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Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis — or the artist formally known as Kaz — first burst onto the comic culture scene in the late 1970s through his appearances in Art Spiegelman’s RAW (along with his School of Visual Arts classmates Drew Friedman and Mark Newgarden).
Kazimieras Gediminas "Kaz" Prapuolenis (born July 31, 1959; age 65), often credited mononymously as Kaz, is an American cartoonist and illustrator, and one of the most renowned living "underground" cartoonists of all time.
Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis[1] (born July 31, 1959), known professionally as Kaz, is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator. In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of the Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies RAW and Weirdo.
Fantagraphics recently published a large collection of Kaz’s 20-plus-years-and-counting Underworld comic strip. You should buy it if you haven’t already. His sense of humor is dark and twisted and… well, really fucked up. And no other comic strip has been as consistently funny for so long.
KAZ: You probably already know all the good ones. But see if you can find HOT-TOE MOLLIE (1930) by Romer Grey Pictures starring Binko the Bear Cub. This is the only surviving cartoon from a studio that only made two cartoons. It’s pretty wacky when the scenes shift to a Mexican Cantina.
Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, or Kaz (born 1959, Hoboken, New Jersey), is an American cartoonist and illustrator. In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of the Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies RAW and Weirdo. Since 1992, he has drawn Underworld, an...
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