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Denis
Kitchen
Art
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Original Comic
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Art & Literary and
Merchandising Agent
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Denis Kitchen Online
Denis Kitchen Publishing
Steve Krupp's Curio Shoppe
Kitchen and Lind
www.lil-abner.com
www.willeisner.com
www.cbldf.org
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The
Denis Kitchen Art Agency (DKAA), founded in 1991 by publisher, author, and cartoonist Denis
Kitchen,
represents
certain artists and estates for the sale
of
original
art and/or literary
rights.
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DKAA exclusively
represents:
WILL
EISNER ESTATE for
the sale of Will Eisner Original Art
from classic 1940s-50s
Spirit art to Eisner’s groundbreaking graphic
novels. Art currently available is featured at the web site of Steve
Krupp’s
Gallery & Curio Shoppe. If you don’t
see the Eisner
art
you are interested in acquiring, email: orders at deniskitchen dot com.
If you are interested in any literary rights or permission rights for
Will Eisner, contact denis at deniskitchen dot com.
HARVEY
KURTZMAN
ESTATE for the sale of Kurtzman
Art, from surviving 1940s illustrations to his
1950s Jungle Book to 60s Goodman Beaver,
“Little Annie Fanny” and beyond. If you don’t see the Eisner art you
are interested in acquiring, email: orders at deniskitchen dot com.
If
you are interested in any literary rights or permission rights for Will
Eisner, contact denis at kitchen and lind dot com or john at
kitchenandlind dot com.
PETER POPLASKI.
This versatile
award-winning
illustrator, cartoonist and painter has created numerous covers for
such characters or titles as Superman and Batman (DC
Comics), Steve Canyon, Li'l Abner, Corporate Crime
and Nard n’ Pat (Kitchen Sink), Shmoo and Crime
Does Not Pay (Dark Horse), Gen of Hiroshima
(Educomics) and others.
A notorious style mimic, he drew an Alan Moore
"Tom Strong" story mimicking C.C. Beck, faked out Al Capp’s own family,
has ghosted for R. Crumb, and Milton Caniff himself couldn’t
distinguish an actual Caniff page from a Poplaski copy. If Pete wasn't
so honest he'd be drawing flawless hundred dollar bills. He also paints
wonderful landscapes, still lifes and portraits. Go to Peter
Poplaski
or for commissions contact orders at deniskitchen dot com. To view Pete
in action as his hero Zorro, just look him up on Youtube.
FRANK
STACK
(aka Foolbert Sturgeon). Frank
Stack
Art. Considered by many
the very first “underground” cartoonist, he created the ongoing Jesus
series, Dorman's Doggie, Amazon Comics, Dr. Feelgood
and other classic underground comix, sometimes working with the late
Harvey Pekar. DKAA offers primarily Frank’s comic art, but his
watercolor paintings are also available on request.
HOWARD
CRUSE. Howard’s powerful graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby has
won
wide
accolades,
while
his Barefootz series created countless giggles during
the underground comix era. Wendel (see the new collection from
Rizzoli/Universe) and his work for the groundbreaking Gay Comix
evoke both smiles and sometimes painful insights. Go to Howard Cruse Art for
wonderful
examples
of
his
comic
art.
KELLIE
STRØM is
probably the best artist most American collectors have never heard of.
We are proud to offer his incredible painted Star Wars pages;
and beautiful color and
b&w illustrations he’s done for prestigious clients like the London
Times and Telegraph. If you have kids you have to
check out his lovely children’s book Sadie the Air Mail Pilot
(David Fickling Books). And at least window shop at Kellie
Strom.
AL
CAPP
ESTATE. Capp
(1910-1979), the most famous cartoonist of
his era, was the first strip artist  to
cross over into the fine art
arena with his
limited edition serigraphs (silk screens) in the early
1970s, done
for high end New York galleries. We have examples of Capp’s
early 1970s "Li'l Abner" signed & numbered serigraphs (some very
scarce Artist’s Proofs). Some are discounted because of slight flaws.
Email orders at deniskitchen dot com if interested.
DENIS
KITCHEN, himself an
artist, seldom sells his originals, but Steve Krupp’s Gallery &
Curio Shoppe exclusively offers his signed Steve Krupp
serigraph and
50-level signed
3-D
print, and
signed copies of the Oddly Compelling art of Denis
Kitchen (Dark
Horse, 2010).
If you want an actual Kitchen original he
is doing original drawings on the
back cover of his newest book, Chipboard Sketchbook. For
special commissions contact orders at deniskitchen dot com. Wearing
another hat, he has co-authored The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: Mad Genius with
Paul Buhle (Abrams, 2009) and Underground Classics: The
Transformation of Comics into COMIX,
with James
Danky (Abrams, 2009) and is currently co-authoring with Michael
Schumacher a biography of Al Capp.
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PETE
VON
SHOLLY, when not doing storyboards for big budget movies (Green
Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Mars Attacks, The Mist, and many
others), creates outrageous political satire books such as Capitol Hell (DKP) and Repuglicans
(Boom) or peculiar fumetti/art crossovers such as Morbid and Extremely
Weird
Stories
(Dark Horse). But his
favorite genre is horror: keep
an eye open for The Zombie Pop-Up Book, Spinecrawler
and Monster Mural. Rights inquiries should be directed to denis
at deniskitchen dot com.
TOM ANDRAE. The professor
and pop culture expert’s newest book is Siegel & Shuster’s
Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero
(Feral House). He is currently hard at work on a definitive Superman
book and another on the animation art of Carl Barks. Rights
inquiries
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If
you have quality original cartoon art or illustrations to sell or
consign, or you have any questions related to DKAA and/or its clients,
email: orders at deniskitchen dot com
(Do NOT
call if you are seeking representation or career advice).
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Snail
Mail:
Denis
Kitchen
Art
Agency
P.O.
Box
2250
Amherst,
MA
01004
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Business
Hours:
Monday
-
Friday
10
am to 6 pm Eastern Time
Phone:
413-259-1627
Fax:
413-259-1812
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If you are
interested in acquiring original artwork by any of the above artists
(as well as some artists not listed above) click Steve
Krupp's
Original
Comic
Book
Art
Gallery and view the choice
items on display. Not everything in our inventory is visible on-line,
so don't be shy about asking.
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Related
but
unaffiliated
agencies:
Denis Kitchen is a partner in two other distinct and separate agencies.
Both of these involve literary/film/merchandise rights only (not
original art).
Kitchen, Lind & Associates, LLC, with
partner John Lind, represents such clients as the Harvey Kurtzman
estate, the Al Capp estate, Jerry Robinson, Rebecca Guay, Howard Cruse,
Eleanor Davis, Bill Stout, Bernie Mireault, Liniers and others. For
further information go to the KLA website www.kitchenandlind.com/
Completely separately, with partner Judith Hansen, Denis represents the
literary/film/merchandise rights for clients Will Eisner Studios, Inc.,
Wendy & Richard Pini (ElfQuest), James O’Barr (The Crow),
Mark
Schultz
(Xenozoic), James Vance, Dan Burr and Stephen
Weiner.
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