As a Keef fanboy, I did my duty and I put (with permission) a few fliers for one of his books into one of my favorite coffee shops. One of the servers there, a tattooed, kilt-wearing guy, later told me that he had looked up and liked Keef’s work. And then he said to me, “And he’s black!” Taken aback slightly, I said, “Uh, yeah.” Later, I realized that at first glance, it can be hard to tell the race of a black and white comic strip character.

So for all you newspaper editors who say that you already have a quote black unquote cartoonist on your newspaper’s comics page, don’t worry. Like Stephen Colbert, your readers won’t see color. Not right away. And later, Keef will be entrenched and it will be too late, BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Hey, it happens.
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur40476.cfm

P.S. I am Keef’s biggest Northern California fanboy! But then, I can stand to lose a few pounds.

P.P.S. Keef is the only guy I know who has commented on the craziness of orange-flavored dried cranberries.

How many strips must Malc read before he’s transformed? One? Twenty-eight? One hundred and twenty-eight?

I also appreciate his work, because it’s funny! sometimes I will think about one of his strips and laugh about it, years after I read it.

Thru being a fan of his work, I have found that a comic doesn’t have to be “just a comic”. It can be a forum for examining societies ills, where sometimes you can laugh about it, other times you might be taken aback, and seriously consider what does it mean to discriminate against somebody, or live in a society that discriminates against you.

I realize of course, that the above probably won’t budge these cynics from their position, that a comic can never be more than just a comic, but I am going to hold onto a little faith, and hope that they will reconsider.

If on the other hand, this has upset them even more, than please take your best shot. I am learning a lot about the world of comics, that I never would have been aware of otherwise.