Howard Chackowicz
Howard Chackowicz (born 1969 in Laval, Quebec) is a Montreal-based Canadian artist and musician well known for his contributions to the independent comic book scene. In addition to exhibiting his work internationally, Chackowicz has taught illustration at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts and presently runs a Comix and Cartooning workshop for Drawn & Quarterly. In 2000, Chackowicz was named one of the top 5 local cartoonists of the year by The Montreal Mirror.
Howard Chackowicz
- Name
- Howard Chackowicz
- Born
- 1969
- Birthplace
- Laval, Quebec
- Occupation
- Artist
- Spouse
- Isa Tousignant
- Nationality
- Canada.
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Howard Chackowicz (born 1969 in Laval, Quebec) is a Montreal-based Canadian artist and musician well known for his contributions to the independent comic book scene. In addition to exhibiting his work internationally, Chackowicz has taught illustration at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts and presently runs a Comix and Cartooning workshop for Drawn & Quarterly. In 2000, Chackowicz was named one of the top 5 local cartoonists of the year by The Montreal Mirror.
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• Name — Howard Chackowicz • Born — 1969 • Birthplace — Laval, Quebec • Occupation — Artist • Spouse — Isa Tousignant
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Chackowicz plays drums for two long-lived Montreal-based bands: The American Devices (1980) and Nutsak (1996). Chackowicz contributed to Against the Day, the 2009 debut release from the Sam Shalabi project Land of Kush. In 2001 Chackowicz had roles in the François Miron experimental film Resolving Power, and in the short Sweat Angel by Montreal filmmaker Jon Tucker. Chackowicz was a regular on CBC Radio One's comedy program WireTap throughout the length of its run from 2004 to 2015. His character was a child in a man's body, who often needed the help of host Jonathan Goldstein with various plans and schemes that never ended well for Jonathan. He had appeared in several internet video shorts produced by the radio show. Chackowicz has also written restaurant reviews for the Hour and for enRoute magazine.
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Howard Chackowicz is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded with the occupation film actor. Recorded as a citizen of Canada.
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1969
Howard Chackowicz was born on 1 January 1969.
Published works
• 1994: Howie Comic • 1996: Mini Capatalist Funnies / Chack'z • 1996: Mini Howie / Chack'z • 2008: Howie Action Comix (Conundrum Press) • 2019: Nothing To See Here (Conundrum Press)
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- 1.Aisenberg, Lydia. NEW GUY ON THE INTERNATIONAL BLOCK. Givat Haviva Institute. April 2008.
- 2.Trembles, Rick. Interview with Harvey Award Nominee Howard Whackowicz!. snubdom.com. September 27, 2001.
- 3.Blue Metropolis. Blue Metropolis - Participants - Festival 2009.
- 4.Shane, Matt. Locals section alive!. Drawn & Quarterly. March 26, 2008.
- 5.Citrome, Micheal. Best of Montreal 2000. The Montreal Mirror.
- 6.Koepke, Melora. Hour.ca - Books - Howie Action Comix. Hour. March 13, 2008.
- 7.Medley, Mark. Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2009: Q&A with Howard Chackowicz. The Afterword: Postings From the Literary World. The National Post. May 7, 2009.
- 8.Bottenberg, Rupert. Sketching the wretched. Art: Visual Arts. The Montreal Mirror. March 13, 2008.
- 9.MySpace. The American Devices.
- 10.MySpace. Nutsak.
- 11.Constellation Records. Constellation: Land of Kush: Against The Day: Info.
- 12.IMDb. Resolving Power (2001).
- 13.Montreal Mirror. Revolving bedroom doors: Montreal's Jon Tucker premieres his short, Sweat Angels. Film: this week. March 2, 2000.
- 14.CBC Radio. About the Show. WireTap.
- 15.CBC Radio. Video. WireTap.
- 16.Chackowicz, Howard. Lester's. Food - Bits and Bites. Hour. March 22, 2007.
- 17.Chackowicz, Howard. Chicago: Classy, Classic and Beyond. Travel. enRoute. July 29, 2011.
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