Cartoonists With Attitude

*JUST RETURNED FROM SAN FRANCISCO’S CARTOON ART MUSEUM..

..for the opening of “Cartoon Tunes”, a show I helped put together. The show looks GREAT (although the music needed to be turned up)..A great mix of artists, styles, and musical subjects..the mixed cd that played throughout the gallery really put the show over the top. Very special thanks to co-curator Marc Weidenbaum, all the artists who participated, and the man who truly runs the Museum, Andrew Farago.




The show is up for the summer, so get yer ass down there and see it. I’ve got three pieces in it!! 655 Mission St. near 3rd in San Francisco.




*WRITER’S WITH DRINKS..

..was something I was a part of over the weekend at the Makeout Room in San Francisco’s Mission District. It was put on by Charlie Anders, the City shaker and mover behind “Other” magazine.




It was a great turnout and folks were really receptive to my reading K Chronicles strips without actually seeing them. iT went really well and I sold out of my books!! I should’ve brought more!! Anyhoo..Charlie is one funny bastard. She should do standup…




*My “evil” twin sis is gonna do a soft opening of her T(ea Gallery in West Seattle this weekend, with the official opening in June. Check it out at http://www.myteagallery.com




Ciao!!

*EXTRA!! EXTRA!! THE K CHRONICLES WON THE 2006 GLYPH AWARD FOR BEST COMIC STRIP AT AN AWARDS CEREMONY IN PHILADELPHIA OVER THE WEEKEND!! MORE DETAILS TO COME!!

*FROM WEBMASTER BOBBY GEE..




You gotta mention this in your blog!

http://www.ecbacc.com/glyph_pr.html




Best of all–you’re competing with yourself for best comic strip!




(It’s true!! I’ve been nominated TWICE (one nod for “the K Chronicles” and one for”(th)ink”) for a 2006 Glyph award for best comic strip. ..It’s an honor.-kk)

*EMAILS OF THE WEEK…

>K,




I went to see Maya Angelou last night and thought MAYBE I could get her to sign the page of “..long strange strip..” that is about your encounter with her…the security guard said he couldn’t guarantee it’s return to me, but I really wanted her to see the comic so I just told him to take it (the page is marked).  He asked for my business card (I gave him a T(ea) Gallery one) and that was it.  [sniff]

 

She was fantastic.

 

I hope you’re having fun in Iowa.

 

Love,

T




(from my “Evil” Twin Sis…Hope she gets the book back!!-kk)




>Dear Keith,



I was so happy to read the K Chronicles and find out that you got that fab narration job. I about fell off my chair when I read the ‘and Sparks airs on Public Television, which I always wanted to be on when I was a kid….’ HOW MANY TIMES do I have to say to people “Come on! You remember Zoom? (Starts singing and dancing frantically …)Come on and zoom zoom zoom zoom zoom! Come on and zooma zooma zoom zoom zoom. You know…COME ON!” You don’t suppose it’s possible that Zoom only aired in Milwaukee (where I hail from…before moving to Scotland) and your hometown, do you? Have you ever experienced this ‘Missing Zoom’ phenomena before? Funny thing is, I have to go in on Wednesday of this week for abdominal surgery…not so fun. Add in a big packet of meds to ‘clear the abdomen and intestine’ and it sinks fun down where the sun can’t find it. Thanks to you, at least I’ll have a nice, albeit slightly altered theme song for all those trips to the loo. “I’m gonna zoom zoom zooma zoom. (add in adolescent sound effects where needed)” etc.



Have a great time with the new gig. I’ll try to catch it on the kqed site when I’m out of the hospital.



Take care Keef and and don’t forget all us little (th)ink and K fans when you start narrating all those posh Ken Burns docu-s!



A fellow Zoomer,



A.




(Zoom aired nationally, but was filmed in my necka da woods..at WGBH in Boston..-kk)




*CEDAR RAPIDS WRAP-UP..

My gig at Legion Arts and Cedar Rapids was fine and dandy. The workshops Mat and I did were attended by artists, teachers, students, concerned citizens and even elected officials!! It was our best workshops yet.




The gallery show opening was fun and well attended. No matter where I go, there’s a little slice of indie/nutty artistic folk doing their thing. And then the slideshow I did the next day was packed with about fifty high school students and more!! Thanks to everyone who came out, asked questions, and bought stuff..




Things went so well, we may be returning in the fall..I’ll let you know as soon as I know it.




The coolest thing about the trip was on the last day, we visited the African American History Museum of Cedar Rapids…And I gotta tell ya..THIS IS THE BEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM I’VE EVER SEEN.. Now granted, I ain’t been to a lot of ‘em..but this place was so well put together and visually cool that I had to talk it up. DEFINITELY GO BY THERE IF YOU’RE EVER ANYWHERE NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS..

(and yes, I didn’t know there were Black folks in Cedar Rapids, either..)




Here’s the website:

http://www.blackiowa.org/




-cheers!




Keef

Mark your calenders!!

Short notice but if you happen to be in Philadelphia, PA this weekend, stop by the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) where I will be hawking my wares (including my previous toon collection What Masheka Did, my new collection Not Just Knee Deep, color prints, original art, and buttons, buttons buttons!!). And wish me a happy birthday!!

Then next month, Sunday June 11th, I’ll be at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MOCCA) with the beautiful Mikhaela B. Reid to premiere “Ask Me About My Nut-Kicking Business“. We’re not on the exhibitors list (yet), but we’ll be there.

More info to come!

*NEW INTERVIEW WITH FINE CARTOONIST/ANIMATOR/COMICS JOURNALIST CHRIS LANIER:

http://www.thehighhat.com/Marginalia/006/Knight_Lanier.html




*I’M IN CEDAR RAPIDS!!

My, my, my …houses out here are CHEAP!!




I’m out here doing workshops with my “Beginner’s Guide..” co-conspirator Mat Schwarzman at Legion Arts in C.R.’s up and coming Arts District. I’m also sharing the gallery walls with Tom Tomorrow (”This Modern World”) and Lynda Barry (”Ernie Pook’s Comic”)..It is an honor, yes indeed.




The first workshop went well, and was attended by community-based artists, teachers, politicians, and plain curious folk. Today’s workshop should have even more people..and a reception for the gallery show follows. I’ll be doing a teaser slideshow tonite and a big one tomorrow afternoon.




Congrats to the Red Sox who stone cold SMACKED the Yanks in the Bronx las’ night..Ha!!

*K CHRONICLES ON NPR’S “CAR TALK” WEBSITE!!




>Keef




Hey, did you know that one of your vast legion of fans told Car Talk about your cell phone comic? It’s under “Department of Disconnected Calls”.




http://www.cartalk.com/content/links/




(should be in the current faves, but if things have changed, it’ll be right near the top.)




The NPR/Kchronicles crossover demographic is large.




S.R.

SF, in the fog belt.




(I like that show..Reminds me of home..’cept I don’t remember people laughing that much..-kk)