12 Facts About Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis was born on November 20,1975 and is an American singer-songwriter and comic book artist.

Jeffrey Lewis attended State University of New York at Purchase, graduating in 1997 with a degree in literature.

Jeffrey Lewis lectured on the topic of Watchmen at the Institute For Cultural Studies at the University of Leuven, Belgium, in 2000, and the text of his lecture was published in the book The Graphic Novel, edited by Jan Baetens, in 2001.

Jeffrey Lewis is often regarded as part of the antifolk movement, foremost because he was one of the many bands and performers who played in the 1990s at New York's SideWalk Cafe and its biannual antifolk festivals and open mic events.

Also that year, Jeffrey Lewis was visited by Kimya Dawson while living in Austin, Texas.

In October 2007, Rough Trade released 12 Crass Songs, a Jeffrey Lewis album consisting entirely of songs written by the British punk band Crass, reworked to match Lewis's antifolk style.

Jeffrey Lewis has performed and collaborated with Kimya Dawson of The Moldy Peaches as well as Diane Cluck.

In June 2008 Jeffrey Lewis was the support act for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks in Europe.

The New York Times online Op-Ed page "Measure For Measure" hired Jeffrey Lewis to write a number of short essays on the topic of songwriting, some of which he drew in comic book form.

Jeffrey Lewis has created a number of illustrated historical songs, usually sung while flipping through accompanying books of color drawings, including ten such pieces which are in use by The History Channel on their website.

Jeffrey Lewis published a comic strip in The Guardian newspaper in London.

Jeffrey Lewis has his own comic book series titled Fuff.