Hans Rickheit
Hans Rickheit (born January 12, 1973) is an American cartoonist.
Biography
Rickheit was originally a resident of Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He originally self-published minicomics which presented dark vignettes and short stories, many of them directly inspired by dreams. He also produced short films, mostly through community television stations.
Rickheit followed these up with a longer work, Kill, Kill, Kill. In the late 1990s, Rickheit moved to the Boston area where he was deeply involved with the Zeitgeist Gallery located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With the support and assistance of the gallery's owner, Alan Nidle, he started a publication the short-lived publication Cambridge Inferno for more general audiences as a vehicle to showcase local cartoonists. He was also the gallery's projectionist, and programmed series' and comics festivals there and in the greater Boston area. He also dabbled in music and performance art, playing "Doctor Selenium" in a performance collaboration with musician Katt Hernandez, and working on Empire S.N.A.F.U. Restoration Project events.
In 2001, he
Rickheit relocated in
In early 2010, he returned to rural Massachusetts[citation needed] to live in a town so remote that it does not exist on most maps[citation needed]. He presently creates Ectopiary and Cochlea and Eustachia, both webcomics released semi-irregularly. Folly, a collection of his earlier short works, was released by Fantagraphics Books in April 2012.
References
External links
- Ectopiary webcomic
- Cochlea and Eustachia webcomic
- Hans Rickheit at Home a video at Fantagraphics.com
- Katt Hernandez: Unlovely an album covered designed by Rickheit
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