Sammy Harkham (born May 21, 1980) is an American

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

and editor, best known for editing the ''

Kramers Ergot ''Kramers Ergot'' is a series of anthology-style books of comic art edited by Sammy Harkham. Publication history ''Kramers Ergot'' started as a mini-comic self-published by Sammy Harkham under the imprint Avodah Books. Issues 4 and 5 were publishe ...

'' alternative comics anthology. His current work can be found in the comic ''Crickets'', which was published by

Drawn & Quarterly Drawn & Quarterly is a publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specializing in comics. It publishes primarily comic books, graphic novels and comic strip collections. The books it publishes are noted for their artistic content, ...

for its first two issues but is now self-published. He is the co-owner of the Family Bookstore in Los Angeles, and the co-founder of

Cinefamily The Cinefamily was a non-profit cinematheque located in West Hollywood, California, at the historic Silent Movie Theatre. The Cinefamily's mission statement was to "reinvigorate the movie-going experience by fostering a spirit of community and a ...

(now known as Fairfax Cinema). His father is developer

Uri Harkham Uri P. Harkham is an American businessman, film producer and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California. He is the founder and former chief executive Officer of Harkham Industries, a women's apparel company, and the chairman of Harkham Propertie ...

Awards and honors

*2002

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a ...

nominated for Promising New Talent *2012

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Since 1980, the ''Los Angeles Times'' has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller ( ...

for ''Everything Together: Collected Stories''

References

External links

Family Bookstore blog

The Comics Journal 1980 births Alternative cartoonists American cartoonists Living people Artists from Los Angeles {{US-cartoonist-stub