- Kurt has been a big fan of cartoons & comics since before his teen years, and in that span has drawn approximately six times his weight in cartoons and illos. Kurt is old enough to remember that it was a "proud and lonely thing" for a fanzine artist to 'pub his ish'. His artistic focus has always been to draw funny pictures and get them to readers by publication. Originally that meant printing cartoons on paper for fanzines and APAs. Passing years and evolving technology added small press, web comics, social networks, and bandées dessines to his output. In his early fan publishing years he learned how to make ditto and mimeo duplicators work. Later technology brought inkjets and laser into the picture. Today most of his publishing is through Amazon. As technology changed everything in the publication of comics, it also changed the tools of the trade from a bottle of india ink and a Windsor-Newton brush to vector and bitmap computer files. But the most amazing changes to the world of comics have been the acceptance of LGBTQ comics. Kurt is best known for his comic strip, "Murphy's Manor" syndicated to local gay./lesbian newspapers for 1200 strips. He also had comic stories published in Gay Comix and Meatmen.
Kurt was the 2002 recipient of the Rotsler Award for faanish cartooning. A few time all-time fave comics: Pogo, Tintin, Spirou, Astérix, Spirit, Feiffer.
After some 40 years of Silence on the fanzine front Kurt collected the materials for a 14th issue of endeavor, overdue since 1978. Getting back in touch with contributors from many years ago, and inviting contemporary artists and writers, Issue Number 14 featured mostly old material.
Issues 15 and 16 followed with increasing new material, often in color.. all the revival issues of the series have been very professional-looking trade paperbacks from amazom. the latest is taciturm #4, a complete Legacy zine. it contains two stories by Neil Riehle from the 1990s, one story by Larry Johnson from the 1990s, and a an unpublished story from 1981 by Kurt Erichsen. other interior art was by Shirm and Brad Foster. the only contemporary work was the front cover, by Dan Burke.
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