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  • Kelly O

HAS PUBLISHED:

Seven poetry collections, some of which are collaborations with visual artists.

HAS LIVED IN:

California, Texas, Boston, Colorado, China, Arkansas, and Seattle.

REFERS TO SWADDLING AS:

"The baby straitjacket."


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  • Kelly O

HAS PUBLISHED:

A memoir about converting to Islam and an Orwellian novel.

HAS ALSO WRITTEN:

Comics about Superman, a flight attendant who learns about an air-travel-related conspiracy, and a stolen hookah.

IS WORKING ON:

A new, "more reflective" novel that is "a fantasy, but with classy elements... classy in the most derogatory way."


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  • Kelly O

IS:

The only Genius nominee to have been sued by Harlan Ellison.

TURNED DOWN:

A job at Marvel Comics three years before founding Fantagraphics.

ONCE:

Asked Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, "If you respect writing... wouldn't you try to make yourself a better writer?"

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