*EXTRA! EXTRA!!
Sadly, I won’t be performing at Afrosolo Friday thru Sunday. I did Thursday’s performance (and smoked it!! I should’ve brought more books!) but I was taking a chance..I had come down with a nasty virus that has basically kicked my ass so much, I’ve had to cancel my remaining performances.
But that shouldn’t stop you from going. All the other performers are great..And I certainly don’t want to give them what I got..
*HEY..SORRY I’VE BEEN OUT OF TOUCH..
..but I’ve been hard at work putting the finishing touches on my slideshow performance at this year’s AfroSolo Festival starting tomorrow night!!
The thing is, I’ve been putting the new (th)ink book together, and took a coupla days off for my (4th!) wedding anniversary, AND I had family visiting me. So it’s been quite crazy.
And the worst part of it is: Once my little sis and her family left, I got deathly ill. I don’t know what it is, but it’s a killer. Hot flashes and the shivers. I’m a mess. I had to cancel a presentation at 826 Valencia today (Sorry, kids!!).
So we’ll see how this all turns out tomorrow night when I have my stage debut. Go to the calendar section of this site for ticket info…
Cheers!
Keef
*THIS IS FROM THE GLYPH AWARD WINNERS ARTICLE WRITTEN BY FINE COMICS JOURNALIST RICH WATSON:
The first time I encountered Keith Knight’s work was in the graphic novel section of a Virgin Megastore several years ago. I couldn’t say what exactly it was about Fear of a Black Marker that attracted my attention — maybe it was the title, maybe it was the cover art — but I flipped through this K Chronicles compilation and bought it on impulse, not having a clue who the creator was but somehow getting a good feeling from it.
I’m almost certain the first time I met Keith was at the Small Press Expo. I had brought my copy of Marker with me for him to sign and I also purchased Dances With Sheep and he signed that too. He immediately struck me as the kind of guy I would have more than a few things in common with. I remember how impressed I was to see the CDs for his band the Marginal Prophets on sale as well, and I remember vowing to buy one the next time I saw him — and I did. (I have all of his CDs now; get one, they’re awesome!) I also remember reading Sheep in my hotel room, lying on my stomach on my bed, and laughing hysterically while my friend Reid was wondering if I was about to have a seizure.
Over the subsequent years I like to think I’ve become a friend of Keith’s; an acquaintance at the very least. I’ve attended his world-famous slideshow lecture; I’ve been to a Marginal Prophets concert (and that is surely one of my all-time best comics-related memories from the past decade or so); and I own almost everything Keith-related. Sometimes I think I should just give him a check for $100 to put towards anything and everything he comes out with. (Gratuitous plug: check out this book he co-wrote with Mat Schwarzman called The Beginner’s Guide to Community-Based Arts, a handbook for starting up arts programs in your neighborhood, citing examples from all across America. Includes cartoons by Keith and others. Fascinating book.)
Keith’s not only an exceptional cartoonist but a fine person as well, and I’m privileged to know him and more than willing to support whatever he does because he’s just that good.
*RADIO INTERVIEW..
I’ll be interviewed about my AfroSolo performance (coming up later this month) on San Francisco’s KPOO 89.5fm at 1pm pac. time this afternoon. You can also listen in online at http://www.kpoo.com
*CONCERNING THE S.U.V.S FOR THE HOMELESS STRIP..
Keef, dude, you rock, and reading the K Chronicles on Salon is one of the highlights of each Wednesday.
But dude, don’t equate CostCo with Walmart and Home Depot. Yeah, it’s a big box store, but I know a few folks that work there and they treat their employees *well*. They’re also really minority- and queer-friendly, and their CEO is a great guy.
D
(For the record, I know Costco is a great company {I may do a strip about them in the future], not to be confused with WalMart, but in the interest of small, local businesses…-kk)
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