Mr. Kitchen on the left, photo by Alan Light
Legendary underground comics publisher and cartoonist Denis Kitchen will appear at Desert Island on Friday July 9th for a book signing and talk with Charles Brownstein. Brownstein is the the current director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which was founded by Mr. Kitchen in 1986. This event celebrates "The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen," a new hardcover book featuring artwork from Kitchen's forty-plus years in the comics industry, an introduction by Neil Gaiman, and an extensive biographical essay by CBLDF president Charles Brownstein.
Denis Kitchen
in conversation with Charles Brownstein
followed by book signing
Friday, July 9th, 7-9 pm
Desert Island
540 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn NY 11211
http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/
RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135106543180795&index=1
Denis Kitchen grew up in Wisconsin, attending William Horlick High School, Racine, where he co-founded and edited Klepto, an unofficial school paper, also contributing stories and illustrations to the paper. He continued this interest at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where in 1967 he co-founded and served as art director for the humor magazine Snide, also supplying cartoons.
Denis Kitchen
in conversation with Charles Brownstein
followed by book signing
Friday, July 9th, 7-9 pm
Desert Island
540 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn NY 11211
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RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.
Denis Kitchen grew up in Wisconsin, attending William Horlick High School, Racine, where he co-founded and edited Klepto, an unofficial school paper, also contributing stories and illustrations to the paper. He continued this interest at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where in 1967 he co-founded and served as art director for the humor magazine Snide, also supplying cartoons.
In 1969 Kitchen decided to self publish his comics and cartoons in the magazine, Mom’s Homemade Comics, inspired in part by Bijou Funnies and Zap Comix. The selling out of the 4000 print run inspired him further, and in 1970 he founded Kitchen Sink Press (initially as an artists' cooperative) and launched the underground newspaper The Bugle-American, with Jim Mitchell and others. Under the name of the Krupp Syndicate, he syndicated comic strips to almost 50 other underground and college newspapers. In addition to the Milwaukee artists like himself, Mitchell, Bruce Walthers, Don Glassford and Wendel Pugh, Kitchen began to publish works by such cartoonists as Howard Cruse, Trina Robbins and S. Clay Wilson, and he soon expanded his operations, launching Krupp Comic Works, a parent organization into which he placed ownership of Kitchen Sink Press and through which he also launched such diverse ventures as a record company and a commercial art studio.
By 1973 Kitchen Sink Press was publishing works by established comics artists Harvey Kurtzman and Will Eisner, and Kitchen was approached by Stan Lee to edit Marvel's underground comic magazine, Comix Book. Kitchen assembled a number of underground comics artists to submit to the venture, including Justin Green, Kim Deitch and Art Spiegelman, whose three page story was the foundation for what was to become Maus. Sales were not strong enough for Marvel to support the book beyond three issues, and although Kitchen put out two more through Kitchen Sink Press to utilize the work already commissioned, the title ceased publication with issue five.
Kitchen's founding of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund occurred in 1986, after comic store manager Michael Correa was charged with possession and sale of obscene material. Since two of the works cited in the case as obscene were published by Kitchen Sink Press, Kitchen felt some responsibility for Correa's predicament, and so he set about raising funds for the defense of Correa, who saw his conviction overturned on appeal. Kitchen used surplus funds to incorporate the fund as a non-profit charitable organization in 1990. Kitchen served as the fund's president from its inception until 2004, noting on his retirement from the board that "The challenges facing comics are different from when I founded the Fund ... I think it's fitting that the generation directly facing these challenges ... should be the ones standing up to them."
Read a recent interview with Kitchen here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25284
The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen HC
Writer: Denis Kitchen, Neil Gaiman, Charles Brownstein
Artist: Denis Kitchen with design by John Lind
Genre: Art Book Publication Date: June 16, 2010
Format: FC, 200 pages, HC, 9" x 12"
Price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 1-59582-360-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-360-1
Preview the book here:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=35575
By 1973 Kitchen Sink Press was publishing works by established comics artists Harvey Kurtzman and Will Eisner, and Kitchen was approached by Stan Lee to edit Marvel's underground comic magazine, Comix Book. Kitchen assembled a number of underground comics artists to submit to the venture, including Justin Green, Kim Deitch and Art Spiegelman, whose three page story was the foundation for what was to become Maus. Sales were not strong enough for Marvel to support the book beyond three issues, and although Kitchen put out two more through Kitchen Sink Press to utilize the work already commissioned, the title ceased publication with issue five.
Kitchen's founding of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund occurred in 1986, after comic store manager Michael Correa was charged with possession and sale of obscene material. Since two of the works cited in the case as obscene were published by Kitchen Sink Press, Kitchen felt some responsibility for Correa's predicament, and so he set about raising funds for the defense of Correa, who saw his conviction overturned on appeal. Kitchen used surplus funds to incorporate the fund as a non-profit charitable organization in 1990. Kitchen served as the fund's president from its inception until 2004, noting on his retirement from the board that "The challenges facing comics are different from when I founded the Fund ... I think it's fitting that the generation directly facing these challenges ... should be the ones standing up to them."
Read a recent interview with Kitchen here:
http://www.comicbookresources.
The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen HC
Writer: Denis Kitchen, Neil Gaiman, Charles Brownstein
Artist: Denis Kitchen with design by John Lind
Genre: Art Book Publication Date: June 16, 2010
Format: FC, 200 pages, HC, 9" x 12"
Price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 1-59582-360-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-360-1
Preview the book here:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/
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