Archer Prewitt
Archer Prewitt (born 1963 in Frankfort, Kentucky) is an American musician and cartoonist associated with the independent music scene in Chicago, Illinois.
Archer Prewitt
Kurt Jansson · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Archer Prewitt
- Birthplace
- Frankfort, Kentucky, United States
- Born
- 1963
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- guitarist · comics artist · cartoonist · musician
- Fields
- indie rock
- Education
- Kansas City Art Institute
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Archer Prewitt (born 1963 in Frankfort, Kentucky) is an American musician and cartoonist associated with the independent music scene in Chicago, Illinois.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Archer Prewitt. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4785967 · wikipedia · Archer Prewitt
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Archer Prewitt • Birthplace — Frankfort, Kentucky, United States • Born — 1963 • Origin — Chicago, Illinois • Genre — Indie rock, post rock • Years Active — 1988–present • Label — Thrill Jockey • Associated Acts — The Sea and Cake The Coctails
Music
Music
Prewitt enrolled in the Kansas City Art Institute and began drumming in the band Tunnel Dogs and then Mudhead. Archer also played bass in Kansas City local favorites the Bangtails. A song by the Bangtails appears on the 2020 compilation Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987. He then co-founded the Coctails, who moved from Kansas City to Chicago after their first album (1989) and went on to release six albums in all by the time they played their last show on New Year's Eve 1995/96. By then Prewitt had also been involved with a new project, the Sea and Cake, who have released several critically acclaimed albums. Concomitant with his work in the Sea and Cake, Prewitt produced several solo releases.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1963
Archer Prewitt born at Frankfort.
Comics and illustration
In addition to his music, Prewitt is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and comic book colorist. His first professional illustrations were for the Kansas City Star while he still lived there. In 1992, he started drawing and self-publishing his Sof' Boy mini-comic, while also working as a colorist for Marvel Comics. Sof' Boy has subsequently been published by Kitchen Sink Press and Fantagraphics Books. Another Prewitt character is Funny Bunny, who has made several appearances in diverse publications, including Mome. Prewitt's work has appeared in Zero Zero, Drawn & Quarterly, Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and BLAB!. Prewitt was nominated for a 1998 Eisner Award for Best Colorist for the 1997 publication of Sof' Boy and Friends #1, published by Drawn & Quarterly.
Discography
• In the Sun (Carrot Top Records / Hi-Ball Records, 1997) • White Sky (Carrot Top Records, 1999) • Gerroa Songs EP (Carrot Top Records, 2000) • Three (Thrill Jockey, 2002) • Wilderness (Thrill Jockey, 2005)
Holdings and surviving copies
Where the work is held
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to Archer Prewitt is held. Recorded as guitarist, comics artist, cartoonist and musician.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4785967: Archer Prewitt
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Archer Prewitt”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Literature
Scholarly footprint
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Punk Like Me. The Pitch. 2006-02-09.
- 2.Roberts, Randall. Pavement with Archer Prewitt and Carlos. Riverfront Times.
- 3.Various - Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987. Discogs.
- 4.Tribune, Chicago. THE COCTAILS. chicagotribune.com. 14 June 1991.
- 5.Reger, Rick. Last Call: The Coctails (1990-1995). CMJ New Music Monthly. March 1996.
- 6.Kot, Greg. The Sea and Cake rolls with the changes. chicagotribune.com. 17 May 2018.
- 7.Archer Prewitt: White Sky. Pitchfork.
- 8.Archer Prewitt: Gerroa Songs. Pitchfork.
- 9.Archer Prewitt: Three. Pitchfork.
- 10.Archer Prewitt: Wilderness. Pitchfork.
- 11.Margasak, Peter. Archer Prewitt, Inc. Chicago Reader. 14 October 1999.
- 12.Finn, Timothy. The icing on The Sea and Cake's guitarist, Archer Prewitt, began his musical career at the Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City Star. 22. March 21, 2003.
- 13.From Stage to Page: A Guide to Musicians Who Write Comics. CBR. 2018-01-27.
- 14.Hahn, Joel. 1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees. Comic Book Awards Almanac.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- "The City That Never Sleeps" (art only), Duplex Planet Illustrated #2 (Fantagraphics, April 1993)
- "Sof' Boy," Drawn & Quarterly #4 (Drawn & Quarterly, December 1995)
- Zero Zero #7, 8, 14 (Fantagraphics, 1996–1997)
- BLAB! #9 (Fantagraphics, 1997)
- BLAB! #10 (Fantagraphics, 1998)
- Sof' Boy & Friends #1–3 (Fantagraphics, 1997–2004)
- Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13: "An Assorted Sampler of North American Comic Drawings, Strips, and Illustrated Stories, &c." (McSweeney's, spring 2004)
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Comics and comic art
9,920 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Arc the LadSeries
- Arcade Gamer FubukiSeries
- Arch DaleArtist
- Arch WhitehouseArtist
- ArchieSeries
- Archie and MeSeries
- Archie O'TooleSeries
- Archie vs. PredatorSeries
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Archer Prewitt?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.