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Kim Deitch was born on 21 May, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., is an American cartoonist. Discover Kim Deitch'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 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 21 May 1944
Birthday 21 May
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Kim Deitch Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Kim Deitch's Wife?

His wife is Sally Cruikshank (common-law, 1971–c. 1982) Pam Butler (m. 1994–present)

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Wife Sally Cruikshank (common-law, 1971–c. 1982) Pam Butler (m. 1994–present)
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Children 1 daughter (with Robbins)

Kim Deitch Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kim Deitch worth at the age of 79 years old? Kim Deitch’s income source is mostly from being a successful cartoonist. He is from United States. We have estimated Kim Deitch's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1930

His best-known character is a mysterious cat named Waldo, who appears variously as a famous cartoon character of the 1930s, as an actual character in the "reality" of the strips, as the hallucination of a hopeless alcoholic surnamed Mishkin (a victim of the Boulevard of Broken Dreams), as the demonic reincarnation of Judas Iscariot; and who, occasionally, is claimed to have overcome Deitch and written the comics himself.

Waldo's appearance is reminiscent of such black cat characters as Felix the Cat, Julius the Cat, and Krazy Kat.

The son of illustrator and animator Gene Deitch, Kim Deitch has sometimes worked with his brothers Simon Deitch and Seth Deitch.

Deitch's influences include Winsor McCay, Chester Gould, Jack Cole, and Will Eisner; he attended the Pratt Institute.

Before deciding to become a professional cartoonist, Deitch worked odd jobs and did manual labor, including with the merchant marine.

Searching for a path, he at one point joined the Republican Party; at another point he became devotee of Hatha yoga.

1944

Kim Deitch (born May 21, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) is an American cartoonist who was an important figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, remaining active in the decades that followed with a variety of books and comics, sometimes using the pseudonym Fowlton Means.

Much of Kim Deitch's work deals with the animation industry and characters from the world of cartoons.

1967

Deitch regularly contributed comical, psychedelia-tinged comic strips (featuring the flower child "Sunshine Girl" and "Uncle Ed, The India Rubber Man") to New York City's premier underground newspaper, the East Village Other, beginning in 1967.

1969

He joined Bhob Stewart as an editor of EVO's all-comics spin-off, Gothic Blimp Works, in 1969.

During this period, he lived with fellow cartoonist Spain Rodriguez in a sixth-floor walk-up apartment in New York's East Village.

1970

Through most of the 1970s, Deitch was in an 11-year relationship with animator Sally Cruikshank.

1973

Deitch was also a publisher, as co-founder of the Cartoonists Co-Op Press, a publishing venture by Deitch, Jay Lynch, Bill Griffith, Jerry Lane, Willy Murphy, Diane Noomin, and Art Spiegelman that operated in 1973–1974.

1994

He met Pam Butler in 1994 and they subsequently married.

2003

Deitch won the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue for The Stuff of Dreams (Fantagraphics) and in 2008 he was awarded an Inkpot Award.

2005

Deitch's The Boulevard of Broken Dreams was chosen by Time magazine in 2005 as one of the 100 best English-language graphic novels ever written.

2008

In 2008, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art featured a retrospective exhibition of his work.

From his first relationship, to cartoonist and author Trina Robbins, Deitch has a daughter, Casey.

2014

In 2014, he was nominated for the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel for The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley.