Schmuck Archives

Along with her contribution to Seth Kushner's Schmuck, Christa has recently collaborated with other cartoonists in the Artist's Against Police Brutality anthology and with actor John Leguizamo on Ghetto Klown, a graphic novel about his life Ahead of Christa, John, and co-artist Shamus Beyale's book signing this upcoming Monday over at The Strand in New[...]

This past weekend, news started appearing on social media that Pop Culture photographer and comics writer of Schmuck, Seth Kushner, would soon be honored by the posthumous dual-naming of the street he grew up on in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn as "Seth Kushner Way" Full details later emerged Kushner, who passed away in May at[...]

From one Brooklynite to another–award winning writer Jonathan Ames (whose new Starz show, Blunt Talk premiers in only 2 days on August 22nd starring Patrick Stewart), has written the introduction to the graphic novel Schmuck, which features the work of 22 indie cartoonists to tell the semi-autobio tale of Seth Kushner's quest for love It's[...]

The slate of books announced for that wave of distribution included Beef With Tomato, which is a collection of auto-bio comics and essays by Dean Haspiel, a new graphic novel from Gregory Benton titled Smoke, and Seth Kushner's collaboration with more than 20 indie artists, a tale of searching for love called SCHMUCK The three[...]

I'm looking forward to everything that comes out of their studio. Alternative Comics is an independent publisher of creator-owned graphic novels and comic books founded in 1993.  Managed by Marc Arsenault since 2012, Alternative has a wide range of publications in various comics styles and genres, and their graphic novels are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution and[...]

Hang Dai Editions, the collective publication label of several members of Hang Dai Studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn, announced today that the successfully Kickstarted graphic novel anthology comprised of the semi-autobio writings of Seth Kushner and the work of 22 indie comics artists, Schmuck would be going beyond its Kickstarter goal by reaching print distribution in[...]

So, please spread the word and be mindful of others, too, in the comics community who might need your help. Seth's work has included the ground-breaking book Leaping Tall Buildings, and beyond, taking some of the most striking photo-portraits of comics creators created to date, like these: [Robert Kirkman] [Joe Hill] [Frank Miller] [Neil Gaiman] He also successfully funded a Kickstarter[...]

This is probably going to be overly-honest discussion about extraordinary photographer and comics writer Seth Kushner's "Save Our Schmuck Benefit" that took place at Union Hall in Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday night, but the New York comics community are an irreverent bunch and I'll follow that lead There's a common saying right now, a[...]

Friends have been talking for some time about the need for a benefit event to help Seth through this time, and that day is soon to arrive. On August 26th, a bevvy of comics professionals and friends will be hosting a "Save Our Schmuck Benefit" for Seth Kushner in Brooklyn at Union Hall The event will[...]

We announced on Bleeding Cool a couple of weeks ago that award-winning pop culture photographer and comics creator of the recent Kickstarter success Schmuck, featuring the work of 22 major indie artists, Seth Kushner was diagnosed with rapid-onset Leukemia and undergoing his first round of chemo, after which Kushner received the difficult news that he[...]

For the past few weeks, friends and family have been processing the realization that award-winning pop culture photographer and comic writer of recently successful Kickstarter: Schmuck, Seth Kushner, was suddenly diagnosed with rapid onset Leukemia at the age of 40 Seth was having serious trouble recovering from a bad flu and a trip to the[...]

Is Kickstarter for Schmucks? I've been working my ass off to kickstart my semi-autobio graphic novel Schmuck At the time of this writing, I have raised $9,118 out of $15,000.  Since I took Remedial Math several times in high school, I realize my arithmetic is not the strongest, but even a chimp, (or a schmuck like[...]

One man, years spent in the absurd search for love in a tragic-comic world, a 21-part semi-autobio webcomic, 22 artists, and one Kickstarter to print that starts today : Schmuck. Award winning pop culture photographer Seth Kushner, the camera behind the world-famous portraits of comics creators in Leaping Tall Buildings (and of many comics pros photo[...]

To take all of the risk in the publishing of our individual visions, and to hopefully reap the rewards. Seth Kushner: We're launching soft.  We each are putting out one tradition format comic book, which will be debuting at Comics Art Brooklyn on November 9th.  Then, we want to do hardcover, object d'art books.  I plan[...]

But like any desirable piece of visual property on the internet, his pictures have gone viral and they make their rounds uncredited, too. In the past two years, Seth has also been publishing his serialized comic Schmuck online, produced a printed collection called Forcefield FotoComix, and is about to debut a mini collection of Schmuck at[...]