KOCHALKALAND

Jocelyn MacKenzie wrote a song about me in tribute to my comic strip American Elf, and the local paper wrote about it.  You can hear the song here.

This is one of my absolute favorite American Elf tributes!

drawingwithoutskill:

I’ve never drawn anything in my life (can you tell?) but James Kochalka is nothing if not an inspiration. Here’s my American Elf tribute comic (even though I already sent a message to Kochalka to tell him I couldn’t draw a tribute). I also don’t even have a scanner, this is just a picture of a piece of paper. 

http://americanelf.com/

Someone wrote a beautiful song about me!  “What’s the Story?” is a tribute to my American Elf comic strip.  She’s in the band Pearl and the Beard, but this is from her side-project, Dream Team Laser Beam.

Here’s an American Elf tribute strip from Germany.  I don’t know what the text means.  And the cartoonist writes a little blog post about it here… basically he promises to try and meet or break my 14-year record.

I love Lewis Trondheim, and I’m happy to see his American Elf tribute!

lewistrondheim:

Un grand bravo à James Kochalka pour 14 années à produire son strip quotidien American Elf. 

Here’s a sweet little American Elf tribute.  And if you follow this link back to Square Cat Comics, you can read a nice little paragraph they wrote about what American Elf meant to them.

Here’s another American Elf tribute comic someone did:

sideshowcomics:

SERIOUSLY though, all jokes aside, James Kochalka and American Elf was a big part of shaping webcomics, and of course, especially the diary comic. Kochalka, your comic was an inspiration to us all, and good luck with your future projects.

It’s funny… seeing all 5000+ American Elf strips together makes it look like less rather than more.

canyoufeelthealgorithm:

all 5106 American Elf strips in one image. Check source for more info.

Big Thank You & Apologies to James Kochalka!