Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
A 1974 graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (Bachelor in political science), Konopacki began cartooning for the Madison Press Connection in 1977, as the successor to Pete Wagner. Konopacki"s Press Connection cartoon originals are archived at the Wisconsin State Historical Society. After the Connection went bankrupt in 1980, Konopacki began syndicating his work through the labor news service Press Associates, Incorporated.
In 1983 he and Gary Huck (a cartoonist for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America) created their own syndication service, Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons.
Huck and Konopacki have published six collections of cartoons: Bye! American, THEM, MAD in United States of America, Working Class Hero, Two Headed Space Alien Shrinks Labor Movement and American Dread. Archives of the syndicate Konopacki has created comics on a number of topics, including union organizing, welfare reform, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, often in collaboration with writer Alec Dubro.
Konopacki lives in Madison, Wisconsin. He has earned his Master of Arts (2009) and Master of Fine Arts (2010) degrees from UW-Madison"s School of Artist
His Master of Fine Arts exhibit was titled, One Nation Under God.