- Rick Altergott
Rick Altergott is a professional
illustrator ,cartoonist , andcomic artist residing inProvidence, Rhode Island with his wifeAriel Bordeaux , also a cartoonist. Their collaborative comic book,Raisin Pie , is published byFantagraphics .Altergott is best known for "Doofus", a long-running series notorious for its low-brow and sometimes scatological humor. Doofus chronicles the misadventures of two small-town weirdos, Doofus and Henry Hotchkiss.
In September 2006, he released a serious Biblical mini-comic based on the life of
Saint Matthias . [http://www.superfrothco.com]Some observers have suggested that Altergott is a pseudonym for
Daniel Clowes , which allows him to exercise drawing in a different,Wally Wood -reverent style. This is, however, not true.External links
* [http://www.rickaltergott.com rickaltergott.com] - Official site
* [http://www.twohandedman.com/Interviews/Altergott/Altergott.html 2002 Interview]
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