Kim Deitch
Cartoonist, Author
1944 –
Who is Kim Deitch?
Kim Deitch is an American cartoonist who was an important figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, remaining active in the decades that followed with a variety of books and comics, sometimes using the pseudonym Fowlton Means.
The son of illustrator and animator Gene Deitch, much of Kim Deitch's work deals with the animation industry and characters from the world of cartoons. His best-known character is a mysterious cat named Waldo, who appears variously as a famous cartoon character of the 1930s, as an actual character in the "reality" of the strips, as the hallucination of a hopeless alcoholic surnamed Mishkin, as the demonic reincarnation of Judas Iscariot; and who, occasionally, is claimed to have overcome Deitch and written the comics himself. Waldo's appearance is reminiscent of such black cat characters as Felix the Cat, Julius the Cat, and Krazy Kat.
Kim Deith has sometimes worked with brothers Simon Deitch and Seth Deitch.
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- Born
- 1944
- Also known as
- Fowlton Means
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Pratt Institute
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on July 23, 2013
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