James Kochalka

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James Kochalka, né le 26 mai 1968 à Springfield (Vermont) est un auteur de bande dessinée et un musicien américain. Sa mère affirme qu’il a commencé à dessiner avant d’apprendre à marcher, si bien, qu’à 9 ans, il avait déjà fait son premier livre de bande dessinée. Il est, aujourd’hui, l’un des auteurs les plus prolifiques de sa génération et partage son temps entre bande dessinée et cinéma d’animation. James Kochalka, qui est aussi un rocker patenté, a déjà composé 4 CD de rock low-fi, dont un incroyable opéra- rock. Il réside à Burlington dans le Vermont avec sa femme Amy, ses fils Eli et Oliver et leur chat Spandy.

American elf est un projet titanesque qui tient davantage de la performance artistique que du journal en bande dessinée. James Kochalka est certainement le premier auteur à mener une telle tentative : englober la totalité de ce qui fait un être humain et toucher à son essence même... L’entreprise a débuté en octobre 1998 et se poursuit aujourd’hui. L’auteur produit un strip de quatre cases par jour et le diffuse contre un abonnement modique sur Internet. De la contrainte et de l’accumulation de ces fragments quotidiens, souvent hilarants, absurdes, poétiques, parfois anecdoctiques ou encore scatologiques... naît une œuvre puissante, singulière et totalement unique.

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[modifier] Livres en français

Kissers, éd. Ego comme X, 2002 (ISBN 2-910946-31-2)
American Elf, éd. Ego comme X, 2008

[modifier] Livres en anglais

American Elf (limited edition hardcover; published by Top Shelf) (2004)
American Elf (softcover; published by Top Shelf) (2004)
American Elf Vol. 2 (softcover; published by Top Shelf) (2007)
Atlas 1 (backup story; published by Drawn and Quarterly)
Bizarro Comics (wrote Hawkman story illustrated by Dylan Horrocks; DC Comics)
Bogus Dead (zombie anthology with two-page story by Jason Cooley and James Kochalka)
Conversation (2004; published by Top Shelf)
Conversation (2005; published by Top Shelf)
Cute Manifesto, The (2005; published by Alternative Comics)
Deadbear, Circus Detective (self-published hardcover)
Fancy Froglin's Sexy Forest (2003; published by Alternative Comics)
Fantastic Butterflies (2001; published by Alternative Comics and Highwater Books)
Horrible Truth About Comics, The (2001; published by Alternative Comics)
James Kochalka Superstar #1-11 (Self-published mini-comics)
Kissers (1999; published by Highwater Books)
Little Mister Man #1-3 (Slave Labor Graphics)
Magic Boy and Girlfriend (1998; published by Top Shelf)
Magic Boy and the Robot Elf (2003; published by Top Shelf)
Mermaid (1998; published by Alternative Comics)
Monica's Story]] (1999; published by Alternative Comics)
Monkey Vs. Robot (Vol 1) (First Edition) (2000; published by Top Shelf)
Monkey Vs. Robot (Vol 1) (Second Edition, smaller size) (2005; published by Top Shelf)
Monkey vs. Robot (Vol 2): Crystal of Power (2003; published by Top Shelf)
Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things (anthology featuring 12-page Kochalka story; 2005; published by McSweeney's)
Paradise Sucks (Black Eye Books)
Peanutbutter & Jeremy #1-4 (2000-2003; published by Alternative Comics)
Peanutbutter & Jeremy's Best Book Ever (2004; published by Alternative Comics)
Perfect Planet and Other Stories, The (1999; published by Top Shelf)
Pinky & Stinky (2002; published by Top Shelf)
Quit Your Job (1998; published by Alternative Comics)
Reinventing Everything #1 (self-published mini-comic)
Reinventing Everything #2 (self-published mini-comic)
Sketchbook Diaries (Vol 1) (2003; published by Top Shelf)
Sketchbook Diaries (Vol 2) (2003; published by Top Shelf)
Sketchbook Diaries (Vol 3) (2003; published by Top Shelf)
Sketchbook Diaries (Vol 4) (2004; published by Top Shelf)
Squirrelly Gray (2007; published by Random House)
Sunburn (2000; published by Alternative Comics)
Sunturd (2003) (mini-comic written by Jason Cooley, same art as Sunburn)
Super F*ckers #1 (2005; published by Top Shelf)
Super F*ckers #2 (2005; published by Top Shelf)
Super F*ckers #3 (2006; published by Top Shelf)
Super F*ckers #4 (2007; published by Top Shelf)
Tiny Bubbles (1998; published by Highwater Books)
Top Shelf #1 (anthology title with Kochalka contribution; published by Top Shelf)
Top Shelf #5 (anthology title with Kochalka contribution; published by Top Shelf)
Top Shelf #6 (anthology title with Kochalka contribution; published by Top Shelf)
Top Shelf Asks the Big Questions (anthology title with Kochalka contribution; published by Top Shelf)
Triple Dare #1-2 (1998-2000; Published by Alternative Comics)