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*PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR THE DELAY..
in replies and filling orders. The Wifey and I have been spending all of our time searching for a place in L.A. and we FINALLY found one. It’s in the lovely Palms neighborhood in West L.A., just north of Venice Blvd. and Culver City.

Now comes the hard part..

The next few weeks will consist of us purging our stuff to make the move from a luxurious rent-controlled palace to a one bedroom spot. I will be selling as much krappe as I can for CHEAP at this weekend’s book release at the Cartoon Art Museum. See you there!!

*EMAILS OF THE WEEK..
Keef,

I feel like I got smacked around after reading the
strip Gravestones and Nightsticks. I really wonder
now how the family of that man that was killed at his
bachelor party feels. The story is being slowly
forgotten, but they will never forget it, for them it
will always be front page news. What an awful feeling
it must be, to have to wake up every day, realizing
they can never see him again.

I believe the mark of a Great Artist, is when their
audience has to keep coming back to view the same
material, maybe not even realizing why.
The Why I think is the need to make sure you haven’t
missed anything. You have a talent for making people
stop and think, there is a lot more to this strip than
humor; the humor draws you in, warms you up, and helps
to make you more receptive to the issue of racism.

I think the issue of racism will always be an issue,
as long as we look at each other as white people and
black people, instead of just as people.
The use of the colors white and black bring out all of
the stereotypes behind the use of these colors to
identify someone.

With that Keith, I want to say Thank You! you really
have challenged my perspectives, and made me think in
a way I never would have, if I didn’t read your stips.

Some one should kick your butt up to the big time,
your talent and perseverence in working on these
isssues should be recognized on a national level.

Sincerely yours,

Greg H.

Dear Mr. Knight,

I enjoyed your strip this week and thought I’d drop you this note, since I was born in Los Angeles, lived there for 23 years, and then moved to San Francisco for 20 years after that. I write to you from Chicago, my current home, so hopefully my advice is now unbiased. I see both cities, from my vantage point here, as historical products of the California Gold Rush when tolerance was conferred on one and all through a freak accident of history (it wasn’t, what bloodline you were from, it was what you could do and be).
Someone (Herb Caen maybe?) once wrote that Los Angeles and San Francisco are locked in a bitter rivalry, but only San Francisco is aware of the fierce struggle of the two cities. That really sums up the reason for the strong reaction you are getting from your SF pals.
So Keef, go to Los Angeles and you will have a fine time. You will be not far from the beautiful Santa Monica mountains and canyons (Topanga, Malibu, + Tuna canyons) , and some beaches that are far, far finer than the Bay Area’s. Go to the Getty museum or LACMA and give a big “ptooi” in the face of anyone who says there’s “just no culture there.”
In general, there is always something amusing happening there, the adrenaline level is higher in general and can prolly kick a cartoonist’s a$$ into a higher gear.
Good luck to you and your career and don’t look back, it sounds great!

-G. in Chicago