A Little bit about myself.
After years of providing somewhat mediocre, but free, cartoon entertainment
to friends and school peers via homemade humor magazines, only to have said
efforts wind up locked in the desk's of teachers who don't appreciate a
little good, old-fashioned potty humor, I decided once at university (okay,
community college) to sell out to the man and align myself with the enemy by
starting an officially sanctioned, college humor magazine.
Everything they say about "the man" is pretty much spot on, however, and
after folks complained about the debut issue, I was denied access to the
school's printing facilities (I was never sure whether is was because the
magazine was gross and offensive, or simply unfunny. Probably a bit of both.). Now, I wish that I could tell you that some wacky, "Animal
House"-type, underdog-takes-on-the-establishment shenanigans swooped in
and saved the day, but I instead shrugged my shoulders and continued to
print the magazine myself.
This went on for about a year, during which time
the magazine won favor (and some work) from Joe Bob Briggs, and was also
given a nice write-up in the Penguin Publishing book "The World of Zines".
After winding the magazine down, I self-published the occasional collection
of single-panel cartoons, and began submitting to various magazines. Here's
a list of the folks who fell for my sad, puppy dog eyes:
MAD
National Lampoon
Cracked
Joe Bob Briggs
The Wittenberg Door
Troma
Thwak
Jokester
SmartAlex
Greetings
Hustler
Hustler Humor
Swank
Adult News and Entertainment
Rubber Chicken
The Comedy Magazine
Mean
Absurd
Factsheet Five
and several others that I can't think of, but most likely the
kind of stuff that you can't leave out on the living room table when the
parents are coming over to visit for the evening ( I actually can recall
some of the other titles, like "Just 18" and "Lusty Letters", but when you
include "Swank" on your resume, that sort of says it all, don't it?).
And speaking of people who know no shame, here are some nice things people
have said about my cartoons. Many of these quotes are in reference to my
new collection of cartoons, "Dammit! I Swallowed Another One!", which will
be available for purchase here on this web-site very soon. Or feel free to
e-mail me for info. Please. I'm very lonely.
"Everything that made us laugh when we were fourteen, and everything that
makes us laugh today."
-Joe Bob Briggs
"Kit's cartoons are sort of like The Far Side, but more offbeat and often
much funnier."
-Chip Rowe, Sr. Editor, Playboy magazine
"Kit's humor is insane! My hat is off to him."
-Jay Lynch, "Nard n' Pat", "Wacky Packages" "Garbage Pail Kids", and almost
every humor magazine ever published
"Remember the good old days, when cartoons used to be funny? Kit is proof
that the good old days are still here. A Sherman tank of humor."
- Shannon
Wheeler, "Too Much Coffee Man"
"No holds barred, raunch-out humor is best served cold, and Kit brings it on
at dry ice temperature. Extremely funny."
-Bob Shreiber, The Joe Bob
Report
"Kit's cartoons are brilliant!"
- Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Studios
and creator of The Toxic Avenger
"Dark, twisted and very funny. Kit's cartoons make me laugh out loud and feel uncomfortable at the same time."
-Dale Ashmun, "Psychotronic Video"
"A gruesome, disturbing, weird, misanthropic good time. Extremely funny and equally morbid, so those of you with delicate sensibilities should avoid
this volume."
-www.joebobbriggs.com
"Gross, disgusting and terribly funny! Kit doesn't care who he lampoons,
you may be next!"
- Penguin Publishing's "The World of Zines"
"I laughed til I damn near pissed myself. Kit is dark, twisted and very
guffaw inspiring; I want more from this guy! I truly laughed my ass off."
-Ronee G Bourgeois, Pop Syndicate
- Kit
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