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Jim Kettner

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Born

in The United States

Website

http://www.kettnerd.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Comics, Memoir

Influences

Ursula LeGuin, Jaime Hernandez, Jessica Abel,
Paul Pope, Walter Simon ...more

Member Since

May 2012

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Jim Kettner (also known as "Kett-Nerd") is a writer, cartoonist, Illustrator, podcaster, and part-time comics professor.

Kett grew up in Westchester, New York (home of the X-Men!) but sadly failed to develop any mutant powers.

His work has appeared in print and on the web in publications such as Razorcake, SF Weekly, If You Make It, Driftwood Magazine, Maximum Rock N' Roll, Travel Portland, and the As You Were punk comix anthology.

His first full length graphic novel collaboration with his wife, author: Lacy Davis, Ink In Water debuts in October of 2017 from New Harbinger Publications.

Kett's podcasts, GALAKTACUS and Adult Crash are available on iTunes.

Kett and Lacy currently reside in Portland, Oregon where they talk about growing old toget ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 927 ratings · 186 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Ink in Water: An Illustrated Memoir (Or, How I Kicked Anorexia’s Ass and Embraced Body Positivity) by Lacy J. Davis (Goodreads Author), Jim Kettner (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big, Big Changes (As You Were #3) by Mitch Clem (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Avi Ehrlich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Connoly (Contributor) 4.30 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pit (As You Were #2) by Mitch Clem (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Avi Ehrlich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adrian Chi (contributer) 4.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living Situations (As You Were #4) by Mitch Clem (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Avi Ehrlich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brad Dwyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Job Sucks! (As You Were #5) by Mitch Clem (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Avi Ehrlich (Goodreads Author), Ben Passmore (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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