The Man behind the Monkey

See original art from the comic strip on display at Musselman Library
January 2006 - Summer 2006

See "Bo Nanas and The Man Behind the Monkey" a lecture by John Kovaleski
7:00 p.m., March 30, 2006
Joseph Theater, 201 Briedenbaugh Hall, Gettysburg College

The Man behind the Monkey

John Kovaleski was born small and naked in western New York State and grew up, more or less, where he was planted. He is the creator of the comic strip "Bo Nanas," syndicated by the fine folks at The Washington Post Writers Group.

John's humorous scribbles have adorned magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, puzzles, billboards, and that new-fangled Internet. In 1999, he was nominated for a National Cartoonists Society Award for Advertising Illustration. In his spare time John practices the ukulele and does the occasional escape-artist trick.

Visit his website here.

The Book

Yep, it's finally here ­ hot off the presses ­ the first Bo Nanas book "Monkey Meets World." You can now relive Bo's adventures with hand-biting dogs, over-eager smoke alarms, pet shop imprisonment and high-flying babies. And it's all encased in a shiny cover, with a foreword by Dan Piraro, the creator of the brilliant comic panel "Bizarro."

Copyright © 2005 John Kovaleski

All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited. Used with permission.

"Bo Nanas" is distributed by The Washington Post Writers Group.