Martin Kozlowski

Martin Kozlowski was born in Queens, N.Y. and grew up in Elmont, Long Island. Martin graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Since 1980 he has chronicled the social and political scenes in a wide range of publications including Advertising Age, Barron’s, the National Law Journal, the New York Times, Newsday, and the Wall Street Journal. His comic strips have appeared in the Hartford Courant, the New York Sun, the Earth Times, Fortune, Contently.com and the Daily Star in Beirut, Lebanon.
He directs art and contributes to the weekly editorial illustration service inxart.com. He publishes and edits the satirical e-zine site nowwhatmedia.com. Martin designed print material for a dozen years at his own firm in Union Square, NYC and has worked as an art director at the New York Times, most notably on The Op-ed page.
His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions, including shows in New York, Paris, Warsaw, and other cities, and he has lectured at several colleges. In 2020 he taught a class entitled Battle Lines Drawn: Creating Political Action Comics at New Jersey City University.
Martin continues to work and will probably never retire, according to Barbara. His interests include classic film and film noir, classic comic books, and always art.