Of Bookish Things<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/JackKatz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackKatz</span></a>, 1927-2025</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a>/ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> Jack Katz, whose ambitious <a href="https://c.im/tags/ndyComic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ndyComic</span></a> epic, <a href="https://c.im/tags/TheFirstKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFirstKingdom</span></a>, laid the groundwork in the 1970s for <a href="https://c.im/tags/LongformGraphicNarratives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongformGraphicNarratives</span></a> like <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cerebus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cerebus</span></a>, died April 24 at the age of 97. If he had not published that <a href="https://c.im/tags/ScienceFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFantasy</span></a> saga, it’s likely that Katz would have been regarded as just a journeyman <a href="https://c.im/tags/Illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustrator</span></a>, who tried — with little success — to make a living in comics. As it is, he will be remembered for his attempt, during the waning days of <a href="https://c.im/tags/UndergroundComics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UndergroundComics</span></a>, to put out one of the first self-published <a href="https://c.im/tags/graphicnovels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graphicnovels</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Comicbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comicbook</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ComicbookArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComicbookArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ComicbookArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComicbookArtist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ComicbookIllustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComicbookIllustrator</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.tcj.com/jack-katz-1927/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">tcj.com/jack-katz-1927/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>