I DON’T HATE TED RALL

June 27th, 2011 | by keef
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3RD ANNIVERSARY!!

*The Knight Life turned 3 years old in May.  Sadly, not much to celebrate.  The Knight Life launched in 2008, just as the bottom fell out of the economy.  I was still bright-eyed and bushy-tailed back then, thinking I could buck the trend and make a splash.  But it ain’t turned out that way. The comics syndication biz ain’t what it used to be.  I got into this  game ten years too late. I’m hoping Universal Press Syndicate, which recently took over the syndication of all of United Media’s properties, will make some progress in getting my little baby into newspapers.  DAMN YOU TED RALL FOR TALKING ME INTO THIS!!

There have been positives, though.  I’ve gained a much wider audience due to the papers I did manage to pick up.  Places like Washington D.C., San Diego, the military (the strip runs in Stars and Stripes), and Denver  Colorado.

Oh–wait..

DENVER POST DROPS THE KNIGHT LIFE!!

Seems like whenever I want to set up a slideshow/signing in a town, the local newspaper drops me.  It happened in Seattle earlier this year, and now the Denver Post has dropped a bunch of strips, including Doonesbury and Bizarro, along with the very strip you read on this site.

There’s still a chance to save it, but you ‘ve got to act fast..of course, ONLY if you’re from the Denver area.  Please write to the following emails:

rrinaldi@denverpost.com

arts@denverpost.com

Please be nice about it.  Keep the hate on the inside.

* NEW (TH)INK BOOK!!

In brighter news,  my new collection of socio-political single panels, Too Small To Fail, is making the rounds and people are digging it.  If you find yourself jumping from the comics page to the editorial page, you might like to give it a try.

Order your special artists edition here.

Charlie Chaplin explains it all:

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NEW BOOK/TEAM CUL DE SAC/PRINCE/PLAYOFFS

May 17th, 2011 | by keef
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*NEW KEEF BOOK!!
You may or may not know that I do several strips, including (th)ink, my socio-political single panel. The new collection, Too Small To Fail, is now available in both a signed edition, and the special artists edition, which comes with a stamp and a special sketch by yours truly.
Score that sucker here.

I’m doing a slideshow/ book signing in Los Angeles on Sunday June 12th at 3pm, Revolution Books in Hollywood.

*TEAM CUL DE SAC!!

One of the finest cartoonists in the biz, the great Richard Thompson, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.  He’s put together a great collection of cartoonists to raise money for the  Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research.  I just finished my piece! Go here and find out more about it and what you can do.

*PRINCE: 21 SHOWS!!

Oh, man!  If there’s one thing to be grateful about living in Los Angeles at the moment is the 21 night stand that Prince is doing right now.  With special guests like Stevie Wonder, Janelle Monae and Sheila E. sharing the stage with the Purple One, just hearing about these shows puts a smile on my face.

I might just sneak out and see one!!

*NBA/NHL PLAYOFFS!! (Not necessarily in that order!)

This is my favorite time of the year sports-wise, because the NHL playoffs are always crazy, the NBA playoffs always come through, and the Red Sox are just startin’ to come around.

Even though the (too old) Celts got knocked out, I found joy in seeing the Lakers implode.

And both the Bruins and Sharks are hometown teams to me..Would love to see them both rise.

But–you gotta be excited at the possibility of (Oklahoma City) Thunder and (Tampa Bay) Lightening championships!!

*HAVE YOU SEEN THIS ARTICLE IN THE VILLAGE VOICE?!!

If you appreciate, what I do, how about becoming a patron? Check it out here.

-cheers ,

Keef (aka Schwarzenegger’s lovechild)

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KEEF COMING TO SF FOR SEVERAL EVENTS!!

March 23rd, 2011 | by keef
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*Hey y’all!!  I’ll be bringing my world famous slideshow to the city by the bay on April Fool’s weekend, April 3rd !  It’ll be at the classic comedy venue the Purple Onion. Joining me will be fellow cartoonist and comedian Mike Capozzola. Mike and I both had strips running in the San Francisco Chronicle for a few years.

location: 140 Columbus Ave. San Francisco 7:30pm

*The weekend is chock full of happenings, including the Wondercon comics fest (Fri.-Sun, 4/1-3), where i’ll be premiering my new collection of political single panels: (th)ink: Too Small To Fail!

location: Moscone Center, Howard and 3rd, San Francisco 10am-7pm

*On Saturday night (8pm), I’ll be a special guest at the Cartoon Art Museum, as they honor Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed, who will be in town for the opening of his original art show at the museum.  This is gonna be a great event!!

location: 655 Mission St., near 3rd.

*The next weekend, I’ll be back up for the San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair, Apr. 9th and 10th, from 10am-6pm in the SF County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park.  This is a FREE EVENT and one of my favorites!! Come on by!!

*BRING ONE, BRING ALL!  REMEMBER: IF I SEE YOU AT 3 DIFFERENT EVENTS, YOU GET A FREE GIFT!!

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THE KNIGHT LIFE COMES TO KNOXVILLE

March 13th, 2011 | by keef
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*Happy to report some positive news in this thing I call the daily comics grind, the Knoxville News Sentinel will begin running the Knight Life on Monday, March 14th.

If you are anywhere near the Knoxville area, please shoot ‘em an email complimenting them on their new addition to the comics page, I need all the help I can get!!

*My thoughts go out to the people of Japan–The tsunami footage was 9/11 type -disturbing..I only hope that people who are still alive can be found in time.

And now this whole nuclear plant  thing…

Remember when we used to enjoy watching Japan being destroyed?

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THOR VS. GREEN LANTERN

March 10th, 2011 | by keef
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I believe we’re in the final throes of the superhero movie craze.  The third Chris Nolan Batman film, X-Men:First Class, and another Kick Ass (but Chloe Moretz will be too old for the part) is all that’s left to see.  Though a Chris Nolan produced Superman is intriguing.

I have absolutely no interest in seeing Thor or the Green Lantern, but the similarity between the two films fascinate me.  They’re both 2nd tier  in the DC and Marvel pantheon of characters (though some would disagree), and they seem like two of the more difficult stories to bring to the screen.

But judging from the trailers I’ve seen of both films, Thor is gonna kick Green Lantern’s ass!  Better cast (Nat. P, Idris Elba, Hannibal Lecter), better trailer (below), and  better director (Kenneth Branagh).  Plus it’s got fanboys whining over a Black man playing a Norse god!

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