Keith Knight (cartoonist)


Keith Edgar Knight Jr. is an American cartoonist and musician known for his comic strips The K Chronicles, ink, and The Knight Life. While his work is humorous and universal in appeal, he also often deals with political, social, and racial issues.

Biography and personal life

Knight was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and raised in the Boston area. Previously a resident of San Francisco, in 2007 he moved to Los Angeles. He is now based in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.
He is married to German-born illustrator Kerstin Konietzka-Knight, and they have two children; they appear as characters in The K Chronicles and The Knight Life. Knight often pokes gentle fun at his wife's mangling of English idioms. Their first son is not referred to by name, but is sometimes referred to as "The Unbearable Cuteness of Being."

Career

Knight's regular feature The K Chronicles, launched in the early 1990s, appears in various outlets, including Daily Kos, and previously appeared in the San Francisco Examiner, while ink is published on several newspapers and websites, especially African-American sites. A syndicated daily strip, The Knight Life, was launched in 2008. Knight is also the artist for two strips appearing in Mad: Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions and Bully Baby.
In the March 14, 2012, strip of The K Chronicles, Knight announced he was working on a graphic novel about his brief career as a professional Michael Jackson impersonator. The book will be entitled I Was a Teenage Michael Jackson Impersonator.
Knight also appeared in The Marginal Prophets, a hip-hop band.
Knight has become a public speaker, with comic strip slideshows addressing racial illiteracy, police brutality and the role it has played since the early years of the United States.
In November 2018 it was announced that Hulu would be producing a half-hour sitcom, titled Woke, based on The K Chronicles and events from Knight's life. The show will be co-written by Knight; actor Lamorne Morris will be playing Knight.

Awards

In 2007, The K Chronicles won the Harvey Kurtzman Award for Best Syndicated Comic Strip. The other nominees were , Doonesbury, Maakies, and Mutts.
The K Chronicles has won the Glyph Awards Best Comic Strip multiple times, including 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010.
In 2010, Knight was presented with an Inkpot Award for career achievement at the San Diego Comic-Con.

Discography (with Marginal Prophets)