K. Thor Jensen

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K. Thor Jensen in 2006

K. Thor Jensen (born Killer Thor Jensen on August 4, 1976 in Maple Valley, Washington) is a U.S. illustrator, cartoonist, and comics creator. He is best known for co-founding the Portal of Evil website, and for his own website A Short and Happy Life. His 300-page graphic novel Red Eye, Black Eye is scheduled for publication in January 2007 by Alternative Comics.

1 Biography
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[edit] Biography

K. Thor Jensen's first name was his parents' hommage to "The Killer" (the nickname of Jerry Lee Lewis)^[1], and his middle name was his father's hommage to "The Mighty Thor" (the Marvel Comics superhero)^[2].

As of 2006, he lives in Queens, New York (with his wife Sara Bee Jensen, a textile designer). His day job is assistant producer for Black Hammer Productions^[3]. In parallel, he is a cartoonist with several works published, such as his 1998-1999 strip "A Short and Happy Life" in The Stranger (Seattle weekly), various short comics in anthologies (from Top Shelf, About Comics, or Alternative Comics), and more on the way: his 300-page graphic novel Red Eye, Black Eye, after being serialized from 2002 to 2005 as a webcomic on Serializer, is solicited for release in January 2007 by Alternative Comics^[4].

Jensen has appeared on a number of television programs, including The People Of New York Vs. Jerry Sadowitz in 2001, Blind Date in 2005 (where he alleged that he had appeared in a string of homosexual porn movies^[5]), and Cash Cab in 2006.