Rick Altergott
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Rick Altergott (born 1961)[1] is an American alternative cartoonist and illustrator. Altergott is best known for Doofus, a long-running low-brow, scatological series of strips which chronicle the misadventures of two small-town weirdos, Doofus and Henry Hotchkiss.
Life and career
Altergott got his BFA in film from the Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, New York. He met and befriended fellow cartoonist and Pratt student Daniel Clowes during his college years.[1] During this period, Altergott and Clowes formed the small press comics publisher Look Mom Comics (inspired by Look Mom Carrots).[1]
Altergott's first published work was in the early 1980s, but he didn't really settle into the comics world until late in the decade, when he contributed regularly to the humor magazine
Altergott resides in
In September 2006, Altergott released a serious
In April 2014, Altergott began work on a weekly comic for Vice named "Flowertown USA."[4] (the home town of Doofus). The series lasted through the year.
Altergott lived in Chicago for a period when Daniel Clowes also lived there.[5] Due to the similarities in their drawing styles, some observers[who?] have suggested that Altergott is a pseudonym for Clowes, allowing Clowes to draw in a different, Wally Wood-inspired style. This is untrue.
Altergott is also friends with Jaime Hernandez.[6]
Quotes
Rick Altergott is the unsung genius of American comedy.[3]
Just when you think the inspired madman has deserted our culture for good, along came the king of them all to show us how it's done.[3]
Bibliography
- Doofus (2 issues, Fantagraphics, December 1994–Spring 1997)
- The Doofus Omnibus (Fantagraphics, 2002) ISBN 1-56097-494-X
- (with Ariel Bordeaux) Raisin Pie (5 issues, Fantagraphics, October 2002–July 2007)
Notes
- ^ a b c "Artists," Raw, Boiled, and Cooked: Comics on the Verge, edited by Paul Candler (Last Gasp, 2004), p. 86.
- ^ Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928-99. Accessed Nov. 26, 2008.
- ^ a b c Altergott page on Fantagraphics website. Accessed Nov. 26, 2008.
- ^ Flowertown, USA (episode 1). Accessed May 20, 2014.
- ^ "Hail Doofus: Two-Handed Man interviews Rick Altergott" (Feb. 2002). Accessed Nov. 26, 2008.
- ^ "Sex Advice From Cartoonists" Accessed Dec. 24, 2011 .
External links
- Rick Altergott at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Lambiek.net's Comiclopledia entry
- Comic Art Collective page
- Two Handed Man interview (2002)
- Comics for Vice magazine
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