Kevin Cross is a local Portland illustrator/ cartoonist. A San Francisco native, Kevin moved to Portland in 2006 where he lives with his wife, Laura, and their cat, Mr. Chips. As a youth, Kevin fed himself on a steady diet of monster movies, comic books, skateboarding, rock and roll, and art. As an adult, not much has changed.

Kevin received a Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In addition to his freelance work, he has shown at various galleries including the New York Society of Illustrators. He has also self published comics, founded The Mini-Comics Dump Truck , is currently writing and illustrating an all-ages comic book called ” Monsters Are Go! “, and writing and illustrating a webcomic called “Monkey Mod”.

Aside from living the life of a jet-settin’, highfalutin’ illustrator, Mr. Cross likes to collect old mod, garage rock, and punk rock records on vinyl and enjoys a good piece of pie. Additionally, for over twenty years, Kevin has been the guitar player of many rock and roll bands including Big Rig ( Lookout Records), The Nerve Agents ( Revelation Records), and Pitch Black ( Lookout Records, Revelation Records, and Cheetah’s Records).