photo by Shun Jie Yong
About
Kevin Huizenga (HIGH zing guh) grew up in a suburb of Chicago, South Holland, which is a small town of Dutch immigrants. He is the son of an accountant and a nurse. In high school he started reading minicomics and quit playing baseball. He attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he started drawing the influential mini-comic Supermonster.
He moved to St. Louis where he drew the comic book series Or Else as well as the strip Leon Beyond with Dan Zettwoch. Eventually, he also created his series Ganges. Huizenga taught in the Comic Art program at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design from 2015-2019, and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023.
His graphic novels include The River at Night, Curses, The Wild Kingdom, and Gloriana. His work has been translated into six languages, including Dutch; he won five Ignatz awards and been nominated for Harvey and Eisner awards.
Glenn Ganges in: The River At Night
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