The Official K Chronicles and (Th)ink Website

*THANK YOU, EVERYBODY..
Not only for the well-wishes and kind offers concerning my wife…But also for voting for “(th)ink” to be added to the C-Ville Weekly. Your votes made me go three for three in “cartoon contests”..Man..I wish every paper did it.

*BUSY, BUSY WEEK THIS WEEK..
I’m doing a roundtable panel discussion at San Francisco’s PBS affiliate KQED, talking about my Spark! appearance. Spark! is this really cool artists show that I was profiled on (you can see the piece by clicking on the URL in the “Links” section of this site. Anyway..if you wanna come by and check it out, email KFarr@kqed.org for more info.

I’ll also be at the Wondercon Comics Convention here in S.F. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Wondercon is fast becoming the other really big convention to hit on the West Coast for the Geek crowd. Last year on Saturday, it was San Diego busy!! Anyway..I’ll be in Artists Alley AA-32, with my “well on the road to recovery” wife, who will be selling her cards. It’s happening at Moscone West and 4th St. and Howard in downtown S.F. Fri. 12-7pm, Sat. 10am-7pm and Sun 11am-5pm. I’m sure these hours ain’t exact, but they’re close.

The last but biggest thing is the Cartoon Art Museum’s Comics 4 Comix event on Friday, Feb. 10th at 8pm. This is where we really get loose and have a lotta fun laughing, drinking and eatin’ food. Come on out and bid on the piece I’m donating for the silent art auction!! In fact, if you’re coming, let me know of a strip you’d like to bid on…
Where: Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission St. near 3rd. When: Friday, Feb. 10th @ 8pm-11pm
$15-$35 sliding scale.

*THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY TO POST AND THE C-WORD STRIPS ARE GONNA END THIS WEEK..
so here’s the last that I’ll post . Thanks to everyone..

>Mr. Knight,

I got to meet you, your wife and your father at a comic book shop in
Las Vegas a few years ago. She was even kind enough to sign a copy of
your book for me. She seemed like a good egg and I hope she’s okay.

J.
NJ

>We too add our voices to the choir of good peeps sending their love to you and Ms. Keef. Hang in bro…love will guide you.

m. in (frozen) new hampshire

>My heart and good thoughts are with you and your wife during this difficult time. I sure hope everything turns out okay, even if it’s not what you want or expect. Life is like that. It’s unfair and random and annoying and frustrating and seemingly heartless. The ground shakes and quivers, you can’t find your place, but then, in the moment you least expect it, you do. You will.

>You made me laugh out loud for real. I hope everything’s ok.

>Keith–
I’m just a random reader, and I would probably never have tried to contact you otherwise, but I wanted to tell you that I’m really sorry to read about your wife’s health problems. I enjoy the K Chronicles a whole bunch, and I read it every week. You’re smart, funny, and your work is really cool. I’m sad that something like this happened to you and Kerstin and your families.

I have nothing to offer but my good wishes, and prayer, and I’ll deploy both on her behalf and yours. I hope the operation went well, I hope she is fine now, and I hope for the best for you.

J.

>… on the progress and well-being of your wife.

I enjoy your strips enormously and frequently pass them on to my friends. You pack so much truth (and raunchy humor!) into your strips. When I read yesterday’s “KChronicles,” I was truly moved by the report of your wife’s recent diagnosis. I’ve been in YOUR shoes: my partner was in your wife’s shoes.

Please know that I care. I’m not in the habit of writing fan letters (I AM of a “certain age,” after all), but I just had to let you know how touched I am by yesterday’s strip about the C-word and how its new meaning has crept into your vocabulary.

G.

>Keef & Mrs.:

If I read your latest strip correctly, you & your wife are experiencing the
worst of what life can present. I just wanted to offer heart-felt support &
best wishes throughout your ordeal. My mother suffered w/ lympho sarcoma (a
blood cancer) for many yrs b4 she finally succumbed to it. But that was
when I was only 2 (43 now) and modern medicine has come a long way in
treating many forms of cancer. I guess all I want to say is you’re in my
thoughts and I’m hoping for the best possible outcome for you both.

Please be well,
J.

>Keef,

Well, in no uncertain terms, I give my best to you
and the Mrs and hope she has one helluva benign
growth. And to also say, I hope that she has a VERY
fast recovery!!!

I just got back from Minneapolis where I spent the
weekend with an old friend who has been diagnosed with
Leukemia and is undergoing chemo. I went there to
spell his wife in taking him to the treatments, but
when we got there, his white blood cell count would
not allow him to take the treatment this week. No
question, this stuff just sucks……

So here is an e-mail with LOTS of support from your DC
home base!!!!

My Best To All,
W.

>Keef I’m praying to what ever god will listen that your beloved will be fine.A guy like you has to have a sane base. I love your work and I want nothing but the best for you.

>Dear Keef,

Here’s the million-and-oneth support letter. I just read part two of the c-word saga. The first part scared and moved me. The second part made me cry. Which is good, in an artistic sense, because you wrote something very touching. But bad because I read your comic at my desk at work. So not only am I sitting here at my desk trying to pretend I am working, I am also sitting here at my desk trying to pretend I am not crying.

I don’t know what the time lag is on getting the comic out, or what might be going on in your and Kerstin’s life at this moment, but I am also visualizing something positive. I am imagining little cartoon versions of the two of you, older, potbellied and wrinkled, with little cartoon crinkles around the eyes, slight little cartoon old people hunched backs, leisure suits, and canes, walking hand and hand. I am imagining the two of you, many many years from now, still together and ok. Yes, my psychic ability to see into the future tells me you are still going to be wearing that funky knit cap! I’ll continue visualizing it from time to time, it makes me smile.

I’m sending much love. –

J., Mountain View, CA