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Kaz (cartoonist) 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.
Feb 8, 2016 · 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).
Mar 23, 2016 · KAZ: Yes, Hoboken and Jersey City did look like Betty Boop backgrounds back in the 60’s. It’s perhaps a psychic space that reflects my own run down mind. But the simple truth is that I like drawing depressed backgrounds and interiors as well as weird architecture.
Aug 10, 2003 · This edition of readersvoice.com features an interview with New York cartoonist Kaz (Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis).Kaz was born in Hoboken, New York, in 1959, and is probably best known for the syndicated comic strip UNDERWORLD and his comics anthologies like SIDETRACK CITY.These comics feature dark, urban landscapes, with characters like smoking ...
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Kazimieras Gediminas "Kaz" Prapuolenis (born July 31, 1959; age 64), often credited mononymously as Kaz, is an American cartoonist and illustrator, and one of the most renowned living "underground" cartoonists of all time. He is a SpongeBob SquarePants crew member, who had worked on season 3 as a writer and storyboard director and seasons 9 onwards...
In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies RAW and Weirdo. Since 1992, he has drawn Underworld, an adult-themed syndicated comic strip that appears in many alternative weeklies.
Kaz's comics and drawings have appeared in many alternative and mainstream publications including Details, The New Yorker, Nickelodeon Magazine, The Village Voice, East Village Eye, Swank, RAW, Eclipse, N.Y. Rocker, New York Press, Screw, and Bridal Guide. He has continued to contribute to comics anthologies such as Zero Zero.
Kaz has also worked on several animated television shows including SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo, and Phineas and Ferb. He was co-executive producer of Get Blake!.
He, along with Tom Stern, are in charge and are developing and writing the script for Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.
•"SpongeBob LongPants" is the only episode in which he has been credited with his surname, Kaz Prapuolenis.
•However, this only happens in the opening credits on USA airings, digital versions, and streaming releases. His name is shortened to Kaz on the DVD releases and international non-US airings (except for Central and Eastern Europe).
•Shortly before production on the fourth season began in 2004, Kaz was invited by his colleague and the series' newly appointed showrunner, Paul Tibbitt, to work on an episode for the fourth season but he was never contacted by Tibbitt again and joined Camp Lazlo after leaving SpongeBob.
•He returned to working on the show in 2015 along with the creator, Stephen Hillenburg, after 11 years of being absent. He also took Casey Alexander's place due to Casey retiring from SpongeBob because he wanted to work on the Cartoon Network series Uncle Grandpa.
•He played the giant man in "SpongeBob in RandomLand."
•In "The Getaway," when SpongeBob drives through a coral field, Sticky Fins gets hit by three corals that spell "Kaz," a reference to the crew member that wrote the episode.
Kazimieras Gediminus "Kaz" Prapuolenis (born July 31, 1959; age 64, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American cartoonist and illustrator, story editor, writer, storyboard director, animation writer, and one of the most renowned living "underground" cartoonists of all time.
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Kaz (born Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis, July 31, 1959) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator.