Karl Stevens (born November 21, 1978) is an American

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. Best known for '' Penny: A Graphic Memoir'' (2021 Chronicle Books). His comic strips have appeared in the alternative newsweekly the ''

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'' (2005–2012), ''

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'' (2016–2017), and ''

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'' magazine (2018–present).

Comics and other books

Stevens' weekly

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"Whatever" appeared in the ''

'' for three years, beginning in spring 2005. A collection of the strips, also called ''Whatever,'' was published in April 2008 by

Alternative Comics Alternative comics or independent comics cover a range of American comic book, American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alterna ...

. In January 2009, Stevens debuted a new weekly

in the ''

'' called "Failure." Stevens' book ''The Lodger,'' published in 2010, is a selection of strips from the first year of "Failure," accompanied by oil paintings and watercolors. In 2010, "Failure" won the

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award for Best Cartoon.AltWeekly Awards Winners.
/ref> 2013 saw the publication of ''Failure'' from Alternative Comics which collected the last years of the weekly comic. In 2018 Retrofit/Big Planet Comics published ''The Winner'', an original graphic novel that focuses on Stevens's relationship with his wife Alex, and various short stories in different genres. Since 2018 his gag cartoons have been appearing in

magazine and website. 2021 saw the publication of Penny: A Graphic Memoir from Chronicle Books. A collection of strips about Stevens's cat, 20 of the strips were originally published in the Village Voice in 2016 and 2017. 2023 saw the publication of the graphic novel Mother Nature from Titan Comics. Adapted from the screenplay written by Jamie Lee Curtis and her writing partner Russell Goldman. Curtis collects Stevens's drawings.

Painting and other work

Stevens' oil paintings and watercolors have been exhibited at the Carroll and Sons in

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and Room 68 in Provincetown.

References

External links

Karl Stevens at Alternative Comics"Failure" and "Whatever" (Boston Phoenix)French ''Guilty''Dutch ''Guilty''French ''The lodger''French ''Whatever''2019 audio interview
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