About Catnose Comics
What Is Catnose Comics?
Catnose Comics is the sequential arts publishing department of VAS Littlecrow and a registered trademark. It was founded by Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz and it is operated with the assistance of Loki Kaspari, Skaja Wills and a group of independent freelance artists. Catnose Comics currently has several ad-supported webcomic and print titles available for our audience’s enjoyment. Catnose Comics are an edgy fearless visual arts alternative to mainstream sequential art. Our productions combine traditional and digital media with often outrageous stories that are inspired by reality. Our work has been mentioned in news articles and interviews from The Washington Post, City Pages, The Nashua Telegraph, The Maine Sunday Telegram, Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics and, The Webcomics Beacon . Catnose Comics creation have also appeared in exhibits and live performances at Altered Esthetics, The Chicago Club, The Soap Factory, Patrick’s Cabaret, The Paramount and the Walker Art Center, among other places.
The Catnose Comics True Indie Story
Catnose Comics did not begin with a focus group or a bunch of corporate types trying to make a buck. We’re too independent and our roots are far too underground for that. Ours is the story of a misfit kid who made comics to deal with inner demons for fun and profit.
I’ve been drawing since I was a young child, as a way to communicate and vent about everything that bugged me about life. I began creating zines, prints and mini-comics by sneaking into the principal’s office copier room and piecing my booklets together with needle and thread, back in 1989. These publications tended to be heavy in political satire, sex, violence and just plain weirdness. ”Family Circus” or “Garfield” these comics were not.
Eventually, this clandestine operation of a teenage rapscallion went legit. ZNLArts produced free and mainstream regional entertainment zines like The Electric Walleye and Synergy back in the nineties. Both publications boasted a maximum circulation of 15,000 units each, and were distributed in four states and Puerto Rico. Some of our comics were also regionally self-syndicated. ZNLArts ceased operations in 1997. Out of its ashes, the Catnose Comics department of VAS Littlecrow was born. We’re still going strong and I have no plans to stop bringing my readers non-corporate, independent sequential art.
Who is Catnose?
Catnose is named after Vanesa Catnose. She is our mascot, muse and the star of our Nine Lives of Catnose comic strip. In case you’re wondering, Catnose is not an actual feline. My cartoon alter-ego’s name comes from a moniker given to me by a close friend back in high school. It refers to the distinctive feline cleft on my somewhat-famous schnoz. Seriously, my feline nose was featured in an article from the Star Tribune about quirky body parts.
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