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John Kovalic (born Robert John Kovalic, Jr. on November 24, 1962, in Manchester, England) is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.

Kovalic is best known for his Dork Tower comic book, comic strip and webcomic, and other humorous work set in and about the fantasy role-playing game genre, such as The Unspeakable Oaf. He has illustrated board and card games for several companies, including Steve Jackson Games (the Munchkin card game plus several expansions, the Munchkin Roleplaying Game, The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming, Chez Geek, Chez Goth, and Chez Dork), Cumberland Games & Diversions (Pokéthulhu), and Fantasy Flight Games (Mag-Blast 3rd Edition). He was also the sole illustrator for the "Super Deluxx" edition of Kobolds Ate My Baby!, and since doing so, he has occasionally featured supplemental KAMB material in the Dork Tower comic book.

He is a co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Publishing where he is the company's art director and designer of the 2003 trivia party game Whad'Ya Know?, based on Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, as well as the illustrator of Apples to Apples.

Kovalic is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal. His work has appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post and he has worked for CARtoons Magazine. He is also the writer of the comic Doctor Blink Superhero Shrink, which is penciled and inked by Christopher Jones and colored and lettered by Melissa Kaercher.

Kovalic has thrice been a guest of honor at the science, science fiction, and fantasy convention, CONvergence.

Kovalic has provided illustrations for large number of games, including:

1. 10 Days in Africa
2. 10 Days in the USA
3. 10 Days in Asia
4. 10 Days In Europe
5. aBRIDGEd
6. Apples to Apples Party Box/Crate
7. Apples to Apples Expansion Box 1
8. Apples to Apples Expansion Box 2
9. Apples to Apples Jr.
10. Apples to Apples Jr 8+
11. Backseat Drawing
12. Blink
13. Bosworth
14. Button Men: Dork Victory
15. Chain Game
16. Chez Dork
17. Chez Geek
18. Chez Geek II
19. Chez Geek III
20. Chez Goth
21. Chez Greek
22. Chez Grunt
23. Cineplexity
24. Cloud 9
25. Cover Up
26. Creatures and Cultists
27. Creepyfreaks
28. Dead and Breakfast (Dragon Magazine)
29. Dork 20
30. Dork Tower: The Boardgame
31. Dungeonville
32. Easy Come, Easy Go
33. Escape From Elba
34. Fish Eat Fish
35. Gold Digger
36. Illuminati: New World Order
37. INWO: Assassins
38. Kobolds Ate My Baby
39. Kobolds Ate My Baby Super Deluxx Edition
40. Letter Flip
41. Letter Roll
42. Mag*Blast 3rd Edition
43. Mix Up
44. Munchkin
45. Munchkin II
46. Munchkin III
47. Munchkin IV
48. Munchkin V
49. Munchkin VI
50. Munchkin Bites
51. Munchkin Bites II
52. Munchkin Blender
53. Munchkin Booty
54. Munchkin Cthulhu
55. Munchkin Cthulhu II
56. Munchkin Cursed Deck Demo
57. Munchkin D20
58. Munchkin Dice
59. Munchkin Impossible
60. Munchkin Stacked Deck Demo
61. Munchkin, Star
62. Munchkin, Star II
63. Munchkin, Super
64. Munchkin, Super II
65. Munchkin, The Good The Bad and
66. Munchkin Quest
67. My Dwarfs Fly
68. My Word!
69. Ninja Versus Ninja
70. Nutty Cups
71. Party Pooper
72. Pepper
73. PokeTHULHU RPG
74. Quitch
75. Rock
76. Shape Up
77. ShipWrecked
78. Snorta
79. Squint
80. Tutankhamen
81. Wallamoppi
82. Warhamster Rally
83. Whad'Ya Know
84. Wheedle
85. ZenBenders - Dragon
86. ZenBenders - Dog
87. ZenBenders - Racetrack

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