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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).
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.
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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 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, The East Village Eye, Swank, RAW, SF Bay Guardian, 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 is currently working on Phineas and Ferb. With Derek Drymon, Kaz co-wrote pilot episode for the forthcoming Diggs Tailwagger. In September, 2006, Kaz left Camp Lazlo to work on another pilot for a Cartoon Network show, Zoot Rumpus, based on a character from Underworld.
Kaz lives in Hollywood, California, with his spouse Linda Marotta.
•Hallobeanies (along with Steve Little and Merriwether Williams)
•No Beads, No Business (along with Steve Little and Merriwether Williams)
•Miss Fru Fru (along with Steve Little and Merriwether Williams)
•Club Kidney-Ki (along with Steve Little and Merriwether Williams)
•Handy Helper (along with Steve Little and Merriwether Williams)
•Hello Dolly (along with Steve Little and Merriwether Williams)
•Lights Out (along with Antonine Guilbaud)
•The Nothing Club (along with Antonine Guilbaud)
•The Wig of Why (along with Antonine Guilbaud)
•Camp Kidney Stinks (along with Antonine Guilbaud)
•Beans and Weenies (along with Antonine Guilbaud)
•Beans and Pranks (along with Antonine Guilbaud)
Mar 23, 2016 · 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.
Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood. Kaz is an Emmy Award-winning graduate of New York City's School of Visual Arts. He has been publishing his Harvey Award-nominated, French Prix Alph-Art-winning strip Underworld in alternative papers across the United States since 1992.
Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis, known professionally as Kaz, is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator. In the 1980s, af...
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