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The Mind of Kevin Huizenga

Tom Kaczynski — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:38:37 +0000

Er… maybe the title is an overstatement. In any case, Kevin Huizenga will be in Minneapolis to give a lecture at MCAD. For those who follow comics Kevin needs no introduction. For those of you who don’t know his work he’s easily one of the best and most interesting cartoonists working today. But don’t take my word for it, come see for yourself! Kevin will speak at MCAD during the student mini-comic Expo on Thursday (Mar. 24th) at 1:00 pm.

Details:
Thursday, March 25th.
1:00 pm
Auditorium 150, Main Building
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

MOME 17

Tom Kaczynski — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:16 +0000

I wrote about this 15 page collaboration with Dash Shaw some time ago. The story is called ‘Resolution’ and it is published in the current issue of MOME. That very issue (vol. 17) has just made it onto the shelves of comic-book stores. More information, video & PDF previews and the option to buy the book courtesy of Fantagraphics.

I can’t make it to MoCCA

Tom Kaczynski — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:09:17 +0000

I can’t make it to MoCCA this year, but at least I can re-experience last year’s festival through the transcript of a conversation between me and Kent Worcester. I was going to put up the audio of that some time ago, but the quality was pretty low. Anyway, for those that missed it check it out here. The conversation is edited, so my ramblings aren’t as incoherent. It’s like being there, but better.

Kent also wrote another piece on my work on TCJ a few weeks earlier.

Click Opera Last Post

Tom Kaczynski — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:43:08 +0000

‘Momus’ by Meghan from Good Minnesotan.

Momus says good-bye by saying hello. I will miss his Click Opera blog. I’ve followed it almost daily since it’s inception. For those of you who haven’t ever read it… go explore!

Update Redux

Tom Kaczynski — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:00:30 +0000

There were a few broken links and feeds. I think I took care of all of them. But if any of you out there find any more broken stuff, let me know.

Update 2

Tom Kaczynski — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:02:40 +0000

OK. I think all the images working fine. If anyone notices some missing images, please let me know by commenting on this post. I’m going to be playing around with the look and feel over the next few days, so things may occasionally look weird or unfinished.

Update

Tom Kaczynski — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:40:49 +0000

Ok, importing the text content was relatively painless. Now I have make sure all the images get fixed.

8th Annual Book Arts Festival

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:42:03 +0000

Today will be spent at the 8th Annual Book Arts Festival at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. The usual assortment of Uncivilized Books publications will be available for sale, including Gabrielle Bell’s L.A. Diary and… a brand new mini-comic: Ancient Reading Device (pictured above). More on that after the festival. Stop by and say hello.

Aleja Komiksu

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:48:39 +0000

I came to the United States From Poland in 1987. I’ve traveled back to the home country a few times over the last couple of decades. A few days ago I had a different kind of homecoming. I was interviewed for the first time by the Polish comics community. The brief interview is now posted, along with a few pages of my comics, on the Aleja Komiksu site.
If you read Polish the rest of the Aleja Komiksu site is well worth checking. I especially recommend the extensive interview with Andrzej Klimowski, one of the most interesting figures in British comics. English speakers aren’t completely left out. The site posted a survey of recent comics by young British cartoonists. Take a look.
To celebrate this virtual homecoming, I’m posting one of my first ever comic-books. It may not be THE first comic, but it’s certainly the first total package: a stapled pamphlet, complete with a logo and print run number (it was customary for the print run to be listed on books in Poland at the time – in this case the print run was 1). I was 11 when I made this.

Million Year Boom: Best, But Not Required

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:22:22 +0000

Eric Reynolds at Fantagraphics mentioned it a while ago, but I didn’t really believe it until I saw the book a few of days ago: Million Year Boom, my story from MOME 11 was selected for the 2009 edition of Best American Nonrequired Reading. I’m REALLY surprised and thrilled to have my work appear in such an amazing collection. Two other MOME contributors, Olivier Schrauwen and √âmile Bravo were also selected. Congratulations to all contributors!
For more about Best American Nonrequired Reading series and it’s selection committee check out their very own blog. A portion of the proceeds from the book go to benefit the 826 National youth literacy project.
The book should be available in bookstores at blog time. Or buy the book online via: Magers & Quinn, Amazon, Powells.