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JOHN KOVALIC John Kovalic is a renowned cartoonist, comic book author, and game developer. USA Today has hailed him as a “Hot Pick” and Wired Magazine recently referred to him as a Geek You Should Be Following on Twitter. His cartoons have appeared in the New York Times and The Washington Post. His other creations include the sell-out comic book sensation Dork Tower, Dr. Blink, Snapdragons, and many other features. He also helped create and illustrate over 100 board games, including Games Magazine’s 1999 Party Game of the Year, the international smash-hit Apples to Apples. First released in 1997, Dork Tower is a slice-of-geeky-life comic with a unique art style and accessible characters. Diamond Comics Distributors, the world’s largest book distributor, raved “Dork Tower may just be the perfect comic book.” The first issue of Dork Tower sold out in eight weeks and has gone on to sell a half million copies. http://www.dorktower.com/ Dork Tower is currently syndicated through the GeekDad blog on Wired.com. http://www.wired.com/geekdad/tag/dork-tower Released in 2004, Dr. Blink explores the life of the foremost superhero shrink (and author of “Chick Soup for the Super-Soul”) and his superhero clients. Dr. Blink must save the superheroes, so they can save the world. The Onion called it a “witty, fast-paced, intelligent spoof.” http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/drblink/ Developed in 2004 as a kid-friendly version of Dork Tower, Snap Dragons is a comic strip about five kids and the power of imagination. Three fan-favorite comic books have been published about the group of kids that take themselves and their friends to fantastic realms and far-off times. Mythos Buddies is a line of original collectible toys that are the follow up to My Little Cthulhu. http://tinyurl.com/cutethulhu. They don't know how they got here. Or where "here" is. Or when. They don't really know what they are either. They're Thulhus. They think. So they have to stick together, no matter how much they get on each other's nerves. They don't have to be friends. But they have to be buddies. John is co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Games, creators of the
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