Keith Knight
SPEAKING CLIENT
Creator of the Nationally Syndicated Comic Strips, “The Knight Life,” “K Chronicles,” and
“(Th)ink”
Fear of the Black Marker
Keith Knight was born and raised in the Boston area. Weaned on a steady diet of Star Wars, hip-hop, racism and Warner Bros. cartoons, Knight started drawing comics in grade school. After graduating from college with a degree in graphic design, Knight drove out to San Francisco in the early '90s. It was in the Bay Area where Knight developed his trademark cartooning style that has been described as a cross between Calvin & Hobbes and underground comix.
Knight is part of a new generation of talented young African-American artists who infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including Salon.com, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, the Funny Times and World War 3 Illustrated. Knight also won the 2007 Harvey Award and the 2006 & 2007 Glyph Awards for Best Comic Strip. Three of his comix were the basis of an award-winning live-action short film, Jetzt Kommt Ein Karton, in Germany. His comic art has appeared in museums and galleries from San Francisco (CA) to Angoulême (France).
Keith’s work has been collected in six books so far: four collections of his multi-panel strip, the K Chronicles, and two collections of single panel strips & (th)ink anthologies titled Red,White, Black & Blue and most recently Are We Feeling Safer Yet?. He also co-wrote and illustrated The Beginner’s Guide to Community-Based Art.
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