Ed Subitzky

Ed Subitzky
A detail of a self-portrait from circa 1995
Born	(1943-03-19) March 19, 1943 (age 73) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, Cartoonist
Nationality	American
Period	1968 – present
Genre	Humor and comedy, also horror, fantasy, and philosophy

Ed Subitzky, full name Edward Jack Subitzky (born March 19, 1943), is an American writer and artist, who is best known as a cartoonist,comics artist, and humorist/humor writer. He has also worked as a television comedy writer and performer, a writer and performer of radio comedy, and a writer of radio drama, as well as creating comedy and humor in various other media. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Writers Guild of America. He appears in the 2015 documentary Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, and was featured in one of the posters for the film.

In the early 1970s, Subitzky became a contributing editor at National Lampoon magazine, where he worked with many well-regarded humor and comedy creators such as Henry Beard, Doug Kenney, Michael O'Donoghue, P. J. O'Rourke, Michael Gross. He also worked with National Lampoon comedy performers including John Belushi and Chevy Chase on the Radio Hour, and on comedy albums.

Subsequently Subitzky went on to various other kinds of humor and comedy work, including appearing on television multiple times with David Letterman, and more work for radio. He has also written broadcast horror stories.