Joe Schenkman
Appearance
Joe Schenkman | |
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Born | Joseph Quarles Schenkman September 8, 1947 (age 76) |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Editor |
Notable works | Arcade ; Ransom: A Play with Music, collaborator and historian.[1] Performed first time in Rochester, Vermont, Dick Robson, playwright, Ethan Bowen, director, April Dodd, intern. Original music by Jake Wildwood and Dorothy Robson, music director, at Rochester High School Auditorium 2010. Performed at Lost Nation Theater[2] in Montpelier, Vermont, April 25 to May 12, 2013. |
Collaborators | Kathryn Miles Schenkman, Mindy Brandstetter |
Joseph Quarles Schenkman (born September 8, 1947) is an American publisher and underground cartoonist.
Schenkman was part of underground cartooning's original wave, active in the late 1960s as a regular contributor to Rat Subterranean News, Gothic Blimp Works and the East Village Other in New York City.
Arcade
In San Francisco in the early 1970s, he worked alongside such cartoonists as
P.J. O'Rourke
on satirical features.
Books
Schenkman is currently head of the Rochester, Vermont-based Schenkman Books. Founded by Alfred Schenkman in 1961, Schenkman Books is known for sociology and social welfare titles. He is a musician who plays in the Skanktone Jug Band and Night Crawler.
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