--MISCELLANEOUS KING-CAT RESOURCES--
INTERVIEWS / ARTICLES
Destroy All Comics #3 (1995) Interviewed by Jeff Levine, full color King-Cat cover. (I hope to get a transcription of this one up when I get a chance)
Westword (1996) Article on my hearing problems and how they affected my music career.
Paper, Scissors, Clocks (1998) Interviewed by Erik Farseth on Converse All-Stars (Chuck Taylors) sneakers
America? (1998) Interview by editor Travis Fristoe with thoughts on DIY and self-employment.
Onsmith Comics Website (2001) Online interview with illos by cartoonist Onsmith.
The Comics Journal #241(2002) Extensive interview by longtime friend (and future publisher) Zak Sally, Full Color King-Cat cover. (Out of print)
Westword (2003) Nice article by Jason Heller, from Denver's weekly alternative paper.
The Onion / AV Club (2007) Interview with Jason Heller covers King-Cat Classix, punk rock, and pretzels.
Washington Post Express (2007) Comprehensive interview with LOTS of images, links etc.
Comix Club #4(2007) French language fan magazine includes comprehensive interview, plus comics and articles by cartoonists Fafe, Jonathan Larabie, Kevin Huizenga, David Lasky, Lolmede, and Dave Kiersh in which they share their thoughts on King-Cat. (View Lasky's contribution - in English - here.)
Daily Crosshatch (2007) A (sometimes too!) literal transcription of the talk I gave at Big Brain Comics in Minneapolis, 10/11/07, with photos: Part One Part Two
Inguine MAH!gazine (2008) Italian language interview, plus King-Cat comics in Italiano!
Containing Multitudes(2008) Online article by John P. on Thoreau at Walden.
VIDEOS
Watch my hairline recede over the course of a decade, in two videos posted to YouTube:
John P. at SPX, 1997
Felt Pilotes Reunion, Denver 2007
PODCASTS
Cindy Center (2005)
Inkstuds (2007)
REVIEWS
King-Cat Comics zine
Everything2.com
The Comics Journal
The Comics Reporter
Perfect Example
Baltimore City Paper
Broken Frontier
OC Weekly
PopMatters
Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man
The Comics Journal
Comics Reporter
Moon Lake Trails
Evene
Le Zata
King-Cat Classix
Avondale Evening Mail
Comics Journal
Library Journal
Publisher's Weekly Q+A with John P.
Montreal Mirror
Bookgasm
Quiet Bubble
Kirkus Reviews
Randomville
Thoreau at Walden
School Library Journal
Shelf Awareness
Storm the Barricade
Watermark Books
MadInkBeard
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IT CAME IN THE MAIL Archive
Zine News & Reviews by John P.
NEW LA MANO TITLE: The latest release from Zak Sally's acclaimed La Mano 21 is a great oversized "comic" (?) from Jason Miles - lovingly hand-crafted, with a surprise ending. At this point I would say Zak, and La Mano, have carved away their own very interesting aesthetic niche in the "comic book world." Check it all out at lamano21.com.
Swedish cartoonist Henrik Bromander sent me a new zine called 3 Stories, and lucky for us it's in English! Nice simple funky artwork and good translations of stories about a Bogland Scientist, a French philosopher (names sadly escapes me now), and kinky lottery sex. (Not for kids, but for grown ups instead.) There are a lotta great European comics out there, but unless you're fluent it's hard for us Ugly Americans... so this is a treat.
$5 USD postage paid to:
Henrik Bromander
Lotta Svardsgatan 3c
41504 Gothenburg
Sweden
www.bromander.nu/
Marek Bennett has sent me his great zine Mimi's Doughnuts for the past year or so. They have a kind of homespun, charming quality to them that I really love. They feel very "New England" to me, but maybe that just comes from years of watching bad TV. Plus each issue also has nice autobio strips that are just beautiful. One issue came with a CD!!
www.marekbennett.com
Fart Party book by Julia Wertz The heroes at Atomic Books in Baltimore have collected Julia's amazing Fart Party comics in one handy book! Don't be put off by the title. Sure, they're crude at times, but they have a real sweet core to them that you can't fake. Julia's one of my favorite new cartoonists and I'd like to encourage you to check out this book!
Julia Wertz's website
ZINE WORLD #25 OUT NOW! The suckas are on a roll! Copies are $4 (postpaid in US) from: Zine World PO Box 330156, Murfreesboro, TN, 37133-0150. Visit www.undergroundpress.org for more info!
My old friend RAY is a complex guy. He has a great blog and website which I think you may enjoy experiencing. On his Myspace page he asserts: "I'm a poet. Whether I'm writing, cooking, singing, scribbling, or walking down the street. That's all I do. Ask anyone who's needed something more out of me; I'm just a poet; all the time." Yeah.
ZAK SALLY'S NEW BOOK IS OUT AND YOU SHOULD GET ONE OR TWO: Longtime King-Cat cohort Zak Sally (Recidivist, La Mano Pubs etc) has a new book out called SAMMY THE MOUSE; it's part of the IGNATZ comics line, published by the fine folks at Fantagraphics Books. Go get one! And while you're at it, check out these GREAT interviews with Zak at:
Best Of Most Of
The Comics Reporter (On the listing for Sunday July 1, 2007)
And read Zak's BLOG.
MR. MIKE, MAYOR. Longtime King-Cat readers may remember good ol' Mr. Mike Haeg, iconoclast, curmudgeon, sweetheart and handyman. You may or may not know that Mike has created his very own (completely legally official) city, Mount Holly, Minnesota. You can watch a newsclip about it (the marvels of the net) HERE, and read about it HERE. And you should.
Jenny Zervakis comic up at Urban Hiker.
And this Jenny Zervakis profile.
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS!!
Spit and a Half
CHILDREN’S FOLKLORE PROJECT
Do you remember being a kid? Do you remember the little jokes, rhymes, stories and games you told, recited and played as a child? Then I would like to hear from you!
I am collecting children’s songs, jokes, riddles, parodies, insults, beliefs, superstitions, and stories etc etc for a possible zine or book.
I’m looking for kid’s folklore from ALL time periods, including today, so if you have children, nieces or nephews, keep an ear out for their stuff too!
(For examples of the type of material I’m looking for please see below! I would be interested to hear whatever you have!)
Please send any and all material to me at:
John Porcellino
P.O. Box 18888
Denver, CO 80218
Or email me at: kids-folklore AT hotmail DOT com.
With all contributions, please include:
1. Your name and contact info (will be kept confidential)
2. Approximate year and location you heard/used the material
(ex: Pittsburgh, PA 1972)
3. Approximate age of children using material
4. Any other information you think might be helpful or interesting, including anecdotes or context for the material
Thank you for your help! Questions? Please write or email… thanks!! John P.
EXAMPLES:
--"Jingle Bells... Batman smells, Robin laid an egg..."
--If April showers bring May flowers. what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims.
--"Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat"
--"There were four in the bed and the little one said "I'm crowded. roll over..."
--"Roses are Red, Violets are blue, you look like a monkey and you smell like one too"
--"He who smell't it dealt it"
--Childrens Games: Tag, Kick the Can, 500, Mother May I, etc
--George Washington and the Cherry Tree
--your favorite riddles, jokes, tongue twisters
--counting rhymes (ex: (Bubblegum Bubblegum...")
--rope jumping rhymes, yearbook rhymes, song parodies, holiday lore, etc etc
What were some of your favorite childhood sayings etc? Send them in!
Thanks!
