric has not publicly shared his marital status.
Eric Drooker Education
He graduated from Downtown Community School in Manhattan’s East Village.
Eric Drooker New Yorker Cover | New Yorker
He currently serves as a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker. Eric has created dozens of the New Yorker’s most memorable covers. Eric’s paintings and drawings explore the metropolis from a native perspective. His experiences radicalized him with the police during the 1980s, due to their actions against squatters in the rapidly gentrifying Tompkins Square Park area.
There was increasing intolerance of unlicensed street artists and musicians. Eric’s published work appeared for the first time in leftist magazines such as The Nation, The Progressive, and different underground publications such as Screw. Later, he appeared in mainstream publications such as Newsweek, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Also, his paintings would appear on dozens of covers of The New Yorker. After Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper founded World War 3 Illustrated they shared Eric’s political beliefs and graphic approach. Eric became one of the magazine’s co-editors and frequent contributors. He eventually started to sell illustrations to more mainstream publications. Also, when his short story “L” appeared in Heavy Metal, Eric became more widely known as a cartoonist.
Eric’s Other Colleagues at The New Yorker Include:
Bruce McCall – contributor
Julian Lucas – writer
Jill Lepore – writer
Dhruv Khullar – writer
Raffi Khatchadourian – writer
Antonia Hitchens – editor
Eric Drooker Flood
His short story titled “L” and two other stories made up Eric’s first graphic novel titled Flood! A Novel in Pictures. It is a wordless, dream-like narrative of powerless citizens who struggles with authority in a rapidly deteriorating New York City. Eric won an American Book Award. Faith No More and Rage Against the Machine bands used portions of Eric’s Flood! artwork for the album covers.
Eric broadened his scope in the 1990s from graphic arts to painting. He created several covers for The New Yorker and also a book of illustrations of Allen Ginsberg’s poetry, Illuminated Poems. His third book titled Street Posters & Ballads consists of graphics, poems, and songs about the Lower East Side. The Library of Congress acquired the original art for Flood! A Novel in Pictures in 2006 including preliminary drawings, cover paintings, and sketches. The complete Flood! Archive is based in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress and is open to the public.
Eric Drooker T-Shirt | Prints
You can buy a long-sleeve t-shirt featuring the design “Autumn Central Park” by Eric. They are available in small, medium, large, Xlarge, and 2Xlarge sizes. The long-sleeve t-shirts are made from 50% cotton and 50% polyester blend. They are available in different colors and are machine washable. They can be shipped within 1-2 working days. Other products available include drawings, canvas print, framed prints, art print, metal print, Acrylic print, wood print, greeting card, iPhone case, throw pillow, beach sheet, bath sheet, apparel, coffee mug, and face mask.
Eric Drooker Artist | Poster
Eric’s paintings appear frequently on the covers of the New Yorker. His drawings and posters are a familiar sight in the global street art movement. The New York City native started to slap his images on the streets as a teenager. Eric’s reputation as a social critic has grown since then. This has led to countless editorial illustrations for the New York Times, the Nation, and the Progressive, among others. His first book titled Flood! A Novel in Pictures won the American Book Award. This came before Blood Song, soon to be a major motion picture.
Eric’s graphic novels have been translated into different languages including Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Korean, Italian, and Turkish. He was hired by DreamWorks Animation after designing the animation for the film Howl. His art is in the permanent collections of many museums including the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum, the Library of Congress, and the Museum of Modern Art. Eric is available for speaking engagements. Also, he frequently gives slide lectures at colleges and universities.
Eric Drooker Slingshot
His card book titled Slingshot: 40 Postcards by Eric Drooker (PM Press) was published on May 1, 2019. This book is disguised as a book of innocent postcards. It is a dangerous collection of Eric’s most notorious posters. His graphics continue to infiltrate and inflame the body politic. They are plastered on brick walls from New York to Berlin and tattooed on bodies from Kansas to Mexico City.
Eric Drooker Salary
He currently serves as a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker. Eric earns an average salary of $216,893 per year.
Eric Drooker Net Worth
He is an American graphic novelist and painter. Eric has an estimated net worth of $5,695,783
How Old Is Eric Drooker
Eric is 64 years old. He was born in 1958 in New York, United States of America.
Who Is Eric Drooker
Eric is an American graphic novelist and painter. He currently serves as a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker