{{Short description|American musician and cartoonist}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Archer Prewitt - Primavera 2013.jpg | caption = Archer Prewitt at Primavera Sound 2013 | name = Archer Prewitt | image_size = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = Frankfort, Kentucky, United States | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}} | death_date = | origin = Chicago, Illinois | instrument = | genre = Indie rock, post rock | occupation = | years_active = 1988–present | label = Thrill Jockey | associated_acts = The Sea and Cake<br>The Coctails | website = }} '''Archer Prewitt''' (born 1963 in Frankfort, Kentucky) is an American musician and cartoonist associated with the independent music scene in Chicago, Illinois.
==Biography==
=== Music === Prewitt enrolled in the Kansas City Art Institute and began drumming in the band Tunnel Dogs and then Mudhead.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-02-09|title=Punk Like Me|url=https://www.thepitchkc.com/punk-like-me/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=The Pitch|language=en-US}}</ref> Archer also played bass in Kansas City local favorites the Bangtails.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Randall|title=Pavement with Archer Prewitt and Carlos|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/pavement-with-archer-prewitt-and-carlos/Content?oid=2475706|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Riverfront Times|language=en}}</ref> A song by the Bangtails appears on the 2020 compilation ''Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Various - Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1809658-Various-Strum-Thrum-The-American-Jangle-Underground-1983-1987|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|title=THE COCTAILS|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-06-14-9102220910-story.html|access-date=2020-11-17|website=chicagotribune.com|date=14 June 1991 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Reger|first=Rick|date=March 1996|title=Last Call: The Coctails (1990-1995)|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ywEAAAAMBAJ&q=cocktails+%22new+year%27s+eve%22+%22archer+prewitt&pg=RA1-PA17|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> By then Prewitt had also been involved with a new project, the Sea and Cake, who have released several critically acclaimed albums.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kot|first=Greg|title=The Sea and Cake rolls with the changes|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-sea-and-cake-interview-0518-story.html|access-date=2020-11-17|website=chicagotribune.com|date=17 May 2018 }}</ref> Concomitant with his work in the Sea and Cake, Prewitt produced several solo releases.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archer Prewitt: White Sky|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6467-white-sky/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Archer Prewitt: Gerroa Songs|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6469-gerroa-songs/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Archer Prewitt: Three|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6468-three/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Archer Prewitt: Wilderness|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6470-wilderness/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref>
===Comics and illustration=== In addition to his music, Prewitt is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and comic book colorist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Margasak|first=Peter|title=Archer Prewitt, Inc.|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/archer-prewitt-inc/Content?oid=900496|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Chicago Reader|date=14 October 1999|language=en}}</ref> His first professional illustrations were for the ''Kansas City Star'' while he still lived there.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Finn|first=Timothy|date=March 21, 2003|title=The icing on The Sea and Cake's guitarist, Archer Prewitt, began his musical career at the Kansas City Art Institute|journal=Kansas City Star|pages=22|via=Access News Bank}}</ref> In 1992, he started drawing and self-publishing his ''Sof' Boy'' mini-comic, while also working as a colorist for Marvel Comics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-27|title=From Stage to Page: A Guide to Musicians Who Write Comics|url=https://www.cbr.com/every-musician-who-writes-comics/4/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hahn|first=Joel|title=1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner98.php|access-date=November 17, 2020|website=Comic Book Awards Almanac}}</ref>
==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)
==Bibliography== * "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== <references />
==External links== * {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=9906|title=Archer Prewitt}} *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p115773/biography|pure_url=yes}} Biography] at Allmusic.com * [http://lambiek.net/artists/p/prewitt_archer.htm Prewitt bio at Lambiek's Comiclopedia]
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