Karl C Krumpholz

A digitally drawn homage to the George Herriman comic strip Krazy Kat. Starting left of frame we see yellow Ignatz Mouse having just thrown a brick which is sailing across the center of the frame and in another instant will bash the oblivious Krazy Kat (a blue bipedal cartoon cat wearing a red scarf) in the back of the head as he walks innocently to the right. Everything is drawn in rough black pen and colored in pale washes. A speech bubble from Ignatz reads ‘Maybe it will…’, the word ’Happen’ appears in the whooshing trail of the sailing brick, and a final speech bubble belonging to the Kat reads ‘…Today’.

Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

Holy heck, Fugazi just released the 1992 Albini sessions for Bandcamp Friday! Proceeds going to Letters Charity.

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A Guide to Denver Bars Pt. 2 with Karl Christian Krumpholz Podcast Episode · Denverse: Locals Aloud · March 4 · 35m

I sat down with Denverse Locals Aloud to talk about the odd growing fascination with Malort, the definition of ‘stumbling distance,’ & various Denver bars Kelly and I have found ourselves in recently. Give it a listen as I try to be charming and talkative.

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Holding the illustrated cover (a woman smoking outside the Lions Lair bar) of the Notes from the Underground, Vol 2: Denver CD

Spotted in my various wanderings around Denver (though this was actually in Englewood): Notes from the Underground, Vol 2: Denver. My artwork is now emblazoned on new CDs.

A black and white photo of a man sitting alone in a restaurant as light streams in through the back windows.

Denver, CO.

Thank you!

The vet offered Oola a treat to gain her favor (and keep her fingers.)

A painting done on a skateboard deck of a black cat dreaming that she is destroying a city like Godzilla.

A wide-eyed black cat resting on a painting done on a skateboard deck of a black cat dreaming that she is destroying a city like Godzilla.

A painting done on a skateboard deck of a black cat dreaming that she is destroying a city like Godzilla.

A wide-eyed black cat resting on a painting done on a skateboard deck of a black cat dreaming that she is destroying a city like Godzilla.

OOLAZILLA ATTACKS! Look up and despair. I did a skateboard painting for the latest Feral Gallery art show (opening this Friday.) It’s my first painting in at least a decade. Oola herself was wide-eyed and seemed quite happy with the results, though with an accusatory look of “get out of my head!”

This, right here.

this fucking asshole, man

A black cat sits warily on the lap of a man in round glasses wearing a Red Sox cap.

A black cat sits warily on the lap of a man in round glasses wearing a Red Sox cap.

Oola gets a trip to the vet.

Karl, Kelly, Karin, and Peggy in the audience at Dropkick Murphy show at Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO

The Ballroom crowd holding up flashlights in the green light at Dropkick Murphy show at Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO

Dropkick Murphys performing at Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO

A large ‘Fuck I.C.E.’ on the screen behind the Dropkick Murphys as many in audience throws up the finger sharing the sentiment.

Last night. Dropkick Murphys at Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO.

This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on March 2, 1985.

A penciled comic page: Kelly and Karl slowly leave a barroom, past patrons that are very oddly quiet and just keeping to themselves.

A close up of a penciled comic page: Kelly and Karl slowly leave a barroom, past patrons that are very oddly quiet and just keeping to themselves.

A close up of a penciled comic page: Kelly and Karl slowly leave a barroom, past patrons that are very oddly quiet and just keeping to themselves.

Leaving a very oddly quiet barroom. Some pencils from IN THE CITY, Part Five.

Montrez votre autoportrait!

i picked a hell of a news weekend to publish this, but if you missed my interview with jamelle bouie about doing the job of columnist, here it is again. he was a really thoughtful person to interview and i learned some things i've wanted to know about for years.

Hergé

One person wrote ‘God Loves You’ in chalk on the sidewalk. Another person added ‘zilla’ to the message, so that it now reads: Godzilla Loves You.

Sticker: Do Sloths Fart?

Sticker: Don’t Obey. Second Sticker: Resisting Fascism is our Patriotic Duty

Sticker: “If you walk thru life and never help anyone you have not had much of a life.” - Fred Hampton (with a phot of him as well.)

Seen in Denver, CO

Fun Fact: The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, PA (874 W Lancaster Ave) years later eventually became Showcase Comics... a comic shop that I worked at in the late '90s.

Jody Reynolds - Fire of Love (1958) YouTube video by RayFlash

I was this old when I found out that the Gun Club's 'Fire of Love' was actually a cover of a song from 1958. Had no idea (though it makes utter sense.)

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An illustration of a quietly sleeping black cat dreaming of being a Godzilla-like monster enacting her destruction of a major city. They probably deserved it.

OOLAZILLA ATTACKS! Look up and despair. An illustration of that little black cat’s inner life that I did in preparation for a much larger project. Oola sleeps quite soundly.

A penciled comic page: A little black cat is let out of her crate and zooms up the staircase to the apartment door.

A penciled comic page: A little black cat runs through the apartment door.

A penciled comic page: A couple sit down on a sofa as a little black cat cleans herself in front of them

Some pencils. I haven’t worked on a new OOLA comic in a while, but rest assured that the little black cat does indeed make a cameo appearance in my latest IN THE CITY comic (Part Five.) The manic thing always finds a way to get more and more attention.

A blackboard behind the bar announcing: No Yuengling, No Bud, No Coors, No Miller Lt, No Bud Lt, No Coors Lt, No Michelob.

Graffiti: Matt Damon was here.

A Venn Diagram: Crushing Ennui on one side, Pretty Lights on the other, Christmas in the middle.

Graffiti: Leave it to Beaver

Seen in Boston, MA.

Event poster for the Denver Comics and Arts Festival (DeCAF) 2026 with an illustration of people reading comics in front of School Yard Beer Garden (the venue.) The illustration is done in blue, yellow and grey.

APPLICATIONS FOR DeCAF 2026 ARE NOW OPEN!!! The 4th Denver Comics & Arts Fest will be on Sat, May 9 with over 100 indie & small press artists, cartoonists, publishers, local businesses, & zine makers from all around Colorado & beyond.

Applications are open until April 10!!

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A pretty empty dark bar in the afternoon.

A sticker on a mirror: you are beautiful

A sticker: They profit when we fight each other

A wheat paste poster: Maybe God Gave Up on Us. Another wheat paste poster below it: Stop imagining the apocalypse. Start manifesting the revolution.

Seen in Denver, CO

Street sign with message: You are enough

Street sign with message: All we have is now

Street sign with message: Breathe

Street sign with message: Attention: Take note of what it feels to be alive right now.

Seen in Boston, MA

Was at the Doctor's office the other day for a checkup. As the nurse was checking me in, she commented, "You are not originally from Colorado, are you?"

"No, I'm not. How can you tell?", I replied.

"You're dressed quite nice.", She said. "People out here just prefer to be comfortable."