Kevin Cannon 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 illustrator.

Life and career

Cannon first published work was ''Johnny Cavalier'', published by

Grinnell College Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College. Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-st ...

Press, which included 100 pages of weekly strips that originally ran in the ''

Scarlet and Black Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College. Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-stu ...

''. While attending Grinnell, Kevin was often asked if he was

Zander Cannon Alexander Cannon (born November 1, 1972) is an American cartoonist, known for his work on books such as '' Top 10'', '' Smax'' and ''Kaijumax''. Career Cannon's first professional comics work was ''The Chainsaw Vigilante'', a spin-off from ''The ...

's brother, though the two bear no relation. This caused him to contact Zander at The Handicraft Guild in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

and began work as his assistant. Kevin did background illustrations for ''

Smax Smax is a fictional character from the comic book series '' Top 10'' written by Alan Moore, illustrated by Gene Ha, and published by America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. A ''Top-10'' spin-off mini-series also called ''Smax'' focused on the ...

'', published by

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and illustrated '' The Handsome Prince'' by author Tom Hegg. Kevin and Zander's working relationship eventually led to their founding of

Big Time Attic Big Time Attic is a Limited Liability Corporation. It is the operational name of Twin Cities comic artists Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon (no relation). It was founded in August 2004, between the Cannons and Shadi Petosky. History The beginn ...

with Shad Petosky. With Zander he went on to write the sequel to

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and ''From Hell' ...

's '' Top Ten''. Working on his own he has produced ''Far Arden'', a graphic novel about a journey described in one review as "382 pages of entertaining, action packed and genuinely funny adventure".Far Arden - rip roaring tales of Arctic adventuring

Forbidden Planet ''Forbidden Planet'' is a 1956 American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, and directed by Fred M. Wilcox (director), Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on an original film story ...

, June 23, 2009 In 2010, ''Far Arden'' was nominated for an

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in the category "Best Publication for Teens". In 2012, Kevin began serially publishing ''Crater XV'', the sequel to ''Far Arden'', in the digital publication ''Double Barrel'' from

Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, originally owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf is based in Marietta, Georgia. Top Shelf pub ...

. Last seen crossing the Nunavut boarder heading north .

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''

Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards ''Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards: A Tale of Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology'' is a 2005 graphic novel written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by the company Big Time Attic. The book tell ...

'' (with writer

Jim Ottaviani Jim Ottaviani is an American writer who is the author of several comic books about the history of science. His best-known work, ''Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists'', features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, N ...

, and other artists

and Shad Petosky, 168 pages, October 2005, ) * "Quorzar 13, Honorable Conqueror of the Galaxy" (with Zander Cannon and Shad Petosky, in ''

Negative Burn ''Negative Burn'' is a black-and-white anthology comic book published beginning in 1993 by Caliber Press, and subsequently by Image Comics and Desperado Publishing. Edited by Joe Pruett, ''Negative Burn'' is noted for its eclectic range of genres, ...

Winter Special'', 2005) * '' Top Ten: Season Two'' (with co-author Zander Cannon, and art by

Gene Ha In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a ba ...

, 4-issue mini-series,

America's Best Comics America's Best Comics (ABC) is a comic book publishing brand. It was set up by Alan Moore in 1999 as an imprint of WildStorm, an idea proposed to Moore by WildStorm founder Jim Lee when it was still under Image Comics. History ''America's Best ...

, December 2008 - March 2009) *''The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA'' (with writer Mark Schultz, and other artists Zander Cannon, 160 pages,

Hill and Wang Hill & Wang is an American book publishing company focused on American history, world history, and politics. It is a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Hill & Wang was founded as an independent publishing house in 1956 by Arthur Wang (1917/1 ...

, January 2009, ) *''T-Minus: The Race to the Moon'' (with writer Jim Ottaviani, and other artist Zander Cannon, 128 pages, Aladdin, May 2009, ) *''Far Arden'' (400 pages,

, May 2009, ) * ''Crater XV'' (496 page,

, May 2013, ) *''The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy'' with Michael F. Patton, April 2015, )

References

External links

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kevincannon.org
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