Jon Kovalic - Cartoonist
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CONvergence is pleased to welcome cartoonist Jon Kovalic as a Guest of Honor at CONvergence 2003. John is probably best known for his Origins and Eisner award-nominated Dork Tower comic book, which he has been writing and drawing since June 1998. Dork Tower exists in several incarnations, including a bi-montly comic published by Dork Storm Press, a monthly comic strip in Dragon magazine, Scrye magazine, and GAMES magazine, and online three times a week at GameSpy.com. In John's own words, "Dork Tower is for anybody who's ever played Dungeons and Dragons, who's ever gone to a Star Trek convention, anyone who suspects that Anime is more than just a passing fad, or anyone who KNOWS one of these people. But it's really for people who know what saving rolls you need to make against a level III Demon, which Classic Trek episodes involved the Prime Directive (and who were the directors), and the names of six minor characters and a dog in the Bubblegum Crisis." If this gamer-friendly comic wasn't enough to make John a popular celebrity in the gaming community, he's also illustrated (and designed) fun games (Apples to Apples, Bosworth, Chez Geek, Chez Dork, Munchkin, Pokethulhu, and Escape from Elba to name just a very few). John has also provided award-winning editorial cartoons for the Wisconsin State Journal, the New York Times and the Washington Post. His other comics creations include Newbies, Wild Life, Beached, including Murphy's Rules, The Unspeakable Oaf and Help Wanted. Jon is a dual national of Great Britain and the United States, currently living in Wisconsin. For more about John Kovalic and his work, visit www.kovalic.com. An example of Kovalic's work can be found here: |
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