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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

*GREETINGS FROM GERMANY!!

Well, not really...I got back already..and I feel bad that i wasn't able to post from there..So just pretend I'm blogging from overseas...'kay?

*OH, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK..
The flight(s) over were quite good. Surprisingly, it was with Delta. And they've gone Jetblue with some of their planes. On the flight from Oaktown to Hotlanta, they had little TeeVees in the back of the seats with cable. That means hours and hours of sitting right next to your spouse and not talking to them.

They also had music you could download. Slim pickin's. But I made the best of it. Radio station K.E.E.F was on the air!! A part of the playing list:

*Jill Scott- "Golden"
*The Ramones -"Sheena is a Punk Rocker"
*Prince- "Baby I'm a Star"
*Gorillaz- "Clint Eastwood"
*Def Leppard- "Photograph"
*t.Monk and J. Coltrane- "Epistrophy"

*SADLY..ONE OF THE MOVIES THEY SHOWED ON THE WAY THERE AND THE WAY BACK WAS..
..X-Men 3...What a piece of crappe. I cursed myself for sitting through it once..Now
I've sit through it three times!! Augh...

*ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT GERMANY ARE THEIR PUBLIC TOILETS..
I know it's weird. But the designs are either futuristic or downright funky. I swear! Tow that stand out were the toilets I went at Lake Constance and one I went in at a cafe/cinema in Tuebingen. The latter had a pipe coming down from the ceiling with a pane glass tilted away from you, leading to a hole in the wall. This was a sink to wash your hands in! Rock!!

*HORSES ASSES MAKE ME SNEEZE...
I did not know this until I was with a bunch of kiddies in a cart being pulled by two fatty horses in Uber-Lauda. I never had allergies until about two years ago.

*WE MUST ALL WORSHIP THE MINI-SCHWEINE HAXON..
Mini Schweine Haxon are little pig thighs. Little pig thighs that get barbequed and put near the check-out line in the supermarket. My wife's weakness is 80% chocolate, mine is the mini-haxon.

*IN FACT..I HAD SO MUCH MEAT..
..that I'll probably play it veggie-like for the next month or two. So much sausage..So much schinken (prosciutto-type stuff)..The only thing I couldn't go near was the *shudder* BLOOD-SAUSAGE.

*THE SLIDESHOW IN TUEBINGEN..
..was good stuff!! The town is where the wifey went to school. It's a great university town with a lotta history. The folks at the space were a sorta leftie political collective that do stuff every Tuesday in a space that's been used for events like this since the seventies...(they just showed "Loose Change" on 9/11)..There was a small but enthusiastic crowd of about 20, who asked some neat questions. I sold all K Chronicles books and all but two Beginner's Guides. Good stuff!!

*I AM THE ULTIMATE MUSHROOM HUNTER..
That's all I'll say..Comic coming soon..

*PNEUMONIA UPDATE..
Some symptoms stubbornly remain, but I was told this is normal. The worst is over. I lost some weight from it, but definitely gained it back in Germany... *burp*

*SEE YOU IN COLUMBUS...SUCKAS!!
posted by keith at 9:08 AM

Saturday, September 16, 2006

*AFTER THREE LONG YEARS, I'M BACK IN DEUTSCHLAND!!
And I'll be hanging out in the Black Forest, which means barely any internet access.
Just lots of beer and schinken.

Here's the K Chronicles/(th)ink newsletter, for those who haven't received it..

*NEW BOOK!! THE SECOND (TH)INK ANTHOLOGY
> *WORLD-FAMOUS SLIDESHOW COMES TO GERMANY(!), COLUMBUS, PORTLAND & SEATTLE
> *2007 CALENDAR, CANVAS TOTES, AND CARDS, OH MY!!
>
> Dearest K Chronicles/(th)ink reader...
>
> Thanks to everybody who sent their well-wishes. And thanks to my great
> colleagues, Nina Paley, Andy
> Singer and Stephen Notley for fillin' in whilst I was getting my ass kicked by
> pneumonia. It's finally on the way out and a busy fall is on the way in...
>
> *"ARE WE FEELING SAFER YET?" is the brand, spanking new collection of my
> single panel (th)ink
> cartoons. The book isn't due in stores til January 2007, BUT YOU CAN GET IT
> HERE, EXCLUSIVELY
> AT KCHRONICLES.COM STARTING OCT. 1ST!! That's right!! Be the first in your
> hood to possess
> this hot little book...It'll make a great holiday gift..An even better to
> give to someone before the upcoming elections.
>
> Pre-Orders for the book are being taken starting next week, so check back and
> order three!!
>
> *THE K CHRONICLES/(TH)INK WORLD-FAMOUS SLIDESHOW is really going to Germany!!
> TUEBINGEN, GERMANY Sept. 19:
>
> On Tuesday night, Sept. 19th at 8:30pm, I'll be at the Zatopek in Club
> Voltaire, haaggasse 26b in Tuebingen, Germany.
> For more details, check out this link (and learn to read German):
> http://www.immerdienstags.de/show_programm.php
>
> More dates:
>
> COLUMBUS, OH Oct.5-7:
>
> Thurs. Oct. 5: "Keith Knight: Gentleman Cartoonist"
> Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center, The Ohio State University, 153 W.
> 12th Ave
> Thursday, October 5
> 7:30 pm, Free
>
> Book-signing to follow presentation
>
> Sat. Oct. 7: "Cartooning Is Serious Business" Workshop
> Columbus College of Art and Design, 107 North Ninth Street
>
> 10:30 am -12:30 pm
>
> Free, but RSVP required to cartoons@osu.edu
> by September 30
>
> Event co-sponsored by the Cartoon Research Library, the Frank W. Hale Jr.
> Black Cultural Center, the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public
> Humanities, the Multicultural Center, and the Ohio Arts Council.
>
> Workshop co-sponsored by the Cartoon Research Library, the Columbus College of
> Art and Design, the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public
> Humanities, and the Ohio Arts Council
>
> PORTLAND, OR.
> Stumptown Comics Festival
> Fri.4-8pm/Sat.10am-6pm Oct. 27- 28
>
> This'll be my first time at this festival in Portland, the new comics capital
> of the U.S.A.
> They've made it two days, which I likey-likey. I'll be doing my slideshow
> most likely on
> Sat. It all takes place at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther
> King Blvd.
> in Portland.
>
> SEATTLE, WA.
> Thursday, November 16, 2006
> 7pm at Richard Hugo House Theatre
> 1634 11th Avenue
> Seattle, WA
>
> Ticket prices are $7 for adults, $5 for CD Forum members/students/seniors.
> Order tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5545
> or call 1-800-838-3006.
>
> And there's gonna be an after-party following my slideshow in Seattle at my
> "evil" twin sister's
> t(ea) gallery, 2707 California Ave. SW 2nd floor in West Seattle.
> http://www.myteagallery.com
>
> *2007 CALENDARS/CANVAS TOTES/GREETING CARDS OH MY!!
> The new 2007 Keith Knight "Mega-Mix Calendar is now available!! In addition
> to plenty of Life's Little Victory strips,
> the Mega-Mix calendar has new and classic K Chronicle strips and(th)ink
> panels. Hence, the "Mega-Mix" label.
>
> Also available are bigger, stronger, sexier canvas totes. They still sport
> the "I don't do plastic!!" moniker, but the strap is
> longer, and the bag has a bottom so it can stand. Buy!! Now!!
>
> Coming to the site really soon: The Keith Knight Greeting Cards currently
> available at my wife's site:
> http://www.goodknightgreetings.com
>
>
>
> HELP WANTED:
> *I'm looking for a few good folks willing to hang some posters publicizing the
> events happening in Columbus, Portland and Seattle.
> *If anybody knows of a few good places to send the new book for review, let
> me know.
> *Last but not least, looking for flash animators who have a little bit of time
> on their hands.
>
> IN MY MIX:
> *phlegm
> *fever
> *drugs (legal ones)
>
> Cheers!!
>
> Keef
> http://www.kchronicles.com
>
>
posted by keith at 7:51 AM

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

*UNFORTUNATELY, I LOST THE HARVEY AWARD..
for best comic strip at this year's award ceremony in Baltimore last week. Oh well..At least it went to most hilarious and equally indie comic strip "Maakies" by one Tony Millionaire. Then I got this email from the bastard:

Keith,

Congratulations on losing the Harvey! Just being nominated is a great honor, but guess what?
I WON!!!

HAH HAH

Tony

Typical Millionaire. And whilst I have pneumonia, too.

Cheers!
posted by keith at 11:45 AM

Saturday, September 09, 2006

*EMAIL OF THE WEEK:

Keef,

Even though I really like the results of the kind artists filling in
for you... I still hope you get well soon!

-J. from Reno

(Speaking of the fill-in artists, the marvelous Andy Singer (of "No Exit" fame) actually did TWO versions of his fill-in (th)ink strip. One in his style and one in my style. Both were great but I preferred his...But I'm gonna post the one he did in my style up in the gallery section.-kk)
posted by keith at 1:21 PM

Thursday, September 07, 2006

*SO...MOST OF THE SYMPTOMS ARE GONE..
..but an examination today showed that the pneumonia is stubborn
and hangin' in there. So more antibiotics and now they got me
using an inhaler. Thanks for all the well-wishes...

*YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE FILL-IN STRIPS THAT ARE RUNNING THIS WEEK..
Big thanks to Nina Paley and Andy Singer for steppin' up to the plate
for me. Expect more guest artistry next week.

*BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING..
The brand new (th)ink coollection "Are We Feeling Safer Yet?" is going to
the printer this week! This will be the first book coming out on my own Keith Knight Press!! Woo Hoo!! The book won't officially hit stores til January 2007 but you can order it EXCLUSIVELY on www.kchronicles.com starting October 1st!!

*KEITH KNIGHT'S WORLD-FAMOUS SLIDESHOW COMES TO GERMANY!!
It's true!! Tuesday night, Sept 19th at 8pm, I'll be doing my world-famous slideshow on the campus of the University of Tuebingen in Germany!! The wifey's alma mater!!
Rock on!! Details as they come in...
posted by keith at 1:05 AM

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