Keith Knight
LITERARY CLIENT
Keith Knight is one of the most prolific cartoonists working today.
He is the award-winning creator of three comic strips; "the Knight Life", syndicated daily by United Features, the weekly single panel "(th)ink", and his weekly autobiographical "K Chronicles", which won the 2007 Harvey Award for Best Comic Strip and the 2006, 2007, & 2008 Glyph Award for Best Comic Strip.
Knight is part of a new generation of talented young African-American artists who infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His work has been collected in 9 books so far, the latest being a 500-page K Chronicles collection (Dark Horse).His comic art has appeared in museums and galleries from San Francisco (CA) to Angoulême (France).
Knight is also a regular contributor to MAD Magazine and ESPN the Magazine.
"Intelligent, progressive, and damn funny comics are what every paper needs and that's what Keith delivers every week." - Boston's Weekly Dig
"Point blank: Keith Knight is one of our generation's best cartoonists. If he were any funnier, he'd be illegal." - Jeff Chang, hip-hop journalist & author
"Fluid and energetic and wild ... very, very smart and very, very funny." - Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks
"It's hard to make a comic that is this funny while also so frequently profound. Keith Knight] deals with so many issues with both gravitas and such a light touch, while never missing a chance at a cheap laugh.
This is the work of a master." - Dave Eggers, author of a "Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
We can title the presentation:
KEITH KNIGHT: FEAR OF A BLACK MARKER
Join award-winning cartoonist Keith Knight for a hilarious and enlightening slideshow chronicling his 15 years of award-winning cartoons. Issues of race, politics, censorship and activism are broached with humor, satire, hope and optimism.
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