Age, Biography and Wiki
Ben Katchor (Benjamin Katchor) was born on 19 November, 1951 in New York City, U.S., is an American cartoonist and illustrator (born 1951). Discover Ben Katchor's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
| Popular As |
Benjamin Katchor |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
19 November 1951 |
| Birthday |
19 November |
| Birthplace |
New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous cartoonist with the age 72 years old group.
Ben Katchor Height, Weight & Measurements
At 72 years old, Ben Katchor height not available right now. We will update Ben Katchor's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
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Ben Katchor Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ben Katchor worth at the age of 72 years old? Ben Katchor’s income source is mostly from being a successful cartoonist. He is from United States. We have estimated Ben Katchor's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
cartoonist |
Ben Katchor Social Network
Timeline
Ben Katchor (born November 19, 1951) is an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for the comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer.
He has contributed comics and drawings to The Forward, The New Yorker, Metropolis, and weekly newspapers in the United States.
A Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, Katchor was described by author Michael Chabon as "the creator of the last great American comic strip."
Katchor contributed occasional illustrations while on staff for The Kingsman, the student newspaper of Brooklyn College, and he was an early contributor to RAW.
Katchor has written several works of musical theater, including The Rosenbach Company (a tragi-comedy about the life and times of Abe Rosenbach, the preeminent rare-book dealer of the 20th century); The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower, an absurdist romance about the chemical emissions and addictive soft-drinks of a ruined tropical factory-island; A Checkroom Romance, about the culture and architecture of coat-checkrooms, and Up From the Stacks, about a page working the stacks of the New York Public Library c.1970.
All feature music by Mark Mulcahy.
In 1993, Katchor was the subject of a lengthy profile by Lawrence Weschler in The New Yorker and an extended essay by John Crowley in The Yale Review (1998).
His comics have been translated into French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese.
Katchor wrote and illustrated a "weeklong electronic journal" for Slate in 1997, he contributed articles to the now-defunct Civilization: The Magazine of the Library of Congress, did illustrations for the New Yorker and occasionally The New York Times Book Review.
In 1999, he collaborated with Bang on a Can on an opera entitled, The Carbon Copy Building.
Katchor won an Obie Award for his collaboration with Bang on a Can on The Carbon Copy Building, a "comic book opera" based on his writings and drawings that premiered in 1999.
The same year, he was the subject of Pleasures of Urban Decay, a documentary by the San Francisco filmmaker Samuel Ball.
The first cartoonist to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, Katchor has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a fellow of the American Academy in Berlin.
Katchor has been an associate professor at Parsons The New School since 2007.
He gives "illustrated lectures" at colleges and museums accompanied by slide projections of his work.
Since 2012 he has run the New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium, a weekly symposium for the study of text-image work.
Katchor was the guest editor of the 2017 edition of Best American Comics.
