# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazimieras-g-prapuolenis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:09:37.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazimieras-g-prapuolenis"
name: "Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis"
slug: "kazimieras-g-prapuolenis"
description: "Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis, known professionally as Kaz, is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator. In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of the Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies RAW and Weirdo. Since 1992, he has drawn Underworld, an adult-themed syndicated comic strip that appears in many alternative weeklies. He is also known for his long tenure as a storyboard director and writer for SpongeBob SquarePants and work on shows such as Camp Lazlo and Phineas & Ferb."
tagline: "Cartoonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KAZ-WEIRDO.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.673368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1684615/"
    handle:    "nm1684615"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kazunderworld.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3466121"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_(Comiczeichner)"
    title: "Kaz (Comiczeichner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_(cartoonist)"
    title: "Kaz (cartoonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz"
    title: "Kaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "کازیمیراس گدیمیناس پراپولنیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_(sc%C3%A9nariste_am%C3%A9ricain)"
    title: "Kaz (scénariste américain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimieras_G._Prapuolenis"
    title: "Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimieras_Gediminas_Prapuolenis"
    title: "Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Каз (мультипликатор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_(cartoonist)"
    title: "Kaz (cartoonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Каз Прапуоленіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump