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Strip Search, Episode 32 — Keith Knight

Keith Knight, Gentleman Cartoonist. All of the guests on the Strip Search podcast are superstars — but this month we've got a REALLY super superstar. For our latest episode,  cartoonist, activist and erstwhile Michael Jackson impersonator  Keith Knight — the man behind the nationally syndicated comic strips ​​   “The Knight Life,” “The K Chronicles,” and “(Th)ink”   — goes deep with us on his Hulu TV show “ Woke ,” his " Black Mug Shots " project, his honorary doctorate, and what’s next for his illustrious career. Like the character based on him and his work in "Woke," Knight didn't necessarily start out as an activist cartoonist. But he found that the strips dealing with issues important to the Black community were the ones that resonated most. “I guess I was putting a perspective in comics that you just never saw quite often, so I became ‘that guy,’” Knight told us. “And I don't mind being that guy, because I think telling my story is super important n