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{{short description|American cartoonist (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox comics creator

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| birth_date = March 29, 1977
| birth_place = [[Harvey, Illinois]]
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| nationality = American
| area = Writer, penciller, inker
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| notable works = ''Curses'' <br /> ''Ganges'' (collected as ''The River at Night'') <br /> ''Or Else''
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'''Kevin Huizenga''' (born March 29, 1977<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/happy_32nd_birthday_kevin_huizenga/ | title = Happy 32nd Birthday, Kevin Huizenga! | publisher = The Comics Reporter | date = 2009-03-29 | accessdate = 2009-04-06 }}</ref> in [[Harvey, Illinois]]) is an American [[cartoonist]], best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.

==Biography==
Kevin created the [[minicomic]] ''Supermonster'' (1993–2001) while he was still in high school. This is where the character of Glenn Ganges first appeared. The first issue of Huizenga's ongoing ''Or Else'' comic received the [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Comic in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Ignatz Award Recipients|url=http://www.spxpo.com/2005-ignatz-award-recipients|publisher=SPX|accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref> Both ''Or Else'' and a collection of works, ''Curses'' were included on ''[[Time Magazine]]'s'' list of the Top Ten comics of 2005<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1142132,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051223170459/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1142132,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 23, 2005 | title = Time.comix Best of 2005: Comix | publisher = Time Magazine | date = 2005-12-17 | accessdate = 2007-03-28 | first=Andrew | last=Arnold}}</ref> and 2006,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.time.com/time/topten/2006/comics/07.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070203134621/http://www.time.com/time/topten/2006/comics/07.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 3, 2007 | title = Time.comix The Best Comics of 2006 | publisher = Time Magazine | date = 2006-12-28 | accessdate = 2007-03-28 }}</ref> respectively.

Since February 2008, Kevin Huizenga has published a comic strip called ''Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://zettwoch.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-catastrophe-comic-strip-blog.html | title = New Catastrophe Comic Strip & Blog | date = 2008-02-18 | accessdate = 2008-07-15 }}</ref> in the St Louis [[Riverfront Times]] with cartoonists [[Dan Zettwoch]] and [[Ted May]]. New strips appear three times a month.

== Bibliography ==
=== Books ===
* ''The River at Night'', Drawn & Quarterly (2019)
* ''Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond'' with [[Dan Zettwoch]], Uncivilized Books (2013)
* ''Gloriana'', [[Drawn & Quarterly]] (2012)
* ''Alla Prima''<ref name=tf>{{cite web|title=Alla Prima|url=http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7645|publisher=The Florentine|author=James Bradburne|date=12 April 2012}}</ref> (2012)
* ''Wild Kingdom'', [[Drawn & Quarterly]] (2010)
* ''Curses'', [[Drawn & Quarterly]] (2006)

=== Comic Books ===
* ''Ganges'' #1-5, [[Fantagraphics]] (2006 - 2016)
* ''Or Else'' #1-5, [[Drawn & Quarterly]] (2004 - 2008)
* ''Fight or Run: Shadow of the Chopper'', Buenaventura Press (2008)
* ''New Construction'' #1-2
* ''Sermons'' #1-2
* ''The Feathered Ogre: Designs and Sketches''
* ''Super Monster'' #1-14

=== Anthologies with his stories ===
* ''[[Kramers Ergot]] 8'', [[PictureBox]]
* ''[[Kramers Ergot]] 7'', Buenaventura Press
* ''[[Kramers Ergot]] 5'', Buenaventura Press
* ''Showcase'' #1, Drawn & Quarterly
* ''Orchid'', [[Sparkplug Comics]]
* ''Bogus Dead''
* ''Impossible'' (Magazines #1 & #3)
* ''The Best American Comics 2007'', [[Houghton Mifflin]]
* ''The Best American Comics 2009'', [[Houghton Mifflin]]

==Awards==
* 2010 [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Series for ''Ganges''
* 2007 [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Anthology or Collection for ''Curses''
* 2006 [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Story for ''Ganges'' #1
* 2005 [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Comic for ''Or Else'' #1
* 2004 [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Story for “Glenn Ganges”, ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Volume 1''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.usscatastrophe.com/kh/ Kevin Huizenga's Catastrophe Site]
* [http://kevinh.blogspot.com/ The Balloonist - Kevin Huizenga's Blog]
* [http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/artBio.php?artist=a412a2f9ef2545 Kevin Huizenga's Drawn & Quarterly Artist Page]
* [http://leonbeyondfacts.blogspot.com/ Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond]

===Interviews===
*{{cite web|title=Kevin Huizenga|url=http://www.du9.org/entretien/kevin-huizenga1020/|publisher=du9|author=Nicolas Verstappen|date=2005}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060613004635/http://www.comicfoundry.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=231 Read This, Or Else: Interview//Time Traveling with Kevin Huizenga] - Comic Foundry June 1, 2006
* [http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/66/ A Short Interview with Kevin Huizenga] - The Comics Reporter March 30, 2004
*{{cite web|title=Alumni Profile - Kevin Huizenga '99|url=http://www.calvin.edu/publications/spark/2008/spring/huizenga-kevin.htm|publisher=The Spark Online|date=Spring 2008}}
*{{cite web|title=Interview: Kevin Huizenga Pt. 1|url=http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2008/12/16/interview-kevin-huizenga-pt-1-of-2/|publisher=The Daily Cross Hatch|author=Brian Heater|date=16 December 2008}}
*{{cite web|title=Interview: Kevin Huizenga Pt. 2|url=http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2008/12/23/interview-kevin-huizenga-pt-2-of-2/|publisher=The Daily Cross Hatch|author=Brian Heater|date=28 December 2008}}
*{{cite web|title=TCJ 300 Conversations: Art Spiegelman & Kevin Huizenga|url=http://classic.tcj.com/tcj-300/tcj-300-conversations-art-spiegelman-kevin-huizenga/|publisher=The Comics Journal|author=Gary Groth|date=7 December 2009}}
*{{cite web|title=Space Available: an Interview with Kevin Huizenga|url=http://www.avoidthefuture.com/2010/10/space-available-interview-with-kevin.html|publisher=Avoid the Future|date=25 October 2010}}
*{{cite web|title=Kevin Huizenga Returns to "Ganges"|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35256|publisher=Comic Book Resources|author=Chris Mautner|date=3 November 2011}}
*{{cite web|title=Kevin Huizenga: I'm Trying to Draw Something I Haven't Seen Before |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/interviews/907/kevin-huizenga-im-trying-to-draw-something-i-havent-seen-before/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130812155452/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/interviews/907/kevin-huizenga-im-trying-to-draw-something-i-havent-seen-before/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2013 |publisher=Comics Bulletin |author=Jason Sacks |date=11 November 2011 }}
*{{cite web|title=Talking Comics with Tim - Kevin Huizenga|url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/talking-comics-with-tim-kevin-huizenga/|publisher=Comic Book Resources|author=Tim O'Shea |date=16 April 2012}}
*{{cite web|title=Kevin Huizenga on the relationship between his comics and Woody Allen|url=https://www.avclub.com/kevin-huizenga-on-the-relationship-between-his-comics-a-1798232262|publisher=The A.V. Club|author=Noel Murray|date=10 July 2012}}
*{{cite web|title=Kevin Huizenga's 'Gloriana': Glenn Ganges, Euphoria and the Uncertainty of Life|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/52915-kevin-huizenga-s-gloriana-glenn-ganges-euphoria-and-the-uncertainty-of-life.html|publisher=Publishers Weekly|author=Casey Burchby|date=10 July 2012}}

===Reviews===
*{{cite web|title=Curses|url=http://www.salon.com/2006/11/08/huizenga/|work=Salon|author=Douglas Wolk|date=8 November 2006}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121130231123/http://comicsbulletin.com/reviews/2517/ganges-1/ Review of ''Ganges'' #1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130131165645/http://comicsbulletin.com/reviews/2967/ganges-2/ #2], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019190305/http://comicsbulletin.com/reviews/3102/ganges-3/ #3], [https://archive.today/20130121034317/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/1378/ganges-4/ #4], [[Comics Bulletin]]
*{{cite web|title=Gloriana|url=http://www.tcj.com/reviews/gloriana/|publisher=The Comics Journal|author=Nicole Rudick|date=30 July 2012}}

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[[Category:Ignatz Award winners]]


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