Mightier Than The Sword; Edward Sorel Fells Giants With the Stroke of a Pen

The Washington Post | July 8, 1999| | Copyright

"One of the disadvantages of being a cartoonist is that there is nothing to explain," said . He was talking to the small group assembled last week at the opening of his first one-man museum show, "Edward Sorel: Unauthorized Portraits," at the National Portrait Gallery.

But he did want to clarify one point. "I think cartooning is a great art, and I have no desire to paint," he announced, seeming to preempt a question he may be tired of answering. "I am one of those profoundly shallow people who believe that being amusing is the highest form of art."

Sorel, 70, trusts the mightiness of pen and ...

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