EXTRA!!EXTRA!!

*FUNDRAISING TIME EXTENDED FOR KEEF'S TEAM DIMPLED BALLS IN 826LA'S MINI-GOLF FOR CHEATERS!! 2 WEEKS LEFT!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We are KICKING ASS in the fundraising department for my Team Dimpled Balls. But now the target in on our back!! We need you to keep on sponsoring me and my team in the Mini-Golf Tourney for Cheaters!
Donate whatever scratch you've gotat:

http://www.gifttool.com/athon/OurTeamPage?ID=168&AID=82&TID=232


*LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THE K CHRONICLES FOR BEST COMIC STRIP AT THE HARVEY AWARDS!!
You gotta be in the comics industry. It's too late to get the ballot in the mail to Texas by Aug. 3rd, but you can vote for the K Chronicles online here:

http://www.harveyawards.org/

 
*IT'S SATURDAY AT THE COMIC CON IN SAN DIEGO..
..and I'm just checking in real brief-like before I get back out on the floor..

TEAM DIMPLED BALLS RULES!!

Thanks for all your generous contributions, we've jumped up to second place in fundraising. But just because we've reached $2000, doesn't mean we're done yet. WE NEED MORE!! WE NEED TO CRUSH ALL THOSE IN OUR WAY!!

Keep those donations coming in. The more we make, the more everyone else has to raise, AND THE KIDS WIN!!

Go to http://www/826la.org to donate!!

Ciao!!

Labels: mini-golf for cheaters, san diego comic-con

 
*TEAM DIMPLED BALLS IS ON THE RISE!!
C'mon people!! We're gaining on all the terrorists and child molesters that comprise the other teams in the 826LA Mini-Golf Tournament for Cheaters. But we're not quite there yet. WE NEED YOUR HARD EARNED CASH!! Please sponsor my ass here.

Thanks to all of you who have contributed already. It's my first foray into community-based work down here since moving to Los Angeles, and I'd love to make these folks some serious cash.

*SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON, HERE WE COME!!
The wifey and I are ready to take on the largest Geek and Goofball convention in the nation. And I say that affectionately. A lotta folks have been complaining for years about how crazy the convention has gotten..but I'm still loving it. Forget going on Saturday. Look for me in the Small Press Section: k-15.

NEW IN SAN DIEGO: We'll be hawking the latest (th)ink book, " Are We Feeling Safer Yet?",
a brand-spanking new canvas tote bag design, and some new greeting cards. Also, the premiere of the 2008 Keith Knight Little Vics/Mega-Mix Calendar!!

And, of course, we'll have a few remaining copies of all of my books. Get to me early, cuz last year I ran outta the older books by mid-Friday afternoon.

*SO FOLKS HAVE BEEN ASKIN' IF I SEE ANY INDUSTRY FOLKS DOWN HERE..
Yes, here is my industry sighting list so far:
-Neal McDonough
-George Wendt
-Rae Dawn Chong
-Bruce Campbell
-Jenette Goldstein
-The guy who played a shape-shifter on Scare Tactics
-DMX

I'll be blogging from the Con with our brand new laptop!!

 
*AWRIGHT...SO WHERE WAS I?
OKay..So the AAEC fundraiser went well and the next day was the Fourth of July. Tremendous Comics patron Warren Bernard took a few of us sporty type cartoonists to the Nationals baseball game...What is more patriotic than that? We witnessed a grand slam and people dressed up in Disney-like cartoon costumes representing the various Presidents on Mount Rushmore. It was weird and scary cuz the costumed people came off the field and walked all the way up right by my seat. For a second I thought they were coming to eat me.

Speaking of eating...Washington Nationals stadium, a.k.a. RFK Stadium has the worst food I've ever had in a ball park. The WORST. Don't go anywhere near the BBQ place..It was revolting.
Oh, and speaking of crappy, we just missed our current crappy President BY ONE DAY.. Gee Dubya showed up the next afternoon to watch the game for his birthday.

Lessee..There was a BBQ at August's house and then the registration party. Frankly, all this convention consisted of was drinking, some eating, and drinking some more.

Oh!! But the hotel where it took place was super swanky and we met a lot of famous folk in there. Lou Piniella and his Chicago Cubs were in there. Bob Uecker, George Stephanopoulos, and the coolest guy I met: Democratic Candidate Mike Gravel!!

Mr. Gravel is the only reason to watch the Democratic debates. He was the nicest dude and even gave me his home number just in case I could talk the AAEC into having speak. He was funny, cordial and *gasp* human in a totally un-political way.

I also hung out with some great editorial cartoonists like Mike Peters, Rob Rogers, Mike Luckovich, Signe Wilkinson and so many more. I was psyched that a few of the AAEC founding members knew the K Chronicles.

A special guest at one of the final events was Bay Area political satirist Will Durst. He showed up a day early, so we spent a good amount of time hanging out. He's a funny dude so if you seem him rolling through your town, check him out.

It all ended on Saturday with a special signing of the Cartoonists with Attitude at Borders. It was the biggest signing I've ever done, outside of my college gigs. At least 125 people. It was great. We each did about three minutes of slideshow. And then signed for about an hour after.

Thanks to Mikhaela Reid and the rest of the Cartoonists With Attitude.
A bunch of us will hanging out in San Diego, so come check us out.

*I'M NOMINATED FOR A 2007 HARVEY AWARD!!
..and I need all of you industry professionals to vote for me!! Click here and fill out a ballot and send it by Aug. 3, 2007. I'm up for Best syndicated strip or panel.

*I NEED SPONSORS FOR THE 826LA MINI-GOLF TOURNAMENT..
I will be participating in the first annual 826LA Mini-Golf Tourney for Cheaters coming up next month. The key to winning the tournament is THE MORE MONEY I RAISE, THE MORE I GET TO CHEAT.

It's weird, but if we raise a certain amount, we get to blast a bike horn while our opponents are putting. I f we raise more money, we can blindfold our opponents and so on.. I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!! My team got in late, so we're WAAYY behind in fundraising. But I know I can count on my readers. Can't I?

Go here to check it out and donate to my team. The wifey's on my team, too. We're called
" Dimpled Balls".

*SEE YOU IN SAN DIEGO!!
Starting the 25th at 6pm. Look for us at K-15 in the Small Press Section , on the end right next to Steve "Bob the Angry Flower" Notley.

Labels: AAEC, Cartoonists with Attitude, Mike Gravel, mini-golf, Nationals, san diego, Washington D.C., Will Durst

 
*EGADS, YES, IT'S BEEN A WHILE...
My Evil Twin Sis is on me about posting to my blog. Apologies..But things have just been nutty since sleeping at L.A.X. all those weeks ago.

*AAEC WASHINGTON D.C. WRAP-UP..
An excellent time was had at my first visit to the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Convention. It was their 50th anniversary, so appropriately it took place over the July 4th week in the nation's capitol. Many of my Cartoonists with Attitude brethren and sistren were in the house including Ted Rall, Ruben Bolling, Mikhaela Reid, Masheka Wood, Stephanie McMillan, Matt Bors, Brian McFadden, Ben Smith and August C. Pollack.
July 3rd: I was on a panel with some of the top editorial cartooniusts in the country, with everyone showing some of their most controversial cartoons. It was called Cartoonapalooza, and the money raised from admission went to the AAEC.

It was great turnout considering an ad for the event that was supposed to run in the Washington Post on the previous Friday, didn't run until Tuesday morning. Some folks even showed up with some K Chronicles books for me to sign.

(oops..I have to take off to the printer..I'll continue this post later.-kk)

 
*I JUST SPENT THE NIGHT A LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL...
I did the impossible last night. I found out earlier in the day that I had an extra hour before my redeye flight to D.C. AND STILL MANAGED TO MISS THE FLIGHT.

This is no small feat mind you. It takes a particularly potent blend of arrogance, stupidity and laziness to pull something like this off. I rewarded myself by attempting to sleep on ice cold faux leather chairs with newspapers over my body. Yes, I did look quite bumlike. I thought to myself "if mother could see me now".

But I made it through and now I expect all of you to come and see me at the following slideshow/signings in D.C. listed below and on the calendar page. And for those of you who actually read this thing:The first two of you come up to me and say "You look absolutely bumlike", you will receive a prize.

*SUPER SURREAL EXPERIENCE OF THE WEEK..
Rolling down Venice Blvd. and looking over at the 7-Eleven only to see that it is now a "Kwik-e-Mart", a la the Simpsons!! Turns out ours is one of twelve that were transformed across the nation as a marketing gimmick for the Simpsons Movie. It even has Simpsons products like Duff beer inside. Even the most cynical folk have to crack a smile upon seeing this thing out of the corner of their eye. Effing brilliant!!

Enjoy the comics this week. I'm looking forward to Major League Baseball's deafening silence when Bonds breaks Haank Aaron's homerun mark. And the Wifey and I aren't as pathetic as it appears in this week's K Chronicles comic. In fact, we just went to our first swanky only-in-L.A. indie movie BBQ/pool party courtesy of our close and personal friends Agustin and Devi. Check out www.deviantpictures.com.

Labels: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the Simpsons Move, Washinggton D.C.