Author: John Kovalic

Today’s cartoon went up late on Dorktower.com. Sorry about that. I’m trying to get to the point where the Monday/Wednesday/Friday ‘toons are up first thing in the morning. Fingers crossed. **** Many people asked if posters made from Monday’s cartoon are available. Well, they aren’t, for several very good legal reasons, but you could probably […]

Judith and I took an early-morning walk today, picking wild flowers for a funeral. Unfortunately, mortality seems the theme for the day. **** Tim Hildebrandt, RIP. The Brothers Hildebrandt were about as influential to my generation as they come. Tim Hildebrandt passed away Sunday, at the age of 67. **** Jack “Jaxon” Jackson, RIP Austin […]

Matt Forbeck isn’t just an extremely talented, award-winning writer and game designer, nor is is simply the single nicest guy in the entire gaming industry. No, he’s also a great pal of mine. He’s doing an interesting series of articles for Games Quarterly magazine on Celebrity Gamers. His preliminary list is pretty interesting. If anybody […]

For Immediate Release Kovalic Takes on the Games Business in ‘ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games’ Award-winning Editorial Cartoonist bites the hand that fed him! MADISON, WI – Harvey Award-nominated cartoonist John Kovalic has become a regular contributor to the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games. He will create an editorial cartoon for each quarterly issue, commenting […]

Here’s the official bit. Thursday, June 1 – Dork Tower was nominated for two prestigious Harvey Awards: Best Cartoonist (John Kovalic) and Special Award For Humor in Comics (John Kovalic). That out of the way? Good. Now…here’s my honest reaction: HOLY freaking CRUD! This is…odd. Stunning. Weird. I didn’t even know the Harveys were announced […]

I spent much of the Memorial Day holiday here in the States working on Munchkin Impossible, which I am now calling Deadline Impossible, as we’ve just learned that this is needed for a GenCon release. But I think I’ll have the art done in time. Of course, I’d hoped for a bit of a break, […]