New York City. He worked from his studios on the Time Warner Building. Records Lurie appears twice in the Guinness Book of World Records beginning in 1999 as "the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world" and "as a member of the oldest traceable family in existence", which former Chief Rabbi Lau of Israeli and the Jerusalem Institute of Jewish Genealogy concluded that the Lurie family directly descends from the Royal House of the biblical King David, and can trace its genealogy back to the 10th Century, BCE. The Lurie family tree includes the prophet Isaiah (8th century, BCE), Rashi (1040–1105), Hillel Hanasi "the Elder" (30 BCE-1st century CE), Felix Mendelssohn, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Salvador Luria, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Immanuel Jakobovitz, and Ranan Lurie. Books He published ten political cartoon books and one novel in five languages: AMONG THE SUNS—published by Israel's Air Force (Hebrew; introduction: Ephraim Kishon). LURIE'S BEST CARTOONS FROM ISRAEL—printed by the N. Tversky Publishing House of Tel Aviv, Ltd., Israel (First Edition in Hebrew, Second Edition in English; introduction by Foreign Minister Aba Eban). NIXON RATED CARTOONS—printed by the New York Times publishing house (English; USA; foreword by Thomas Griffith, Editor of LIFE). PARDON ME MR. PRESIDENT—printed by the New York Times publishing house (English; USA; foreword by commentator Harry Reasoner and special comment by Vice President Gerald Ford). LURIE'S WORLDS—printed by the University Press of Hawaii (English; USA; foreword by Clare Boothe Luce). SO SIEHT ES LURIE (1980) -- printed by Welt Buch publishing house of Berlin (German; introduction by Ephraim Kishon). LURIE'S OPINION—printed by Zmorah Bitan publishing house of Tel Aviv (Hebrew; introduction by Shalom Rosenfeld, editor, Ma'ariv). LURIE'S ALMANACK—printed by Secker & Warburg, London (English; U.K.; introduction by Charles Douglas Home, editor, The Times). LURIE'S ALMANAC—printed by Andrews and McMeel publishing house of Kansas City-New York (English; USA; foreword by Charles Douglas-Home). MR. TARO SAN'S POLITICS—printed by Shinchosha Co. (Japanese; Tokyo). In 1985, Lurie created an electronic cartoon animation technique that brought his cartoons to PBS stations and ABC network. In 1995, Lurie co-invented an automobile braking system that has a variable light and sound warning, registered as American Patent 5481243. References External links Cartoon News Magazine Cartoon News International Syndicate Profile at Center for Strategic and International Studies Profile at Village Voice Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards Ceremony 2004 Ranan Lurie - Biography The British Cartoon Archive 1932 births 2022