Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is underground comics legend, Kim Deitch. When it comes to underground cartoonists of the 60s and 70s, Robert Crumb seems to always grab the spotlight, but in a “desert island” situation, my pick would be the works of Kim Deitch. He’s one of the greatest–if not the greatest–world-builder in comics. Start reading the works of Deitch’s expansive cartooning career and you’re entering a labyrinthine world where just about every narrative element seems to turn out to be connected to every other one. You can never be sure what’s “real” and what’s not; even when Deitch himself appears in his own comics as a narrator, he’s not to be trusted. (I also wound up having dinner with him and a bunch of other folk–including Crumb–a while back, and he seemed like a nice fella as well, so that’s a point in his favor as well!) Anyway, here’s tonight’s portrait:
This isn’t actually the photo I used for reference, but it turned up in my Google image search and it was such a great image, I though I should include it:
The image is by Seth Kushner, who has a ton of great photography at his site, including some other cartoonists.
If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.
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