Kevin Huizenga

Kevin Huizenga
Huizenga at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born	March 29, 1977 Harvey, Illinois
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Curses Ganges (collected as The River at Night) Or Else

Kevin Huizenga (born March 29, 1977^[1] in Harvey, Illinois, USA) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.

Biography

Kevin first created the

Since February 2008, Kevin Huizenga has published a comic strip called Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond[5] in the St Louis Riverfront Times with cartoonists Dan Zettwoch and Ted May. New strips appear three times a month.

Bibliography

Books

• The River at Night, Drawn & Quarterly (2019)
• Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond with Dan Zettwoch, Uncivilized Books (2013)
• Gloriana, Drawn & Quarterly (2012)
• Alla Prima^[6] (2012)
• Wild Kingdom, Drawn & Quarterly (2010)
• Curses, Drawn & Quarterly (2006)

Comic Books

• Ganges #1-5, Fantagraphics (2006 - 2016)
• Or Else #1-5, Drawn & Quarterly (2004 - 2008)
• Fight or Run: Shadow of the Chopper, Buenaventura Press (2008)
• New Construction #1-2
• Sermons #1-2
• The Feathered Ogre: Designs and Sketches
• Super Monster #1-14

Anthologies with his stories

• Kramers Ergot 8, PictureBox
• Kramers Ergot 7, Buenaventura Press
• Kramers Ergot 5, Buenaventura Press
• Showcase #1, Drawn & Quarterly
• Orchid, Sparkplug Comics
• Bogus Dead
• Impossible (Magazines #1 & #3)
• The Best American Comics 2007,
  Houghton Mifflin
• The Best American Comics 2009,
  Houghton Mifflin

Awards

• 2010
  Ignatz Award
  for Outstanding Series for Ganges
• 2007
  Ignatz Award
  for Outstanding Anthology or Collection for Curses
• 2006
  Ignatz Award
  for Outstanding Story for Ganges #1
• 2005
  Ignatz Award
  for Outstanding Comic for Or Else #1
• 2004
  Ignatz Award
  for Outstanding Story for “Glenn Ganges”, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Volume 1

References

External links

• Kevin Huizenga's Catastrophe Site
• The Balloonist - Kevin Huizenga's Blog
• Kevin Huizenga's Drawn & Quarterly Artist Page
• Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond

Interviews

• Nicolas Verstappen (2005). "Kevin Huizenga". du9.
• Read This, Or Else: Interview//Time Traveling with Kevin Huizenga - Comic Foundry June 1, 2006
• A Short Interview with Kevin Huizenga - The Comics Reporter March 30, 2004
• "Alumni Profile - Kevin Huizenga '99". The Spark Online. Spring 2008.
• Brian Heater (16 December 2008). "Interview: Kevin Huizenga Pt. 1". The Daily Cross Hatch.
• Brian Heater (28 December 2008). "Interview: Kevin Huizenga Pt. 2". The Daily Cross Hatch.
• Gary Groth (7 December 2009). "TCJ 300 Conversations: Art Spiegelman & Kevin Huizenga". The Comics Journal.
• "Space Available: an Interview with Kevin Huizenga". Avoid the Future. 25 October 2010.
• Chris Mautner (3 November 2011). "Kevin Huizenga Returns to "Ganges"". Comic Book Resources.
• Jason Sacks (11 November 2011). "Kevin Huizenga: I'm Trying to Draw Something I Haven't Seen Before". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013.
• Tim O'Shea (16 April 2012). "Talking Comics with Tim - Kevin Huizenga". Comic Book Resources.
• Noel Murray (10 July 2012). "Kevin Huizenga on the relationship between his comics and Woody Allen". The A.V. Club.
• Casey Burchby (10 July 2012). "Kevin Huizenga's 'Gloriana': Glenn Ganges, Euphoria and the Uncertainty of Life". Publishers Weekly.

Reviews

• Douglas Wolk (8 November 2006). "Curses". Salon.
• Review of Ganges #1, #2, #3, #4, Comics Bulletin
• Nicole Rudick (30 July 2012). "Gloriana". The Comics Journal.

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