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"crashing through the threshold between stupidity and genius" - Paste Magazine
"Genius or moron? You decide." - Seven Days
Kochalka's work may be absurd, but it's not stupid. The world itself is absurd, we are living in absurd times, and he gives full throated voice to this fact and sings it joyfully into the void. Every once in a while, something hits the right vibration and the void sings back. His collaborations with Frankie Cosmos, Darlingside, Moby, Bitshifter, Rough Francis, and Dan Deacon are indications of this resonance but not the whole story. Do a deep dive into his oeuvre and be amazed.
“Cartoonist/songwriter” isn’t a term you come across often, but the boundless creativity of James Kochalka regularly defies categorization. Wild and tender, ironic yet earnest, Kochalka’s innocent oddball style belies a decades-deep career that has forged a devoted following for his cheerfully surreal underground anthems. In addition to being an absurdly catchy songsmith, Kochalka is also an accomplished cartoonist, having published more than 50 graphic novels. His comics have won 2 Eisner awards, 4 Ignatz awards, and the Harvey award.
"Genius or moron? You decide." - Seven Days
Kochalka's work may be absurd, but it's not stupid. The world itself is absurd, we are living in absurd times, and he gives full throated voice to this fact and sings it joyfully into the void. Every once in a while, something hits the right vibration and the void sings back. His collaborations with Frankie Cosmos, Darlingside, Moby, Bitshifter, Rough Francis, and Dan Deacon are indications of this resonance but not the whole story. Do a deep dive into his oeuvre and be amazed.
“Cartoonist/songwriter” isn’t a term you come across often, but the boundless creativity of James Kochalka regularly defies categorization. Wild and tender, ironic yet earnest, Kochalka’s innocent oddball style belies a decades-deep career that has forged a devoted following for his cheerfully surreal underground anthems. In addition to being an absurdly catchy songsmith, Kochalka is also an accomplished cartoonist, having published more than 50 graphic novels. His comics have won 2 Eisner awards, 4 Ignatz awards, and the Harvey award.
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