Cartoonist Keith Knight: "Comics Can Save the World!" (Valente) In-Person
Join Keith Knight as he explores the way comics have historically been used in social justice movements, cultural storytelling, and speaking truth to power for centuries. Using his own work and the work of others, Keith makes the case that cartooning can be a bridge to understanding, compassion, and even, liberation.
Keith Knight is a critically acclaimed comics creator and cartoonist. He has received the Comic-Con Inkpot, a CXC Master Cartoonist Award, several Glyph Awards for best comic strip, a Harvey Award and has been nominated for an Eisner, and an NAACP Image Award.
Knight is the creator of the long-running autobio comic strip, the K Chronicles. One of the most widely distributed alt-weekly comic strips since its launch in the early nineties. His socio-political single panel cartoon, (th)ink, has graced the pages of both Black newspapers/websites, and alt-weeklies. And he drew the daily syndicated strip, the Knight Life for over a decade until 2019.
In 2020, Knight's life and comix were the inspiration for the comedy series, Woke, on Hulu. Knight served as co-creator, writer, and executive producer on the show. It ran for two seasons.
Knight is a graduate of Malden High School and Salem State University, where he received an honorary doctorate from the school in 2022.
Photo Credit: Cornell Watson
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Program Room
- Branches:
- Valente Branch
- Audience:
- Adult Teen (ages 12-18)
- Categories:
- Author Event Feature Presentation/Lecture