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John Porcellino

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born

September 18, 1968 in Chicago, The United States

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male

website

http://www.king-cat.net

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Photography

member since

November 2009

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JOHN PORCELLINO was born in Chicago, in 1968, and has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over twenty-five years. His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics , begun in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man , a collection of King-Cat stories about Porcellino’s experiences as a pest control worker, won an Ignatz Award in 2005, and Perfect Example , first published in 2000, chronicles his struggles with depression as a teenager. Thoreau at Walden is a poetic expression of the great philosopher’s experience and ideals, and King-Cat Classix and Map of My Heart , published by Drawn and Quarterly, comprise the first two volumes of a comprehensive K...more

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Books by John Porcellino

Average rating: 3.92 · 898 ratings · 179 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Thoreau at Walden 3.81 avg rating — 249 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	King-Cat Classix 4.11 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Perfect Example 3.87 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man 3.82 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Map of My Heart 4.16 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	King-Cat Collection 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Moon Lake Trails 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Next Day: A Graphic Novella by Jason Gilmore, John Porcellino (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men: Vol. 1

by Stan Lee

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Enlightenment Unfolds

by Kazuaki Tanahashi

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Jan 17, 2010 09:53am

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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts

by Clive James

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John Porcellino gave to: Like a Dog by Zak Sally read in November, 2009	My rating:
Great collection of Sally's early comics. Worth it for the afterword alone, where he describes, with humor and humanity, the psychological struggle he endured to produce this work. Inspirational! Those of you who enjoy this one should track down his s...more
Jan 25, 2010 01:48pm · see review
John Porcellino gave to: The Color of Earth (Color Trilogy, #1) by Kim Dong Hwa read in January, 2010	My rating:
Gently told coming of age story, with lovely artwork. Looking forward to the next volume (this is 1 of 3).
Jan 25, 2010 01:41pm · see review
John Porcellino is currently reading: Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men: Vol. 1 by Stan Lee	My rating:
Jan 17, 2010 09:54am
John Porcellino is currently reading: Enlightenment Unfolds by Kazuaki Tanahashi	My rating:
Jan 17, 2010 09:53am
John Porcellino gave to: Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes, 1936-1941 by Greg Sadowski read in January, 2010	My rating:
Great collection of Pre-Code superhero comics. Perfectly odd and unpredictable, with a lot of big names. I have enjoyed Wolverton and Fletcher Hanks in the past, but it's remarkable to see how, when you get to their stories in this book, they just ex...more
Jan 17, 2010 09:52am · see review
John Porcellino gave to: Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka read in December, 2009	My rating:
My second book read by Tezuka. I found it more complelling that Apollo's Song, but at this point I'm starting to wonder what his beef with women is: in both books the female characters are either sexual predators, or violent sexual victims...
Dec 11, 2009 01:12pm · see review
John Porcellino gave to: Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka read in November, 2009	My rating:
My first encounter with Tezuka.
Dec 11, 2009 01:09pm · see review
John Porcellino gave to: Aya of Yop City (Aya #2) by Marguerite Abouet read in December, 2009	My rating:
Second volume in this great series.
Dec 11, 2009 01:07pm · see review