Contents May Vary: John Kovalic ‘Dorks’ Out About Comics
Episode 65: John Kovalic ‘Dorks’ Out About Comics
John Kovalic is an award-winning cartoonist, game designer and writer. His work’s appeared everywhere from The New York Times to Rolling Stone and Dragon Magazine. His world of geeky goodies includes Dork Tower – one of the very first webcomics, debuting online in 1996.
John was a co-founder of Out of the Box Games and helped in the creation of the revolutionary party game Apples to Apples. John’s also responsible for the look of the fan-favorite perennial best-seller Munchkin card game. He’s drawn more than 7,000 cards for the game and wouldn’t mind a spot of whiskey now, thanks. John was inducted into the Games Manufacturers Hall of Fame in 2004. In his spare time, John searches for spare time.
NOTE: John mentions some of Trump’s policies/actions from his first term. This was recorded in June 2024, after Trump’s first term but before his second.
Basic show notes:
- Running time is 48 minutes, 07 seconds.
- The initial interview was recorded on June 20, 2024. (Life has been a bit coo coo.)
- This was part of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Longest Day fundraiser in 2024. You can see all my posts about this fundraiser here.
- You can access the Dork Tower webcomic here.
- You can find John’s Patreon here.
- You can find out more about Out of the Box games here.
- You can find out more about the Munchkin card game here.
- Obviously the Munchkin Backer Kit is over, and I was a supporter on the second edition one, but you can see more about it here.
- You can find out more about Gen Con here.
- You can find John on social media: here’s his Facebook page, his Instagram, and his Bluesky.
- The mid-show plug is from author Jennifer Shiman, who I interviewed in episode 54.
- Theme music is “Schoolyard Haze”, by Jari Pitkanen, available via the Free Music Archive. Interested in hearing other episodes or learning where all you can hear (and rate) the podcast? Check out the main podcast page.
- This episode was edited by a human at Barevalue.
So, sit back, relax, and let the interview begin. Stay geeky!
