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	James Kochalka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kochalka currently keeps a daily webcomic, American Elf, which is a diary strip that celebrated its seventh anniversary in 2005, an unmatched feat in the field of daily diary cartooning.
		Kochalka's friend and fellow cartoonist Brian Ralph was working on his comics on the flight, and Kochalka was inspired to begin cartooning on the plane as well.
		Kochalka is an instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies, a cartooning school that opened in White River Junction, Vermont in the fall of 2005 and is headed up by cartoonist James Sturm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Kochalka (1330 words)

	James Kochalka's Sketchbook Diaries 1 - 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		James Kochalka, for many in the comics community, is a polarizing figure.
		One thing, however, is indisputable: James Kochalka possesses a natural facility with a drawing brush and ink; he knows what a line is and what to do with it; he knows how to use fls and whites to offset one another in visually pleasing compositions, and he is learning to do the same with color.
		In short, James Kochalka is, at the very least, a self-motivated artist of no little talent with a half-decent work ethic; a combination that makes him difficult to ignore in a field as small as independently produced alternative comics, regardless of anyone’s opinion.
	home.earthlink.net /~copaceticcomicsco/KochalkaSketch.html (562 words)

	read yourself RAW - Profile: James Kochalka
		James Kochalka (1968-) is a unique and prolific cartoonist with a deceptively simple art style.
		Since 1998, James Kochalka has kept a daily diary in comic strip form with the desire to explore the rhythm of daily life and to become more conscious of what it really means to live.
		Actually drawn in 1995, this is James Kochalka's first fever dream of a graphic novel and is a wonderful introduction to his world.
	www.readyourselfraw.com /profiles/kochalka/profile_kochalka.htm (479 words)

	James Kochalka: An Interview with James Kochalka
		Kochalka has produced an enormous and sometimes controversial body of work in just a few short years.
		That, says Kochalka, was finished a year ago, although it took a while for Picnic/Highwater's Tom Devlin to publish it.
		But the plot Kochalka had originally intended for Tiny Bubbles was quite different: "[The characters] were going to drive out in a lunar buggy to a big crater in the moon, where they were going to find a crashed alien spaceship and a bunch of alien comics; then I was gonna draw the alien comics.
	www.lollipop.com /issue46/46-02-06.html (1191 words)

	CineGeek
		The reader experiences with James his first feelings of love for Amy and how eventually they fall in love, live together, get married and bring a child into the world.
		Kochalka isn’t afraid to make himself the one the reader is laughing at.
		It is easy to see for the reader that Eli has become the focus of Kochalka’s life and he seems to relish every minute of it spent with his family.
	www.cinegeek.com /Book_reviews/american_elf.htm (572 words)

	BUZZSCOPE :: The Cute Manifesto
		James Kochalka seems to be a genuinely good-natured human being, dedicated to his art and to his family, and he is lucky enough to have cultivated one of the most fervently loyal fanbases in all of comicdom.
		Therefore, Kochalka's words are presented independent from the context of his slightly rancorous debate with Jim Woodring and assorted TCJ.com luminaries.
		The dialogue between the younger and older Kochalka is the best part of the book, but its a fleeting sensation, as most of his provocative statements go unmolested, save for a slight relativistic caveat placed at the book's conclusion.
	popcultureshock.com /reviews.php?id=4907 (643 words)

	Mars Import - News, Reviews and Interviews
		James Kochalka has been a constant presence in alternative comics since the early '90s, first with a widely popular series of mini-comics, James Kochalka Superstar, and then with multiple titles from Slave Labor, Top Shelf, Highwater Books, and Alternative Comics.
		Kochalka's work is an accessible and witty combination of philosophical ruminations, daily minutia, and science fiction flights of fancy.
		Kochalka: Well, I've been getting into some of the strips over at http://www.moderntales.com (my own Fancy Froglin strip runs over there as well.) I've been particularly charmed by a strip over there called The New Adventures of Death.
	www.marsimport.com /feature.php?ID=3&type=1 (2222 words)

	Broken Frontier \| The Portal for Quality Comics Coverage! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kochalka sees and thinks things that no one else does, making this story (in a similar way to his American Elf strips) very intriguing.
		While Kochalka mostly deals with how these issues relate to him, he shares the universe feelings that we all do, and his unique way of manifesting those feelings is what makes these stories great.
		James Kochalka's influence on modern alternative comics is undeniable.
	www.brokenfrontier.com /reviews/details.php?id=372 (527 words)

	Comic Book Galaxy - Pushing Comix Forward Since 2000.
		James Kochalka is the steady, tick-tocking mantlepiece clock of the comics industry, each year creating 365 new daily diary strips that, considered as a piece, represent about as much as can be known about any given year in the life of a human being through the communications medium of autobiographical cartooning.
		Even more exciting for me was how much time my daughter spent reading Kochalka's comics, opening up her mind to the possibilities of the artform years earlier than was the case for me. If there's something more rewarding in comics than passing on the love of them to your children, I've yet to experience it.
		The most astonishing thing about spending a few hours with James and his family is the sense you get of how fully he has integrated all the elements of his life.
	www.comicbookgalaxy.com /commentary_120604_kochalka_interview_.html (1687 words)

	Ink 19 :: The Cute Manifesto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nor would our senses have been graced by the enchanting siren melodies of the James Kochalka Superstar hits "Keg Party" or "President Kochalka." Or for that matter, this book, whose page count would undoubtedly be quite a bit thinner, were all of the references to the importance of craft removed.
		James Kochalka is nothing if not his own artist, a fact that has been consistently reinforced by his ever-increasing oeuvre.
		Kochalka, but as the author states in his own last-second amendment to the book, "Spelunking for Slippery Cave Fish," 'it turns out there are many truths, and some of them are contradictory.' In other words, nothing that came before in the book should be accepted as gospel.
	www.ink19.com /issues/august2005/printReviews/cuteManifesto.html (361 words)

	s h o t g u n r e v i e w s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We are told that Kochalka began keeping his four-panel strip a day diary in 1998, and that we can’t necessarily take every single incident as a truth.
		Kochalka approaches his humor in a similar way, but his art goes in some decidedly different directions.
		Kochalka chooses to represent himself as “Magic Elf Boy”, with wife Amy as, I suppose, a “Magic Elf Girl”.
	www.shotgunreviews.com /comics/skchbkdiaries.html (328 words)

	Alibris: James Kochalka
		Since October 1998, James Kochalka has kept a daily diary, drawn in comic strip form in his sketchbook.
		Ignatz Award winner James Kochalka has been called "one of the brightest lights of independent comics" and Quit Your Job is a shining example of his genius.
		James Kochalka has been called "one of the brightest lights of independent comics" and Fantastic Butterflies is a shining example of his genius.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/James_Kochalka (603 words)

	Youth Radio
		James Kochalka is a Jungle-Exploring Mad Scientist Who Listens to Jimmy Cliff and Draws Elves
		Kochalka has published 16 independent comics and graphic novels and has made three albums.
		Kochalka is a superstar and this is what he has to say.
	www.youthradio.org /books/010405_kochalka.shtml (1083 words)

	Samurai Comics - About Us
		First in the series is James Kochalka, who wasn’t actually in attendance at APE, but ended up playing a large role in my visit to San Francisco.
		James seemed genuinely delighted to do this, because he knew how much it would mean.
		That’s the kind of wonderful and considerate person James Kochalka is. Hopefully, the following interview will convince you to pick up at least one of his books, or buy one of his CD’s, and experience a truly unique and amazing individual’s expression of self through art.
	www.samuraicomics.com /brandons_column2_18.htm (2743 words)

	Comic creator: James Kochalka
		James Kochalka is not just a prolific cartoonist, he also sings in his own band, 'James Kochalka Superstar'.
		Kochalka first published comic by Alternative Comics was 'Mermaid', a one-shot from 1998.
		In 1998, James Kochalka started keeping a comic diary, which was published in July 2002, titled 'American Elf'.
	www.lambiek.net /artists/k/kochalka.htm (186 words)

	James Kochalka
		James Kochalka's distinction as a "rock star" has been tempered more and more lately by his acclaim as a
		James Kochalka's most recent book from Alternative Comics is The Cute Manifesto, which debuted at the end of July 2005.
		James Kochalka's more realistic art style was first used in his introspective, philosophical Sunburn published September 2000.
	www.indyworld.com /kochalka (415 words)

	Re:mote Induction: The Horrible Truth About Comics
		To the naked eye this book appears a harmless, easy read when in actual fact James Kochalka has presented us with a considered analysis of comics, and specifically their artistic merit.
		We are made aware of the trappings of creating a comic and with these in mind encouraged not to hesitate for another second.
		Study Kochalka's thoughts on the subject and consider their validity to your perception of comics.
	members.tripod.com /~rem_ind/visual/horthic.htm (528 words)

	Amazon.com: American Elf: James Kochalka's Collected Sketchbook Diaries: Books: James Kochalka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kochalka has a facile, expressive line; his lush brushstrokes convey both emotional meaning and a real sense of place and season with minimal fuss.
		Unlike some autobiographical comics, whether readers personally like the James Kochalka depicted here is almost irrelevant, because half of the fun is simply engaging with his level of detail and day-to-day tribulations.
		Kochalka depicts himself as an elf, with buckteeth and long, pointed ears that lead many to mistake the representation as a rabbit.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/189183049X?v=glance (1085 words)

	The Comics Reporter
		JAMES KOCHALKA: The daily work that I do on music is like just singing while I'm walking down the street, or singing in the shower or doing something else.
		KOCHALKA: I was worried when we had Eli, two years ago, I guess I was worried I wouldn't be able to create as much stuff because I wouldn't have as much time.
		KOCHALKA: The main frustration comes in a little bit in that I did a signing tour for this book last summer and the response was phenomenal.
	www.comicsreporter.com /index.php/resources/interviews/2292 (2328 words)

	Fantastic Butterflies (ADD Review)
		Kochalka's last major work, the graphic novel Pinky and Stinky, found the cartoonist engaging in perhaps more traditional storytelling than is usual.
		James delights in turning his friends and family into robots, elves, dogs, however he perceives them -- and in some way, on some level, even a dog with a robot brain understands that these fictions take on a life of their own.
		Kochalka seems to be working out his feelings about these problems in the graphic novel -- in fact, in a way, I suspect they are the main impetus for it.
	www.simpleweblog.com /comics/addreviews/reviews_archive_072302.php (600 words)

	Bookshelf Comics - Cute Manifesto Gender Yap!
		I was certainly absorbed with several of Kochalka's philosophies, but others were simply lost on me. For example, even after some contemplation, "Sunburn" just couldn't touch me the way "Cute Manifesto" could.
		JAMES W. I have to admit that I needed to read that section twice.
		But upon a second, closer read, I found that Kochalka's thoughts on art and comics are a little different, and as it turns out, they mirror my own.
	www.bookshelfcomics.com /genderyap/genderyapcutemanifesto.html (1074 words)

	James Kochalka's work displayed at Bedeteca of Lisbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kochalka's exhibit is about his comics and music.
		James Kochalka's distinction as a "rock star" has been tempered more and more lately by his acclaim as a cartoonist.
		Kochalka has won and has been nominated for many prestigious awards such as the Ignatz award, the Eisner award, the Firecracker Alternative Books award, and the Harvey award.
	www.purrmag.com /Purr29/james.htm (241 words)

	James Kochalka \| The A.V. Club
		But Kochalka's most significant work—and the one that's won over even many longstanding Kochalka-haters—is his sketchbook diary, which he puts online daily at americanelf.com.
		Kochalka uses the flat, boxy, panel-strip format to capture big events in his life (like the 2003 birth of his son) and common ones (like his frequent quarrels and jests with his wife).
		James Kochalka: I wrote the first diary entry on a plane to the San Diego Comicon.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/24265 (2247 words)

	kitchen sink magazine - for people who think too much
		The many worlds of comic book artist James Kochalka allow for the expression of multiple selves.
		By his own estimation, Kochalka was first and perhaps best known as a singer.
		James Kochalka Superstar's upcoming release, about which he says, "for the first time, I'm making what could truly be called a rock album," will be called Spread Your Evil Wings and Fly.
	www.kitchensinkmag.com /sectionlayout.php?mainsection=louderthanwords&story=jkmanofmusic (481 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / This American elf
		"IF LIFE'S A silly ride, Kochalka is selling tickets." So wrote one critic about the Burlington, Vt.-based cartoonist and quirk-rock front man James Kochalka, whose James Kochalka Superstar albums and innumerable graphic novels are, collectively, a study in what philosophers have called "second naivete," or self-willed guilelessness.
		Kochalka's simple, meandering, bittersweet comics -- including "Monkey vs. Robot," "Quit Your Job," and "Fancy Froglin's Sexy Forest" -- may not be appropriate for kids.
		The publication, later this month, of "American Elf" (Top Shelf), a collection of five years' worth of Kochalka's cartoon-strip diary of that title, published daily on the website AmericanElf.com since 1998, offers a glimpse into the frequently silly, sometimes sober mindset of the artist.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/07/11/this_american_elf (458 words)

	Kochalkaholic! "Who could have guessed that such a thing would ever exist?"
		No idea if the online petition I set up was a factor, but I have to think Rykodisc would be pleased if those 512 people (as of this moment) all got in line and coughed up their cash on August 29th.
		In honour of James Kochalka's birthday yesterday, here's a website devoted to cover versions of his songs.
		James Kochalka is rocking out on his birthday, this Friday, May 26th.
	kochalkaholic.blogspot.com (377 words)

	Kochalka, James. American elf: the collected sketchbook diaries of James Kochalka, October 26, 1998 to December 31, ...
		American elf: the collected sketchbook diaries of James Kochalka, October 26, 1998 to December 31, 2003.
		James Kochalka, the author of American Elf, draws himself as an elf instead of a rabbit.
		Kochalka, his wife Amy, Spandy the Cat, the members of his band (James Kochalka Superstar), and Eli the wonder-baby.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PBX/is_3_39/ai_n13723662 (338 words)

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