Gene Kannenberg, Jr.

Gene Kannenberg, Jr.

@genekjr.bsky.social

Librarian/Curator for hire; Cartoonist/Comics Historian/Paper Engineer; Typography/Graphic Design Fan; NASA/nerd; MSLIS/PhD; He/Him. Evanston/Chicago. Proprietor of @comicschicago.bsky.social. linktr.ee/genekjr

9,679 Followers 651 Following 812 Posts Joined Aug 2023
3 days ago
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A Look Inside Usborne What's Below Pop Up Book YouTube video by The Usborne Experience with Heidi

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3 days ago
WHAT’S BELOW? (2017), paper engineer uncredited.

A Movable Book a Week: WHAT’S BELOW? (2017), paper engineer uncredited.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #popdown #clivegifford #katemclelland #egmontuk #kanemiller #edcpublishing #booksky

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5 days ago
Whorls, curves, and dots, drawn with a Brush Sign Pen Pigment SESP15

Puddle of Ink.
. . .
#abstractart #analog #SESP15

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5 days ago
WALT DISNEY’S DUCK ALBUM (FOUR COLOR 353), October 1951, from DELL Comics, with a Major Dickason’s Blend from Peet’s Coffee.

Reading, Drinking: WALT DISNEY’S DUCK ALBUM (FOUR COLOR 353), October 1951, from DELL Comics, with a Major Dickason’s Blend from Peet’s Coffee.
. . .
#readingdrinking #waltdisneysduckalbum #dellfourcolor #donaldduck #comicsandcoffee

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6 days ago

HIDESHI HINO’S SUGAR AND SPIKE

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6 days ago
Abstract comic with asemic text (banner, caption, three panels), with Brush Sign Pen Pigment SESP15

Long-Distance Runaround.
. . .
#comicsmachine #abstractcomics #asemicwriting #abstractart #asemic #analog

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1 week ago
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Pop up Facts Dinosaurs YouTube video by Hiệu sách nhà Bánh Bao

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1 week ago
POP-UP FACTS DINOSAURS (2006), paper engineer Andy Mansfield.

A Movable Book a Week: POP-UP FACTS DINOSAURS (2006), paper engineer Andy Mansfield.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #andymansfield #richarddungworth #kimthompson #stevekingston #dinosaurs #facts #thetemplarcompanyltd #sandycreek #booksky

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2 weeks ago

Thank you!

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2 weeks ago
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Disney: The Little Mermaid Pop-Up Book YouTube video by MOMO’s POP-UP BOOK

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2 weeks ago
DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID POP-UP BOOK (2023), paper engineer Matthew Reinhart. Front cover.

A Movable Book a Week: DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID POP-UP BOOK (2023), paper engineer Matthew Reinhart.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #matthewreinhart #ryanriller #brookemccallum #thelittlemermaid #ariel #disney #reinhartpopupstudios #insighteditions #booksky

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3 weeks ago
Drawing of a bald face in profile, with abstract swirly background, in pinks and purples.

Friday on my mind.
. . .
#comicsmachine #ipadmini #procreate

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3 weeks ago
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The Art of Rube Goldberg A “generously illustrated and well-designed appreciation” of the Pulitzer Prize–winning illustrator, with an introduction by New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik. (The New York Times)Cartoonist, humorist, sc...

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3 weeks ago
THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron. Front cover, position one. THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron. Front cover, position two. THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron. Inside front cover, exposed mechanism.

A Movable Book a Week: THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #paperengineering #andrewbaron #rubegoldberg #jennifergeorge #adamgopnick #comics #comicstrips #abramscomicarts #booksky

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3 weeks ago
Man’s Incredible Venture to the Moon The Flight of Apollo Eleven “The Eagle Has Landed” Man & the Moon

Apollo 11 LPs.

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3 weeks ago
Looping whorls and asemic texts

In the Name of Pentel.
. . .
#asemic #asemicwriting #comicsmachine #brushpen #sketchbook

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3 weeks ago
Abstract circuit-like drawing

The Maltese Balancing Act.
. . .
#comicsmachine #abstractart #brushpen #sketchbook

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1 month ago
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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA卡若琳立體書開箱A POP-UP BOOK YouTube video by 卡若琳立體手作紙玩藝(立體成形手作)

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1 month ago
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - A POP-UP BOOK (2009), paper engineer Sam Ita.

A Movable Book a Week: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - A POP-UP BOOK (2009), paper engineer Sam Ita.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #samita #20000leaguesunderthesea #julesverne #comics #graphicnovel #captainnemo #sterlingpublishing #booksky

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1 month ago
Abstract, asemic drawing with very large and very small figures

Puddlefesto.
. . .
#abstractart #asemicwriting #brushpen #inkyfingers

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1 month ago
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Dragon World: A Pop-Up Guide to These Scaled Beasts YouTube video by Hiệu sách nhà Bánh Bao

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1 month ago
DRAGON WORLD - A POP-UP GUIDE TO THESE SCALED BEASTS (2007), paper engineer Keith Moseley. Front cover.

A Movable Book a Week: DRAGON WORLD - A POP-UP GUIDE TO THESE SCALED BEASTS (2007), paper engineer Keith Moseley.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #keithmoseley #milivojceran #skipskwarek #dragon #dragons #harrynabrams #abramsbooks #booksky

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1 month ago

Still have it 👔

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1 month ago

This is who runs this account

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1 month ago
Magnificent Milan Auteur  :  Dario CestaroIllustrations :  Franca LugatoIngénieur papier : Éditions :  Marsillo Pop upAnnée : 2015 Comme si on y était !

Images: www.pop-up-feerie-livresanimes.fr/magnificent-...

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1 month ago
MAGNIFICENT MILAN (2015), paper engineer Dario Cestaro. Front cover.

A Movable Book a Week: MAGNIFICENT MILAN (2015), paper engineer Dario Cestaro.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #dariocestaro #francalugato #milan #architecture #marsiliopopup #marsilioeditori #booksky

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1 month ago
A time-traveling Dr Doom swats Cotton Mather

RIP Sal Buscema, an artist who, like fine wine, only got better with age. salspittle.tumblr.com

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1 month ago

Go, read: This interview by Steven Heller with Jarrett Dapier

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1 month ago
Abstract design of lines, circles, semi-circles, triangles, and squares

Systems check.
#sketckbook #prismacolor08 #abstractart

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1 month ago

Thanks, Sylvie! I had to focus on in-print books, so the list on my website is more fulsome. I wish the International section were larger, but Bookshop’s inventory doesn’t include too many non-US titles.

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