 During his tenure at SVA, Friedman edited both Eisner and Kurtzman's year-end magazines of student work ("Will Eisner's Gallery of New Comics" and "Kartunz", respectively) Friedman's classmates at SVA included Mark Newgarden, Mike Carlin and Kaz.He is the son of author/satirist Bruce Jay Friedman.Friedman was recognized for his work with the National Cartoonists Society's Newspaper Illustration Award for 2000, and he was nominated again in 2002 and 2007.