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Karl C Krumpholz

@karlckrumpholz.bsky.social
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Cartoonist on ‘It's Oola!!', In The City’, and ‘Queen City’ (yep, there’s a theme.) Probably drawing right now. karlchristiankrumpholz.com

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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 13h
After a weekend exhibiting at @comicartfestival.bsky.social , then hours of train delays, Kelly and I are back in London… and it’s also my birthday. There’s no one but Kelly that I’d rather share the night with in one of my favorite cities. First stop is a pint at the Coach & Horses in SoHo.
Kelly and Karl with a pint at the Coach & Horses
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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The amount of genius insight to human psychology in this 1.5 minute bit is incredible www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgf4... @mariabamford.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
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Maria Bamford: "Why does everything have to be so good?" | Aug. 19, 2023
YouTube video by The Kennedy Center
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This weekend!! I’ll be exhibiting at @comicartfestival.bsky.social in Kendal, Cumbria, UK! This will be my first of two UK shows this autumn. Had a blast at last year’s show and happy to be back, get to explore Kendal, see friends, & find some new art & comics. Come by and say hello. We’re nice!!
An illustration listing all of KCKs autumn expo appearances ‘I’m an exhibitor at the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival, 2-4 October 2026, Kendal Cumbria.’
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
First night in Kendal. Kelly and I wandering the town at night. Should have got more photos.
Black and white photo of Kelly sitting and smoking on a street in Kendal at night. Black and white photo of Kelly sitting and smoking on a street in Kendal at night. Black and white photo of several shops and banners hanging across one of the back alley shambles in Kendal at night.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Kelly in and around Boston/Cambridge, MA. At The Sevens, The Tam, and Plough and Stars.
Black and white photo of Kelly standing and smoking outside The Seven, Boston MABlack and white photo of Kelly as she sits at the bar and looks out the door at a man passing by outside The Tam, Boston MABlack and white photo of Kelly sitting at a table at The Plough & Stars, Cambridge MABlack and white photo of Kelly sitting at a table in the front window as a man passes the open door at The Sevens, Boston MA
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After a bus, a train, a flight, two London tube lines, two further trains to the North of England, then one final delayed train that became an Uber ride instead… traveling for close to 22 hours from Denver CO, but Kelly and I finally got to Kendal, Cumbria for @comicartfestival.bsky.social
Kelly drinking a pint in a pub.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A cityscape at night. I do love drawing water towers.
An inked illustration of a cityscape.An inked illustration of a cityscape sitting on a drawing table.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Was in Boston last weekend and back at Delux Cafe, one of my old locals in the South End. Happy to see a print of my illustration of the front of the bar still hanging on the wall. Looks great!
Karl pointing up to a framed print hanging on the wall of a bar.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This weekend!! I’ll be exhibiting at @comicartfestival.bsky.social in Kendal, Cumbria, UK! This will be my first of two UK shows this autumn. Had a blast at last year’s show and happy to be back, get to explore Kendal, see friends, & find some new art & comics. Come by and say hello. We’re nice!!
An illustration listing all of KCKs autumn expo appearances ‘I’m an exhibitor at the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival, 2-4 October 2026, Kendal Cumbria.’
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Seen in Amherst, MA.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kelly. Outside the Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA.
Black and white photo of Kelly looking at her mobile, across the street from The Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seen in Denver, CO
Handwritten sticker: Trump supporters “R” pathetic Sticker: Go places Do shitSticker: Anxiety. Society hates rebels. Stay low, keep digging Sticker: make a ska album you coward
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
While in Western Massachusetts, Kelly and I took time to visit the New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, MA. Through the woods and a long trek up the hill was quite worth it.
Kelly sitting on stone steps with the large white peace pagoda behind her.The white peace pagoda Lilly pondLilly pond
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last night on East Colfax, Denver, CO. No cones, no construction, just the sun setting the sky on fire.
Eat Colfax, Denver, CO under a red sky as the sun sets.
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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
youtu.be/Ol3JHWlSRzc?...
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The Clean - Beatnik
YouTube video by Flying Nun Records
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Oola seemingly fascinated by all the colored lights playing over the ceiling, not realizing that the same lights make her look utterly possessed.
A black cat looking up at colored lights around her which also causes her eyes to glow.A black cat looking up at colored lights around her which also causes her eyes to glow.A black cat looking up at colored lights around her which also causes her eyes to glow.A black cat looking up at colored lights around her which also causes her eyes to glow.
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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
youtu.be/-P962zAC0jE?...
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Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream Of Trains (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by robynhitchcock
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kelly smoking and waiting for the rain to stop, hoping for the sun.
Black and white photo of Kelly smoking in front of a shop, waiting for the rain to stop, watching out for the sun.Black and white photo of Kelly smoking in front of a shop, waiting for the rain to stop, watching out for the sun.Black and white photo of Kelly smoking in front of a shop, waiting for the rain to stop, watching out for the sun.Black and white photo of Kelly smoking in front of a shop, waiting for the rain to stop, watching out for the sun.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Kelly: walking around South End, Boston, drinks at JJ Foleys, and being dramatic in Amherst, MA. She has style.
Black and white photo of Kelly walking in the South End neighborhood, BostonBlack and white photo of Kelly looking at her mobile while sitting at the bar at JJ Foleys in Boston’s South EndBlack and white photo of Kelly standing by a large brutalist building (it’s a hotel) on UMASS campus, Amherst, MABlack and white photo of Kelly standing by a large brutalist building (it’s a hotel) on UMASS campus, Amherst, MA
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Farm Goth 🇵🇸 @poemsandfungus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absolutely incredible way to open an album. What a great, in-your-face record. God, I love The Fall.
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New Big Prinz
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Biophobia: a dislike, fear or dread of nature, natural environments, wild animals, or wide-open natural ecosystems This city boy just got back from the woods of Western Massachusetts. Don’t know if it’s trees that unnerve me or just the possibility of Jason Voorhees suddenly popping out with an axe
Black and white photo of a road through the woods. Black and white photo of a road through the woods. A black and white photo of a path through the woods lit with string lights. Photo of a path through the woods with the sign: Caution Still More Trees Ahead
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Seen in Denver, CO
Sticker on restroom wall that was updated with graffiti: (Trump has a) SMALL (penis!)Stickers behind a bar that include: Fuck Colorado Springs entirely. Sticker: Weed should taste goodGraffiti/artwork on an electrical box: some sort of anthropomorphic creature with breasts.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The sunset and neon on a Saturday night on East Colfax, Denver, CO.
The sunset in the distance and the shining neon of Pete’s Satire Lounge as people stand outside or walk down East Colfax, Denver, CO.The sunset in the distance and the shining neon of Pete’s Satire Lounge as people stand outside or walk down East Colfax, Denver, CO.
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Jamie @coulra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I just need to rewrite a Halloween scenario I had. #TTRPG #Dragonbane
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s Green Chilies season again. Here’s a comic that I did about Kelly’s love for green chilies. She just got a bushel of already roasted and immediately started cooking with them… and yes, they did make the kitchen smell amazing. No, she did not sing while bagging all the chilies up… this time.
A comic about Kelly and green chilies. A comic about Kelly and green chilies. A bushel of roasted green chilies A bushel of roasted green chilies
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well… this happened…
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kelly’s quick smoke break on the corner, outside the window of the Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA.
A black and white photo of Kelly smoking and looking at her mobile outside the window of the Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA.A black and white photo of Kelly smoking and looking at her mobile outside the window of the Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA.A black and white photo of Kelly smoking and looking at her mobile outside the window of the Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Stopped by Good Bones for a coffee over the weekend. They’ve have one of my Colfax banners from a few years ago hanging in the cafe. The ‘Mayor of Colfax’ was also there at a table and asked me if I could sign it. My pleasure!
My Colfax banner from 2020, featuring an illustration of old Sid King’s, hanging on the wall of a cafe and signed by me.A close up of my Colfax banner from 2020, featuring an illustration of old Sid King’s, hanging on the wall of a cafe and signed by me.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just dropped off a stack of prints to restock Abstract Denver’s shops, including brand new prints of the Blucifer vs E Colfax illustration that I recently did for the next Colfax Carousal event (happening on Saturday 9/19) as well as the Chaos on E Colfax illustration recently done for the Westword
Two stacks of bagged and boarded prints leaning against a bookcase. One stack has an illustration of E Colfax filled with construction, the other has a demonic blue horse crashing through construction.Two bagged and boarded prints on a rug. One an illustration of E Colfax filled with construction, the other has a demonic blue horse crashing through construction.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
TONIGHT!!! Be there or be square.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS SATURDAY (so… tomorrow) is Colfax Carousal: 37 bands, 6 venues, and 1 giant party all along East Colfax. I’ll be at Pete’s Satire Lounge, selling prints of the illustrations that I did for this and last year’s events, starting around 6pm. Hope to see you. Bring ear plugs. It’s going to be loud.
Prints of illustrations done for Colfax Carousal of Blucifer wrecking chaos on East Colfax
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seen in Boston, MA
Sticker on the back of a sign: Socrates is my homieSign in a bar: We reserve the right to decide when you’ve had enoughSticker: Bad artBlack and white photo of a bar with a sign hanging: There’s no place like home
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Been utterly digging the new Cramps long- lost sessions from 1977, finally released almost 50 years later, ‘Gravest Gravy.’ Been playing non-stop since it dropped a few days ago. youtu.be/uLqlY2AJGz0?...
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The Natives Are Restless (1977 Version)
YouTube video by The Cramps - Topic
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oola stretches and stares.
A black and white photo of a back cat arching her back as she stands atop a pile of booksA black and white photo of a black cat stretching and leaning on a doorway to signal that she wants to go outsideA black and white photo of a  black cat staring as she sits in a man’s lapA black and white photo of a black cat staring from atop a pile of books.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seen in Boston, MA
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here’s my sit down with Jake Tapper at CNN about THE DISSIDENTS. The bolts in my neck aren’t too visible. @abramscomicarts.bsky.social #graphicnovel #graphicnovels
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New book recounts the repression of American cartoonists in the early 1900s with stunning parallels to current day | CNN
Jake Tapper reports on The Lead.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
MOON UNDER WATER preview! A peak at the project I’m working on. A comic about stories, memories, a brilliant boozer, a beautiful woman, the city, & the hidden tragedies of that person sitting alone at the end of the bar. I’ll have 28-page preview at @comicartfestival.bsky.social on Oct 3-4!
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Seen in Boston, MA
A stuffed deer head hanging above a bar covered in items, including a traffic cone on its head. High heeled shoes on the bar ceiling. Graffiti covering the inside of a picture frame with the taped up note: No playing cards only paying cards. A sign on a restroom door: Whichever is fine… just one at a time.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Reading in bed and suddenly hear a scrabble above me. Oola has leapt atop Desmond Mule-Deer hanging above the bed. It is moth season and Oola is on the hunt.
A black cat sitting atop a taxidermied mule-deer head hanging above a bed. A black cat sitting atop a taxidermied mule-deer head hanging above a bed. A black cat sitting atop a taxidermied mule-deer head hanging above a bed. A black cat sitting atop a taxidermied mule-deer head hanging above a bed.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: La Llorona will no longer be opening for ed sheeran “He can get fucked” commented bassist Hopey Glass “If he was really hardcore he would have thrown… his full support behind Palestine” said lead singer Monica Zandinski
Jaime Hernandez’ cover to Love & Rockets #24 (iirc), showing a band (female guitarist and bassist, both with dark hair) rocking out onstage at a gig. Just by looking at them you can tell they have way better vibes than sheeran.

Also because it’s Xaimeh the spot blacks are so good they make other artists cry
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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
THIS SATURDAY in Denver! My band Lines of Drift will kick things off at the Squire. colfaxcarousal.org
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Colfax Carousal: Buy a Ticket, Save Colfax
Buy a Ticket. Save Colfax. 34 punk bands across 7 venues on Denver's Colfax Ave. One wristband, one day, Saturday September 19, 2026.
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Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show @vmspod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#Podcast recordings with a couple of #comics folks at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social today: #NatePowell @natepowell.bsky.social & @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social #karlchristiankrumpholz! Episodes coming soonish. (There would’ve been more, but circumstances.) (But I DID add a bunch of prospects, so yay.)
Selfie of two middle-aged white men in T-shirts, arm in arm, smiling at the cameraSelfie of two middle-aged white men — on in a T-shirt, the other in a fedora, knit sport coat, and T-shirt — arm in arm, smiling at the camera
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Bernard Cornelius enters the pub just as they open and as the sun shines through the bar windows. An early morning regular coming for his first drink of the day. Inks from a double page spread in my latest comic, hopefully out later this autumn.
A section of an inked two-page comic spread: An older man comes into a pub as light shines through the bar windows.A section of an inked two-page comic spread: An older man comes into a pub as light shines through the bar windows.A section of an inked two-page comic spread: An older man comes into a pub as light shines through the bar windows.An inked two-page comic spread sitting on a drawing table: An older man comes into a pub as light shines through the bar windows.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Kelly and I. Proof of life, August 2026.
Black and white photo of Kelly in a bar.Black and white photo of Karl in a bar.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
OBLIGATORY COMIC EXPO PHOTO POST, Day 01! Kelly & I are back at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social ! Table W73 with comics about everyday life in The City, some of its strange characters, and even one about a manic little black cat. Come say hello. I’m the confused-looking one in the hat. WE’RE NICE!
Kelly sitting behind an expo table loaded with comics.Kelly sitting behind an expo table loaded with comics.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
OBLIGATORY COMIC EXPO PHOTO POST, Day 01! Kelly & I are back at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social ! Table W73 with comics about everyday life in The City, some of its strange characters, and even one about a manic little black cat. Come say hello. I’m the confused-looking one in the hat. WE’RE NICE!
Kelly sitting behind an expo table loaded with comics.Kelly sitting behind an expo table loaded with comics.
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This weekend! I’ll be at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social with my comics, the new THE LONGEST WICKEDEST WALK, a 28-page preview of MOON UNDER WATER, and stickers. Yes, there are some Oola ones, though I don’t think she is amused by the whole thing. I’m at Table W73b. Come say “Hi!” I’m nice!!!
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Corinne Halbert @ NYCC Artist Alley H06 📚🔮🌞 @corinnehalbert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Was able to make two small spooky nun paintings to have at my table for @smallpressexpo.bsky.social! W70B! See you this weekend friends 💚👁️📚👁️💚 #comicbook #artists #spx2026 #smallpressexpo #cartoonists
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Karl C Krumpholz @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I think Oola may be possessed.
A black cat in a window hammock giving a large yawn A black cat in a window hammock giving a large yawn A black cat in a window hammock.
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