For graphic novel project inquiries,
please contact my literary agent — D. Ellis Wilson
ellis@lookingglasslit.com
Looking Glass Literary & Media Agency

  • K Czap

    b. 1985 Ann Arbor, MI

  • Education

    • Bachelor of Fine Art / Visual Arts and Technology

      Cleveland Institute of Art
      2003–2008

  • Residencies

    • Center for Cartoon Studies Fellowship

      White River Junction, VT
      2017–2018

    • Mothers News Residency

      Providence, RI
      2017

  • Honors & Awards

    • Ignatz Award Nominations

        "Outstanding Artist"
      • Four Years Collected vol. 2 - K Czap
        2022
        • "Outstanding Comic"
      • Four Years Collected vol. 2 - K Czap
        2022
        • "Outstanding Story"
      • "The First Few Bars" Ley Lines no. 26 - Keren Katz
        2022
      • "LOVE, or THE AXE" Ley Lines no. 28 - Jordan Jeffries
        2022
      • Egg Cream no.1 - Liz Suburbia
        2019
        • "Outstanding Series"
      • Ley Lines
        2018, 2021, 2022
        • "Outstanding Mini-Comic"
      • "Slum Clearance Symphony"Ley Lines no. 24 - Brendan Leach
        2021

    • CXC Emerging Talent Award

      2016

    • Most Remarkable Micro-Press (Czap Books)


      The Tiny Report Micro-Press Yearbook
      2015

    • Best Webcomic SPACE Prize

      2011

    • Eastman ’12-Bolton Memorial Prize

      2006

  • Publications

    • Books, Long form work & Collections

      • Four Years Collected, vol. 2

        Czap Books
        2021

      • Four Years Collected, vol. 1

        Czap Books
        2019

      • Fütchi Perf

        Uncivilized Books
        2017

      • Fütchi Perf

        Czap Books
        2015

      • Project: Ballad

        written by Michael Peterson, self-published
        2012–2014

      • A Lesson in Survival

        Czap Books
        2013

      • Birthday Surprise

        Czap Books
        2012

      • Spoilers

        self-published
        2006-2010

    • Short Form

      • The Most Precious Gift You Can Give Someone vol 2

        Czap Books
        2022

      • "Easy Names"

        self-published
        2022

      • The Most Precious Gift You Can Give Someone vol 1

        Czap Books
        2021

      • "An Expensive Glove" Ley Lines no. 25

        Czap Books/Grindstone Comics
        2021

      • "You Rock"

        self-published
        2020

      • Four Years part 3

        Czap Books
        2019

      • Four Years part 2

        Czap Books
        2018

      • Four Years part 1

        Czap Books
        2018

      • “The Letting Go” Ley Lines no. 8

        Czap Books/Grindstone Comics
        2016

      • “The New Cast”

        Hazlitt
        2016

      • “Lyrics Sheet”

        self-published
        2014

      • “Fütchie Perf”

        self-published
        2013

      • “Pace 1 Dies With Both Eyes on the Jackpot”

        self-published
        2013

      • “He Fought Like a Tiger in a Trap,”

        w/ Cathy G. Johnson, self-published
        2013

      • Trigger 1-12

        self-published
        2012

      • “Need More”

        self-published
        2012

      • “Waffle”

        self-published
        2011

      • “the new pushups”

        self-published
        2008

    • Anthologies

      • “Homework”

        INK BRICK #10
        2019

      • “A Souvenir”

        Loving Richard’s Valley, Ubutopia Press
        2018

      • “The Last Time You Saw Cleveland”

        Cleveland SCENE vol 44, issue 28
        2015

      • “Neon Genesis Evangelion”

        I Was a Teenage Anime
        2013

      • “Kid Mind”

        Future Shock 4, Astro Plus Press
        2013

      • “Perf House”

        Cleveland SCENE vol 43, issue 28
        2013

      • “Opposite People”

        Lodaçal 7, Ruru Comix
        2012

      • “Nude Heaven”

        PUPPYTEETH 3, Czap Books
        2012

      • “Urban Legend”

        w/ Chad Lambert, District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington DC, Fulcrum
        2012

      • “Flipped Out Word”

        PUPPYTEETH 2, Czap Books
        2011

  • Work-For-Hire / Collaborations

    • Colorist

      Freestyle by Gale Galligan
      2022

    • Ink Assistant

      Salt Magic by Hope Larson, Rebecca Mock - Margaret Ferguson Books
      2021

    • Colorist

      Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Adam Rau, Betty Tang - Little, Brown and Company
      2021

    • Editorial Consultant to G. Webber

      Dancing After TEN by Vivian Chong, Georgia Webber - Fantagraphics
      2020

    • Inker, Typesetting

      White Bird by RJ Palacio - Knopf
      2019

    • Colorist

      The Breakaways by Cathy G. Johnson - First Second
      2019

    • Jury Member (Anonymous)

      Ignatz Awards
      2018

    • Jury Member

      Slate Cartoonist Prize
      2018

    • Publisher

      Czap Books
      2012–present

    • Co-organizer

      Genghis Con Cleveland
      2013–2015

    • Co-founder & Contributor

      Comix Cube
      2011–2013

    • Instructor

      “The Art of Comix,” CIA Continuing Education
      2010–2011

  • Juried Conventions

    • Queer/Trans Zinefest

      Providence, RI
      2017–2018, 2022

    • Small Press Expo

      Bethesda, MD (invitation)
      2015–2019, 2022

    • Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo

      Cambridge/Boston, MA
      2016–2017, 2019, 2022

    • Toronto Comic Arts Festival

      Toronto, Ontario
      2011–2019, 2022 (virtual)

    • RISD Unbound

      Providence, RI
      2021 (virtual), 2022

    • FlameCon

      New York, NY
      2019

    • Chicago Alternative Comics Expo

      Chicago, IL
      2012–2019

    • Comic Arts Los Angeles

      Los Angeles CA
      2015–2019

    • Comics Crossroads Columbus

      Columbus, OH
      2015–2018 (’18 Featured Guest)

    • Vancouver Comic Arts Festival

      Vancouver, British Columbia
      2017

    • Queer Between the Covers

      Montreal, Quebec
      2016-2017

    • Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo

      Providence, RI
      2014–2016 (’16 Special Guest)

    • Comic Arts Brooklyn, Brooklyn

      NY
      2014, 2016, 2017

    • Linework NW

      Portland, OR
      2016

    • Paper Jam V

      Brooklyn NY
      2016

    • Autoptic

      Minneapolis, MN
      2013, 2015

  • Panels

    • Indie Publishing Roundtable

      MICE, Boston, MA
      2022

    • “World Building and New Futures”

      SPX, Bethesda, MD
      2021

    • “Spotlight on Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore (moderator)”

      CAKE, Chicago, IL
      2019

    • “Inter-Generational Comics (moderator)”

      TCAF, Toronto, ON
      2019

    • “More Life”

      TCAF, Toronto, ON
      2018

    • “Genderfluidity, Technology and Futurism”

      SPX, Bethesda, MD
      2017

    • “Spotlight on Liz Suburbia (moderator)”

      Comic Con, San Diego, CA
      2017

    • “Industry Day”

      The Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, VT
      2017

    • “Expanding Comics’ Conversations (moderator)”

      Paper Jazz, Brooklyn, NY
      2017

    • “Possible Futures”

      RIPE, Providence, RI
      2016

    • “Share and Tell: A Discussion on Curation”

      RIPE, Providence, RI
      2016

    • “Indie Publishing: Make the Comics You Want to See”

      SPX, Bethesda, MD
      2016

    • “Comics 101: How to Start Publishing Your Comics”

      TCAF, Toronto, ON
      2016

    • “In the Studio”

      TCAF, Toronto, ON
      2016

    • “It’s a Small, Small, Small Press World”

      SPX, Bethesda, MD
      2015

    • “The Birth of a Fest”

      RIPE, Providence, RI
      2015

    • “More Fit Than Print: Webcomics”

      RIPE, Providence, RI
      2014

    • “District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C.”

      SPACE, Columbus, OH
      2013

    • “Webcomics”

      SPACE, Columbus, OH
      2012

  • Group exhibitions

    • “Comic And Cartoon Art Annual Special Format, Comic Strip, Long Form”

      Society of Illustrators — New York, NY
      2016

    • “Housebroken”

      Zygote Gallery - Cleveland, OH
      2013

    • “American Mangaka”

      Amakusa Cultural Exchange Center — Amakusa, Japan
      2013