Kim Deitch (born 1944) is an Americann comics artist. His long career began in the Underground comics movement of the 1960's, and has continued until today. His most well known comics involve a mysterious cat (demon?) named Waldo. He has sometimes worked with his brother, Simon Deitch, and is son of an illustrator/cartoonist Gene Deitch.
Although his career has been long, Deitch is not terribly prolific. At least is the past two decades, he has mainly produced very elaborately crafted works, at a rate of about one per year. His attention to detail is comparible to that of Chris Ware, although the two artists' styles are very different in other ways.
Common themes in Deitch's work are addiction (specifically alcoholism), deception and delusion. His interest in the history of animation, cinema and vaudeville also play a prominent role in his work. An affection for pigs in apparent in his work.
Some Dietch titles:
- Beyond the Pale
- The Stuff of Dreams
- The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- All Waldo Comics
- Corn Fed Comics
- The Mishkin File
- No business like show business
- Shadowland
- Hollywoodland
- East Village Other
- Laugh in the Dark
- LA Weekly
- Pictopia
- Weirdo
- Zero zero
