Episode 38: Keith Knight
Join us for a conversation with Keith Knight, cartoonist and co-creator of Hulu's "Woke" during the Michael Eure Show. Michael and guest hosts will talk with Keith about his current projects and how he became a cartoonist. Several of Mr. Knight's works will also be shown during the broadcast.
Episode Guest
Keith Knight is the creator of several comic strips, but he is best known for his semi-autobiographical K Chronicles and his sociopolitical single panel, (th)ink.
Knight is part of a generation of African-American artists who were raised on hip-hop and infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in various publications:
- The New Yorker
- The Washington Post
- Daily KOS
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Medium.com
- Ebony
- ESPN the Magazine
- L.A. Weekly
- MAD Magazine
- Funny Times
The Hulu streaming series "Woke" is inspired by Knight’s comics and life in San Francisco. He is co-creator, co-writer and an executive producer on the series.
Episode Notes
This episode was streamed on May 6, 2021.
