Keith Knight

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Keith Edgar Knight, Jr. (born August 24, 1966 in Malden, Massachusetts) is an American cartoonist and musician. While his work is humorous and universal in appeal, he also often deals with political, social, and racial issues. His regular feature The K Chronicles appears in Salon.com and previously appeared in the San Francisco Examiner, while (th)ink was published on several websites, especially African-American sites.

Keith Knight also appears in The Marginal Prophets, a hip-hop band. Previously a resident of San Francisco, in 2007 he moved to Los Angeles, California.

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[edit] Books

  • Dances with Sheep
  • Fear of a Black Marker
  • What a Long Strange Strip It's Been
  • Red, White, Black & Blue: a (th)ink anthology
  • The Passion of the Keef
  • The Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts
  • Are We Feeling Safer Yet? A (th)ink Anthology
  • I Left my Arse in San Francisco

[edit] Discography

  • dead hippie bootleg : the Marginal Prophets live!!
  • Twist the Knob
  • Bohemian Rap CD

[edit] Awards

In 2007, The K Chronicles won the Harvey Kurtzman Award for Best Syndicated Comic Strip. The other nominees were Antiques: The Comic Strip, Doonesbury, Maakies and Mutts. [1]

The K Chronicles has twice won "Best Comic Strip" in the Glyph Comics Awards, in 2006 and 2007.

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