Don’t miss UWM Underground: The Art of Denis Kitchen running now through February 20, 2025 at the Mathis Art Gallery at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.

The exhibit takes a broad look at Kitchen a cartoonist and seminal figure in American comics. It follows him from his undergraduate days at UW-Milwaukee as a budding illustrator through struggles and triumphs at independent newspapers in Wisconsin. The exhibit follows the ups and downs and changes in the comic industry and Kitchen’s impact as an editor and publisher at Kitchen Sink Press, and more.

On December 15, 2024, UWM recognized Denis with an honorary Doctorate in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies. UWM Underground asks visitors a deceptively simple question: what are comics for? In typical Denis fashion, this exhibition suggests that they might be everything but – or including – the kitchen sink.

Gallery is closed between the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters, December 15, 2024 through January 20, 2025 with the exhibit running until February 20.

• UWM Emile H. Mathis Gallery
  Mitchell Hall 170
  3203 N. Downer Ave.
  Milwaukee, WI 53211
• Gallery Hours: Monday – Thursday 10am to 4pm