Bekannte unbekannte Comicautoren / Seiteneinsteiger

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Kid Koala, bürgerlich Eric San (Jahrgang 1975 in Montréal) war ursprünglich Grundschullehrer. Der kanadische DJ steht beim britischen Label Ninja Tune unter Vertrag und ist an zahlreichen Bands beteiligt: So tourt er mit Bullfrog und läßt seine Turntables für Deltron 3030 und Lovage kreisen. Die Verbindung zum Comic ergibt sich Damon Albarns (Blur) und Jamie Hewletts (Tank Girl) gemeinsame Band Gorillaz.

Unter seinen Werken finden sich bis heute zwei Comics:

San is also an illustrator and an artist, having designed all of his own album covers. A comic book he drew is included as the liner notes to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. (...)
He has also released a full length graphic novel, Nufonia Must Fall, which includes a soundtrack CD he composed. Some of my Best Friends are DJs includes a chess set as part of the packaging. In June 2014, the Kid Koala's Nufonia Must Fall Live made its world premiere at Toronto's Luminato Festival. Directed by K.K. Barrett, recently Oscar-nominated for Her, this live adaptation of the graphic novel unfolds via a real-time filming of more than a dozen miniature stages and a cast of puppets. San and the Afiara Quartet provide live scoring on piano, strings and turntables. (...)
Books

• 2003: Nufonia Must Fall - Graphic novel with accompanying 17 minute audio CD (ECW Press)
• 2011: Space Cadet - Graphic novel with accompanying soundtrack CD (Uni Books)