Many readers who have enjoyed the artist's statements have expressed interest in reading other writings of Mr. Kreider's. Here is a guide to his recent published writings and interviews.
Op-Eds & Personal Essays"I [Heart] Pluto” (New York Times, August 23rd 2006)
" Time and the Bottle" (NYT, March 31st, 2009)
"Reprieve" (NYT, June 2nd, 2009)
"Isn't It Outrageous?" (NYT, July 14th, 2009)
"Averted Vision" (NYT, August 2nd, 2009)
"Views of a Day" (NYT, September 11th, 2009)
"The Referendum" (NYT, September 17, 2009)
"Seeing Is Believing" (Nerve.com, May 28th, 2010)
"Welcome" (Nerve.com, July 1st 2010)
Cartoon Essays
"The Stabbing Story" (The Urbanite, August 2008)
On Comics
“Deeper Meanings: Another Look at B. Kliban” (The Comics Journal Special Edition, Summer 2002)
“That’s Not Funny: Rage, Laughter, and Political Cartoons After 9/11” (The Comics Journal)
“Throwing the Book at Cartoonists” (The Education of a Cartoonist, Allworth Press)
“You Could Give a Shit About Comics” (Baltimore City Paper, 2007 comics issue)
"The Trouble With Girls: Playboy Cartoons Sell, Don’t Shock” (Baltimore City Paper, 2006 comics issue)
“Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man” (review, Comics Journal)
“Lulu Eightball” (review, Comics Journal)
“Lost Girls” (review, Baltimore City Paper, 2007 comics issue)
"The Black Dossier," (review, Comics Journal)
"Bill Mauldin and Willie and Joe," (review, Comics Journal)
" Brighter in Hindsight: Black Humor, by Charles R Johnson," (review, Comics Journal)
"Pym & Francie: The Golden Bear Days," (review, Comics Journal)
"What Is to Be Done?" (Comics Journal)
On Books“Unspeakable: Exploring the Work of Splatterspunk Author Ed Lee” (Baltimore City Paper, 2006 Big Books Issue)
" The Frightener: William Sloane's Two Novels Cut Right Through Genre and Burrow Into a Dark, Uncanny Unknown." (Baltimore City Paper, 2007 Big Books Issue)
"When Books Could Change Your Life" (Baltimore City Paper, 2008 Big Books Issue)
"David Foster Wallace: 1962-2008" (Baltimore City Paper, 2008 Big Books Issue)
On Film
"Introducing Sociology: Eyes Wide Shut”(Film Quarterly)
“The Straight Story”(with Rob Content) (Film Quarterly)
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (with Rob Content and Boyd White) (Film Quarterly)
“A.I.”(Film Quarterly)
“The Goblin's Dilemma: A Simple Plan and Spider-Man”(with Boyd White) (Jump Cut)
“Office Space” (Lip)
Interviews (With and By)
Interview in Joe McLeod's "Mr. Wrong" column, Baltimore City Paper, February 2011
Tom Spurgeon Interview, The Comics Reporter, February 2011
Election 2008: An Interview with Tim Kreider, Daily Crosshatch, November 2008
An Exclusive Interview with Comix Genius Tim Kreider, Walruscomic.com, September 2008
Tim interviews Jules Feiffer (Indy Magazine)
Audio
Tim as a guest on the Ink Panthers Podcast, February 2010 MPR interview on war cartoons, 4/06/07
Interview with The Evil Ben Walker on WFMU's Too Much Information (episode: "Beyond the Fruited Plain"), November 2010
Commentary on Pluto's Demotion on ABC World News online, 8/24/06
Interview with Evil Ben Walker on his entry into the Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest,"Theory of Everything" 2/24/06
Interview with Evil Ben Walker on drawing more political cartoons after the 2004 election, "Theory of Everything" 11/07/04
Video
Slideshow/ Talk at The Strand Bookstore, February 17, 2011
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