BIOGRAPHY

JOHN PORCELLINO was born in Chicago, in 1968. He began writing and drawing at an early age, compiling his work into small, handmade booklets. His first photocopied “zine” was produced in 1982, at the age of 14, and he began his current series, King-Cat Comics and Stories, in 1989. Since then, King-Cat has been his predominant means of expression.

Porcellino currently lives in Denver with his wife Misun, and two Skweezil-Cats named Liz and Charlie.

In Memoriam: Maisie Kukoc Porcellino 1991-2007

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Zines and Comics

Invasion of the Incredible Blobs* (c1977)
Sam and the Sneaker (and Other Stories)* (c1978)
From the Files of James Bombed, Special Agent 004* (1979-1981)
Tales of Hogarth the Barbarian Pig (1982-1986, 14 issues)
Zo-Zo (1985-1986) (editor, 11 issues)
Cehsoikoe (1987-1990) (editor, 12 issues)
Vole Adventures (1986-1990, 14 installments)
Vole Adventures Adventure Anthology (1988)
Trapped By Magnetic Forces (1988, one shot)
Reincarnation (c. 1988, one shot)
Flipper Trail* (1988) (daily newspaper strip)
King-Cat Comics and Stories (1989 - present, 68 issues to date)
King-Cat Classix (1990-1996, four volumes)
Vanilla Ice News and Adult Baby World Report (w/ K.A. Seckman, 1990-1992, 7 issues)
Important Tool (w/ Steve Jacobek, c1991, 2 issues)
True Anxiety! (1992-1993, 3 issues)
Night Time (1993, one shot)
King-Cat/Silly Daddy Flip (w/Joe Chiappetta, 1995-1996, 2 issues)
In der Nacht die Welt dreht sich das Oberste zuunterst (1996, one shot)
Silly-Cat (w/Joe Chiappetta, 1997, one shot)
How Deep Is the Ocean? * (1999)
The Kukoc Cat Named Maisie (2002, one shot included with King-Cat 61)
My Word! (w/Missy Kulik, 2003, one shot)
3 Poems About Fog (2006, one shot)
The Ones That Everybody Knows (2006, one shot)

*unpublished or otherwise commercially unreleased

Poetry and Prose

The Saga of Sum-Tuff Land* (1984-1987)
Long Way Home (1988, Oyster Publications)
Squirrel Nutkin(g) (1990)
Montreal (1990, Oyster Publications)

*unpublished or otherwise commercially unreleased

Books

The King-Cat Collection (1998, B.u.L.b. Comix)
King-Cat Nummer Eins (1998, Reprodukt)
Perfect Example (2000, Highwater Books; 2005, Drawn and Quarterly)
Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man (2005, La Mano)
Moon Lake Trails (2006, Ego Comme X)
King-Cat Classix (2007, Drawn and Quarterly)
Thoreau at Walden (2008, Hyperion/CCS)

King-Cat in Translation

DEUTSCHE - King-Cat Nummer Eins (1998, Reprodukt) ESPAÑOL - Una Casa Para Siempre nº1 (2005, Borobiltxo Libros); Ejemplo Perfecto (2008, Ponent Mon); Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man (TBA, Apa Apa) FRANÇAIS - Le Simo (c. 1995, Le Simo); King-Cat Collection (1998, B.u.L.b. Comix); Moon Lake Trails (2006, Ego Comme X) HANGUL - Thoreau at Walden (TBA) ITALIANO - Inguine MAH! 2008 (2008, Comma 22) SVENSKA - Galago nº88, 92 (2007, 2008, Ordfront)

Anthology Contributions

Lime Green Bulldozers, Outside In, Comix Update, Dirty Plotte, This, Big Sky Fuck, Chop Fold and Grind, Ruh Roh, Roctober, Le Simo, Zoomcranks, White Buffalo Gazette, Rollerderby, Flying Saucer Attack, SPX '97, Scenes from the Inside, Top Shelf, Kartoffelkafer, Beer Zine, SPX 2000, Not My Small Diary, Comics Journal Special, Rosetta, Unicorns, Sidewalk Bump, McSweeney's, Una Casa Para Siempre, Black Warrior Review, Kramer's Ergot, Galago, Papercutter, Inguine MAH! et al