A.L. Kaplan
SHORTER THAN MOST. A cartoonist and designer exploring queer narratives in horror/sci-fi settings. Creator of CIRCUIT BREAKER, the first trans masculine hero for DC Comics. He self-publishes his own comics and zines using traditional and digital ink & risograph printing, and draws covers and interiors for clients such as DC Comics and BOOM! Studios.
A.L. Kaplan’s work is informed by his degree in psychology and his deep fascination with our exterior and interior worlds. When not at his desk, he can be found biking, fiddling, rockhounding & blasting doom metal to his cats.
CONTACT: alkcomics @ gmail dot com // ︎ ︎ ︎
CONVENTION APPEARANCS & SIGNINGS
︎︎︎ Kinetic Collectibles
LITERARY AGENT
︎︎︎ Maeve MacLysaght
ART SALES
︎︎︎ Kinetic Collectibles
︎︎︎ headshot for press use
"Al Kaplan, who provides our art, uses a whole other bag of tricks to supply the narrative with an unnerving aspect. Off-kilter angles are presented, the comic book equivalent of dutch angles and unnerving closeups. These are counterbalanced by interesting establishing shots from a distance — a tree, a bar, the ocean from a cave — that gives the book the pacing of an avant-garde cinematic tone-poem, establishing rich humanity and cold distance of atmosphere. This mirrors the tragic distance with which society views sex crime, a reality at once undeniably human and personal but clinically inhumane."
"A.L. Kaplan's artwork is phenomenal, with a touch of P. Craig Russell in the style, but with a unique contrast of flowing lines and abrupt angles. I love how the figures move across the page, and the illustrations of Thor trying to act like a woman are to die for. "
"A.L. Kaplan's artwork is phenomenal, with a touch of P. Craig Russell in the style, but with a unique contrast of flowing lines and abrupt angles. I love how the figures move across the page, and the illustrations of Thor trying to act like a woman are to die for. "
- Panel Patter on Jim Henson's The Storyteller "Tricksters", 2021
"There’s so much going on in Full-Spectrum Therapy, with classic science-fiction and horror tropes giving Alan’s narrative a real spark. Imagine Archie and his gang as a pack of super queer teen delinquents, mix in a little real world science theory, and have your characters take on everything all at once. Oh, and aliens! Don’t forget aliens.”
- Wolfram-J VK on Full-Spectrum Therapy, 2019
"There’s so much going on in Full-Spectrum Therapy, with classic science-fiction and horror tropes giving Alan’s narrative a real spark. Imagine Archie and his gang as a pack of super queer teen delinquents, mix in a little real world science theory, and have your characters take on everything all at once. Oh, and aliens! Don’t forget aliens.”
- Wolfram-J VK on Full-Spectrum Therapy, 2019
