Ben Katchor
Ben Katchor
Ben Katchoris an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. He has contributed comics and drawings to The Forward, The New Yorker, Metropolis magazine, and weekly newspapers in the U.S. A Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, Katchor was described by author Michael Chabon as "the creator of the last great American comic strip."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
CountryUnited States of America
old-buildings building oblivious
I always lived in old buildings, and I thought about who lived here before. You'd have to be oblivious not to.
technology light rooms
The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room.
art mean people responses whether
Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words.