Music Prewitt enrolled in the
Kansas City Art Institute and began drumming in the band Tunnel Dogs and then Mudhead. Archer also played bass in Kansas City local favorites the Bangtails. A song by the Bangtails appears on the 2020 compilation
Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987. He then co-founded
the Coctails, who moved from Kansas City to Chicago after their first album (1989) and went on to release six albums in all by the time they played their last show on New Year's Eve 1995/96. By then Prewitt had also been involved with a new project,
the Sea and Cake, who have released several critically acclaimed albums. Concomitant with his work in the Sea and Cake, Prewitt produced several solo releases.
Comics and illustration In addition to his music, Prewitt is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and comic book
colorist. His first professional illustrations were for the
Kansas City Star while he still lived there. In 1992, he started drawing and self-publishing his ''Sof' Boy
mini-comic, while also working as a colorist for Marvel Comics. Sof' Boy'' has subsequently been published by
Kitchen Sink Press and
Fantagraphics Books. Another Prewitt character is Funny Bunny, who has made several appearances in diverse publications, including
Mome. Prewitt's work has appeared in
Zero Zero,
Drawn & Quarterly, ''
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and BLAB!''. Prewitt was nominated for a 1998
Eisner Award for Best Colorist for the 1997 publication of ''Sof' Boy and Friends #1,'' published by Drawn & Quarterly. ==Discography==