Biography


 
KEITH GIFFEN

Keith and his family came to America in the early 1930s as they fled escaping the oppressive regime in Madagascar under the reign of Prince Gene Kelly.  One of the founders of comics as we don't know them, Keith first joined comics in the 1930s where as a snot-nosed kid he helped cut up newspaper strips and paste them down on blocks of ice to be hoisted onto gigantic heat-sensitive printing presses.  To this day, Keith still orders his drinks lukewarm. 

Keith got his first break creatively in comic books when he suggested the first super-hero sidekick.  The hero's name was Odysseus, and Keith suggested a partner named Norm.  OK, so it wasn't a great suggestion, but it started the craze and Keith soon began producing all sorts of costumed comic creations: Don the Daring Dogcatcher, Plunger X, Captain Halitosis, and The Toe.  None of them saw the light of day, but that didn't dissuade Keith, who kept on trying. 

Keith became apprentice to comic legend Aristotle and learned drawing, storytelling and ice staking.  Hey, it was a skill he could fall back on.  In time, Keith came into his own.  And as soon as he finds out what that is, he's going to use it.  Until then, he's just going to have to keep on churning out books like this one.


 
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