Teacher, cartoonist, animator, Tom Hart is creator of Hutch Owen graphic novels and comic strips, critically acclaimed by The Comics Journal, Time.com, Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal.
Tom also teaches constantly all over the New York City area.
"One of my favorite cartoonists of the decade"- Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics
Most recent Flash work:
Dallas Public Utilities Cease the Grease animation (opens in new window) all animation except main character. All other design and illustration. Done on SMALL budget!
I also worked on animations for Sony, Highmark, Ansell, AstraZenaca, J&J, Intel, McDonalds, and Transitions, SPAM - yes SPAM, among others.
Work and games for the US Treasury:
Design your own bill - designed entire visual interface, most programming, all animation
Treasury Trivia - most to all animation, character design, some interface design
Interactive Bill- complete file. Basic layout by by Landor and Marsteller
(These files can usually be seen at http://www.moneyfactory.com/newmoney/ but sometimes the government gets weird about things )
Here's a couple files from a US Treasury childrens CD Rom in which I did all design and animation, except some characters (the cops developed in tandem and animated by someone else.):
Money Lab -
History Hall
Silly Song (created in about a day.)
Other Misc Flash work:
BNY Holiday Card (opens in new window) all animation, most design Also done on a ridiculously small budget! Sounds are not mine.
Old Navy Flip Ahead (opens in new window) - most animation (not the game, however.)
Transitions Virtual Lab - all animation. Designed by Nikos Sola, illustrated by Leela Corman
Here are a few of my favorite pages or stories:
Intro to the world of Hutch Owen
The Executive Hour, to be reprinted in BEST AMERICAN GRAPHIC STORIES, 2006
Links to Tom Hart's latest graphic novel on
Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powells
Extremely abbreviated resume. Click here for more thorough C.V.
Internationally Published and Distributed Solo Works
2005: Hutch Owen: Unmarketable, 196 page graphic novel. Top Shelf Productions, Portland, OR
2003 La Route de la Self, 48 page graphic novella. La Comedie Illustree, Paris France.
2002. Hutch Owen: Les Actions Explosent, 48 page graphic novella. La Comedie Illustree, Paris France
2000: The Collected Hutch Owen, 176 page graphic novel. Top Shelf Productions, Portland, OR
1996-1998: Pitch Unger, 160 page series for Kodansha, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. (Publication aborted)
Grants and Awards
2003 Award, Purple Chair Award for online development, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, client
2002: Nominated: Ignatz Award, Best Online Comic for “Hutch Owen: Public Relations”
2001: Nominated; Ignatz Award, Best Story for "Stocks are Surging!", The Collected Hutch Owen
2001: Nominated; Harvey Award, Best Collection for The Collected Hutch Owen
2001: Nominated; Eisner Award, Best Collection for The Collected Hutch Owen
1994: Award, Xeric Foundation Grant for self-publishers
Positions and Organizations
2001 - present: Instructor, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 - present: Member, Steering Committee, National Association of Comic Art Educators
Exhibitions and Collections
2003: No Joke Cartoon art exhibit, Jewish Art Center, Denver, CO
2002: Featured creator: Exhibition of American B.D., International Museum of Bande Desinee. Angouleme, France
Anthologies
2006: (pending) Greatest American Graphic Stories of 2005; Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, MA
2004 Nickelodeon Magazine, “Trunktown Kids”, NewYork, NY
1999 & 1998: Star Wars Kids magazine. 2 full page color comics, The Fan Club Inc., Denver, Colorado
1996: Morning Open: "Pitch Unger", 2 24-page collaborations with Jon Lewis. Published in Japanese. Kodansha Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Interviews and Articles
2003: Career review: The Comics Journal winter 2003 special.
2002: Numerous interviews with international media in conjunction with International BD show in Angouleme, France
Misc. Work and Client History:
2005: Character and game design and programming for Old Navy
2002-5: Character and game design and programming for United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Sony, Ziment, Highmark, Ansell, AstraZenaca, J&J, Intel, McDonalds, and Transitions.
2001: Character and game design and programming for Highmark.com
2002 - 1999: Other design and animation clients include Burson-Marsteller, Doctors of the World, Sony, Sanky-Perlowin, Ansell Healthcare and Harvard Medical School, R.R. Donnelley, Ziment.
Teaching Experience
2004 –present Children’s workshops at McSweeny’s resource center, Brooklyn, NY
2003-present: Instructor, Cartooning and Animation Course for High School Students, Parsons School of Design, New York City.
2001 - present: Instructor, School of Visual Arts, New York City.3 classes in Cartooning/Illustration Department
Education
School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
Born in Kingston, NY, Tom Hart has been drawing cartoons since tracing a strange picture in the second grade of Charlie Brown's head sticking out of the tube of toothpaste.
A popular underground/alternative cartoonist since the early 1990s, he published his first book, featuring the surly and homeless Hutch Owen, as one of the earliest recipients of the Xeric Foundation grant for self-publishing cartoonists, a foundation created by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-creator Peter Laird. Two book collections of Hutch Owen/Dennis Worner stories to date have been published since by Top Shelf Productions.
He has released numerous books to critical and audience acclaim, and has been nominated for Ignatz, Eisner, and Harvey awards. He has created a series, Pitch Unger, for a publisher in Japan, has been translated into French and Portuguese, and has had his work shown in shows from Seattle, Washington to Porto, Portugal to Lubjiana, Slovenia. and has also been a guest on Air America Radio’s “The Majority Report.”
Tom Hart teaches cartooning all over the New York City area, where he lives with his wife and fellow cartoonist, Leela Corman.