Howard Chackowicz
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Howard Chackowicz is a Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

-based Canadian artist and musician well known for his contributions to the independent comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 scene. In addition to exhibiting his work internationally, Chackowicz has taught illustration at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts
Saidye Rosner Bronfman
Saidye Rosner Bronfman, was the mother and grandmother of the Bronfman family, one of the most influential Jewish families in the world. The family was made famous by her husband, Samuel Bronfman , who made a fortune in the distilled alcoholic beverages business during the 20th century through his...

 and presently runs a Comix and Cartooning workshop for Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...

. In 2000, Chackowicz was named one of the top 5 local cartoonists of the year by The Montreal Mirror.

Published works

  • 1994: Howie Comic
  • 1996: Mini Capatalist Funnies / Chack'z
  • 1996: Mini Howie / Chack'z
  • 2008: Howie Action Comix (Conundrum Press
    Conundrum Press (Canada)
    Conundrum Press is a book publishing company located in Montreal, Canada, founded in 1995 by Andy Brown.-Affiliated authors:Conundrum is renowned in Canadian publishing for its innovative, wide-ranging, often genre-defying, books of fiction, cultural history, graphic novels, spoken word and artist...

    )

Other work

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
François Miron
François Miron is a French-Canadian experimental filmmaker.Miron was born in Montreal in 1962. He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of The Art Institute Of Chicago in 1990....

 experimental film Resolving Power, and in the short Sweat Angel by Montreal filmmaker Jon Tucker
Jon Tucker
Jon Tucker is a Canadian screenwriter, film maker and journalist and was named "Best Local Filmmaker" by the Montreal Mirror in 2000. Tucker is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre, produced plays for the Montreal Fringe Festival, and worked as co-screenwriter for the Showcase situation-comedy...

.

Since 2004, Chackowicz has been a regular on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...

's comedy program WireTap
WireTap (radio program)
WireTap is a half-hour long radio show which airs on CBC Radio One Saturday afternoons at 3:30 pm, and Thursday evenings at 11:30 pm. An hour-long version of WireTap is distributed in the United States by Public Radio International and is heard on multiple public radio stations...

. His character is a child in a man's body, who often needs the help of host Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein (author)
Jonathan Stuart Goldstein is an American-Canadian author, humourist and radio producer. Goldstein is known for his work on the radio programs This American Life and WireTap.-Biography:...

 with various plans and schemes that never end well for Jonathan. He has appeared in several internet video shorts produced by the radio show.

Chackowicz has also written restaurant reviews for the Hour
Hour (magazine)
Hour is an English-language urban news magazine published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Communications Voir. Its president-publisher is Pierre Paquet, the editor-in-chief is Kevin Laforest. It caters to Montreal's anglophone community and is published every Thursday. The news features "expose...

 and for enRoute magazine.

Awards

  • 1993: Harvey Award
    Harvey Award
    The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman and founded by Gary Groth, President of the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.The Harvey Awards are...

     nomination for work on Dennis Eichhorn
    Dennis Eichhorn
    Dennis P. Eichhorn is an award-winning American writer best known for his adult-oriented autobiographical comic book series Real Stuff...

    's Real Stuff


Howard Chackowicz (born 1969 in Laval, Quebec
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...

) is a Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

-based Canadian artist and musician well known for his contributions to the independent comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 scene. In addition to exhibiting his work internationally, Chackowicz has taught illustration at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts
Saidye Rosner Bronfman
Saidye Rosner Bronfman, was the mother and grandmother of the Bronfman family, one of the most influential Jewish families in the world. The family was made famous by her husband, Samuel Bronfman , who made a fortune in the distilled alcoholic beverages business during the 20th century through his...

 and presently runs a Comix and Cartooning workshop for Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...

. In 2000, Chackowicz was named one of the top 5 local cartoonists of the year by The Montreal Mirror.

Published works

  • 1994: Howie Comic
  • 1996: Mini Capatalist Funnies / Chack'z
  • 1996: Mini Howie / Chack'z
  • 2008: Howie Action Comix (Conundrum Press
    Conundrum Press (Canada)
    Conundrum Press is a book publishing company located in Montreal, Canada, founded in 1995 by Andy Brown.-Affiliated authors:Conundrum is renowned in Canadian publishing for its innovative, wide-ranging, often genre-defying, books of fiction, cultural history, graphic novels, spoken word and artist...

    )

Other work

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
François Miron
François Miron is a French-Canadian experimental filmmaker.Miron was born in Montreal in 1962. He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of The Art Institute Of Chicago in 1990....

 experimental film Resolving Power, and in the short Sweat Angel by Montreal filmmaker Jon Tucker
Jon Tucker
Jon Tucker is a Canadian screenwriter, film maker and journalist and was named "Best Local Filmmaker" by the Montreal Mirror in 2000. Tucker is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre, produced plays for the Montreal Fringe Festival, and worked as co-screenwriter for the Showcase situation-comedy...

.

Since 2004, Chackowicz has been a regular on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...

's comedy program WireTap
WireTap (radio program)
WireTap is a half-hour long radio show which airs on CBC Radio One Saturday afternoons at 3:30 pm, and Thursday evenings at 11:30 pm. An hour-long version of WireTap is distributed in the United States by Public Radio International and is heard on multiple public radio stations...

. His character is a child in a man's body, who often needs the help of host Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein (author)
Jonathan Stuart Goldstein is an American-Canadian author, humourist and radio producer. Goldstein is known for his work on the radio programs This American Life and WireTap.-Biography:...

 with various plans and schemes that never end well for Jonathan. He has appeared in several internet video shorts produced by the radio show.

Chackowicz has also written restaurant reviews for the Hour
Hour (magazine)
Hour is an English-language urban news magazine published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Communications Voir. Its president-publisher is Pierre Paquet, the editor-in-chief is Kevin Laforest. It caters to Montreal's anglophone community and is published every Thursday. The news features "expose...

 and for enRoute magazine.

Awards

  • 1993: Harvey Award
    Harvey Award
    The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman and founded by Gary Groth, President of the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.The Harvey Awards are...

     nomination for work on Dennis Eichhorn
    Dennis Eichhorn
    Dennis P. Eichhorn is an award-winning American writer best known for his adult-oriented autobiographical comic book series Real Stuff...

    's Real Stuff


Howard Chackowicz (born 1969 in Laval, Quebec
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...

) is a Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

-based Canadian artist and musician well known for his contributions to the independent comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 scene. In addition to exhibiting his work internationally, Chackowicz has taught illustration at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts
Saidye Rosner Bronfman
Saidye Rosner Bronfman, was the mother and grandmother of the Bronfman family, one of the most influential Jewish families in the world. The family was made famous by her husband, Samuel Bronfman , who made a fortune in the distilled alcoholic beverages business during the 20th century through his...

 and presently runs a Comix and Cartooning workshop for Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...

. In 2000, Chackowicz was named one of the top 5 local cartoonists of the year by The Montreal Mirror.

Published works

  • 1994: Howie Comic
  • 1996: Mini Capatalist Funnies / Chack'z
  • 1996: Mini Howie / Chack'z
  • 2008: Howie Action Comix (Conundrum Press
    Conundrum Press (Canada)
    Conundrum Press is a book publishing company located in Montreal, Canada, founded in 1995 by Andy Brown.-Affiliated authors:Conundrum is renowned in Canadian publishing for its innovative, wide-ranging, often genre-defying, books of fiction, cultural history, graphic novels, spoken word and artist...

    )

Other work

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
François Miron
François Miron is a French-Canadian experimental filmmaker.Miron was born in Montreal in 1962. He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of The Art Institute Of Chicago in 1990....

 experimental film Resolving Power, and in the short Sweat Angel by Montreal filmmaker Jon Tucker
Jon Tucker
Jon Tucker is a Canadian screenwriter, film maker and journalist and was named "Best Local Filmmaker" by the Montreal Mirror in 2000. Tucker is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre, produced plays for the Montreal Fringe Festival, and worked as co-screenwriter for the Showcase situation-comedy...

.

Since 2004, Chackowicz has been a regular on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...

's comedy program WireTap
WireTap (radio program)
WireTap is a half-hour long radio show which airs on CBC Radio One Saturday afternoons at 3:30 pm, and Thursday evenings at 11:30 pm. An hour-long version of WireTap is distributed in the United States by Public Radio International and is heard on multiple public radio stations...

. His character is a child in a man's body, who often needs the help of host Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein (author)
Jonathan Stuart Goldstein is an American-Canadian author, humourist and radio producer. Goldstein is known for his work on the radio programs This American Life and WireTap.-Biography:...

 with various plans and schemes that never end well for Jonathan. He has appeared in several internet video shorts produced by the radio show.

Chackowicz has also written restaurant reviews for the Hour
Hour (magazine)
Hour is an English-language urban news magazine published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Communications Voir. Its president-publisher is Pierre Paquet, the editor-in-chief is Kevin Laforest. It caters to Montreal's anglophone community and is published every Thursday. The news features "expose...

 and for enRoute magazine.

Awards

  • 1993: Harvey Award
    Harvey Award
    The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman and founded by Gary Groth, President of the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.The Harvey Awards are...

     nomination for work on Dennis Eichhorn
    Dennis Eichhorn
    Dennis P. Eichhorn is an award-winning American writer best known for his adult-oriented autobiographical comic book series Real Stuff...

    's Real Stuff

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