Bio and Resume
Tom Hart is a cartoonist and the Executive Director of The Sequential Artists Workshop, a school and arts organization in Gainesville, Florida.
His 2016 memoir, Rosalie Lightning debuted at #1 on the NY Times Bestseller List and has been featured on many end of year Best-Of lists.
He is the creator of the Hutch Owen series of graphic novels and books, and has been nominated for all the major industry awards. His The Collected Hutch Owen was nominated for best graphic novel in 2000. He was an early recipient of a Xeric Grant for self-publishing cartoonists, and has been on many best-of lists in the Comics Journal and other comix publications. He has been called "One of the great underrated cartoonists of our time" by Eddie Campbell and "One of my favorite cartoonists of the decade" by Scott McCloud. His daily Hutch Owen comic strip ran for 2 years in newspapers in New York and Boston, and his "Ali's House", co-created with Margo Dabaie was picked up by King Features Syndicate.
He was a core instructor at New York City's School of Visual Arts for 10 years, teaching cartooning to undergraduates, working adults and teens alike. Among his students were Dash Shaw, Sarah Glidden Box Brown and other published cartoonists like Leslie Stein, Jessica Fink, Josh Bayer, Brendan Leach and many others. He has taught comix and sequential art at schools and institutions all around New York City for more than 10 years, and has conducted week-long workshops from Maine to Hawaii. His Daddy Lightning, was published in March 2012 from Retrofit, and Let's Get Furious, a 380-page new Hutch Owen digital collection for tablets, is available from Top Shelf. He also teaches sequential art in the School of Art and Art History at UF.
His 2016 memoir, Rosalie Lightning debuted at #1 on the NY Times Bestseller List and has been featured on many end of year Best-Of lists.
He is the creator of the Hutch Owen series of graphic novels and books, and has been nominated for all the major industry awards. His The Collected Hutch Owen was nominated for best graphic novel in 2000. He was an early recipient of a Xeric Grant for self-publishing cartoonists, and has been on many best-of lists in the Comics Journal and other comix publications. He has been called "One of the great underrated cartoonists of our time" by Eddie Campbell and "One of my favorite cartoonists of the decade" by Scott McCloud. His daily Hutch Owen comic strip ran for 2 years in newspapers in New York and Boston, and his "Ali's House", co-created with Margo Dabaie was picked up by King Features Syndicate.
He was a core instructor at New York City's School of Visual Arts for 10 years, teaching cartooning to undergraduates, working adults and teens alike. Among his students were Dash Shaw, Sarah Glidden Box Brown and other published cartoonists like Leslie Stein, Jessica Fink, Josh Bayer, Brendan Leach and many others. He has taught comix and sequential art at schools and institutions all around New York City for more than 10 years, and has conducted week-long workshops from Maine to Hawaii. His Daddy Lightning, was published in March 2012 from Retrofit, and Let's Get Furious, a 380-page new Hutch Owen digital collection for tablets, is available from Top Shelf. He also teaches sequential art in the School of Art and Art History at UF.
Resume
Internationally Published and Distributed Solo Works
2016: Rosalie Lightning, A Graphic Memoir. St. Martins Press. Debuted at #1 on NY Times Bestseller List.
2012: Let’s Get Furious, 378 page digital graphic novel from Hutch Owen comic strips. Shelf Productions, Portland, OR
2012: Daddy Lightning, 48 page comic, from Retrofit Comics, Philadelphia, PA
2008-2009: Ali’s House, Syndicated comic strip developed for King Features Syndicate. Publication on gocomics.com.
2006- 2008: Hutch Owen comic strips produced daily for The Metro, Boston, MA and New York, NY
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
2000. Hutch Owen: Nouveaux Marches, 48 page graphic novella. La Comedie Illustree, Paris France
1999: New Hat Stories: Banks/Eubanks, 160 page graphic novel. Top Shelf Productions, Portland, OR.
1999. Hutch Owen Travaille Dur! 54-page graphic novella. La Comedie Illustree, Paris France
1998: The Sands, 182 page graphic novel. Black Eye Books, Montreal, Canada
1996-1998: Pitch Unger, 160 page series for Kodansha, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. (Publication truncated.)
1995: New Hat, 40 page novella. Black Eye Books, Montreal, Canada
1994: Hutch Owen's Working Hard, 56 page graphic novella. Self-published. (Awarded 1994 XERIC Foundation grant for self-publishers)
Grants, Awards and Nominations
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
2000: Nominated; Ignatz Award, Best Graphic Novel for Banks/Eubanks
1997: Nominated; Ignatz Award, Best New Talent.
1994: Award, Xeric Foundation Grant for self-publishers
Positions and Organizations
2010 – present: Executive Director, The Sequential Artists Workshop
2001 - 2011: Instructor, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 - 2008: Member, Steering Committee, National Association of Comic Art Educators
2001 - present: Co-Founder, Oubapo - America
2002 - 2006: Editor, Serializer.Net, online comics anthology
1998: Nominating Judge, Ignatz Awards
Exhibitions, Collections and Presentations
2011: Faculty Show, Sequential Artists Workshop, Gainesville, FL
2010: Neo-Integrity, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY
2009: Faculty Show, 92 Y, New York, NY
2008: Goddess, Mouse and Man: 92 Y, Tribeca, New York, NY
2007: Neo-Integrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2004: Featured presenter, MOCCA Arts festival
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
2002-present,: Carousel cartoonist slide show series, Multiple appearances, Curated by Bob Sikoryak
2002: Cartoon sculpture in permanent collection: International Museum of Bande Desinee. Angouleme, France
2001: Featured Performer: Comix Decode. New York, NY
2001: Max Fish Annual Cartoon Show, New York, NY
1999, 2000: Washington Street Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
1998: Cambridge Comix Circus, Cambridge, MA
1997: Black Eye Comics Show, Porto, Portugal
Anthologies
2014: Greatest American Graphic Stories of 2013; Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, MA
2012: Secret Prison; Philadelphia, PA
2006: Greatest American Graphic Stories of 2005; Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, MA
2003: Stripburger 14, “In Hong Kong”, 8 pages. Slovenia
2002: Rosetta: "Sandra Brown", 3 pages. Singapore/USA
2002: 9-11: Emergency Relief: "Attacking Attacked", 4 pages. Alternative Comics, Gainseville, Florida
2001: Bizarro Comics: "Kamandi- The Last Band on Earth!" 6 color pages. Written by Nick Bertozzi
2001: Pulse! Magazine: Full color comic page: "What Must Have Happened", Tower Records, Sacramento, California
2001: La Phacochere: "Pitch Unger: Le Petite Cheval", 12 pages. Paris, France
2001: Stereoscomic: "Pitch Unger: Le Numbre de Telephone", 12 pages. France
1999 Inker, Monica’s Story, 35 page comic based upon Starr Report on U.S. President Bill Clinton, Alternative Comics, Gainesville, FL
1999 & 1998: Star Wars Kids magazine. 2 full page color comics, The Fan Club Inc., Denver, Colorado
1998: Oni Double Feature #8 & 9: "The Body Social", 30-page collaboration with Jon Lewis. Oni Press, Portland Oregon
1997: Quandrano: "New Hat", 7-page Portuguese translation of Top Shelf story. BDMania, Porto, Portugal
1996: Pulse! Magazine: Full color comic page: "Brian Eno". Tower Records, Sacramento, California
1996: Manga Surprise: "Pitch Unger", 4-page collaboration with Jon Lewis. Kodansha, Inc, Tokyo Japan
1996: Morning Open: "Pitch Unger", 2 24-page collaborations with Jon Lewis. Published in Japanese. Kodansha Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Interviews and Articles
2012-present: Various interviews re: Rosalie Lightning, including Comics for Grownups, Inkstuds, HuffPost and more.
2012: Interview: The Comics Reporter, comicsreporter.com
2011: Interview: Comix Claptrap
2003: Career review: The Comics Journal winter 2003 special.
2002: Numerous interviews with international media in conjunction with International BD show in Angouleme, France
2000: TheComicStore.com, May 2000. Featured interview
2000: The Comics Journal, Banks/Eubanks featured in best of 1999 issue
1997: Super Black Black #7. Featured interview
1996: The Comics Journal #185 Joint overview of Hutch Owen and New Hat
1996: Destroy All Comics #6. Featured interview
1997: indy Magazine #19. Featured interview
1996: Cups # 6. Featured interview
1995: Citizen Vagrom video series. Featured interview
Misc. Work and Client History
2008: Cartoon Animation for Dallas Public Water Utility Public Service Advertisement
2005: Character and game design and programming for Old Navy
2003: Character and game design and programming for United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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
November 1-14, 2015: Invited guest instructor, Comics Art Workshop, Australia.
2012-present: Founder and chief instructor, Sequential Artists Workshop, Gainesville, FL
2001 - 2011: Instructor, School of Visual Arts, Cartooning/Illustration Department, New York City. Primary classes: Principles of Cartooning; Pictorial Problems; Advanced Cartooning (Continuing Education)
2010: Workshop presenter, MOCCA Art festival, New York, NY2010: Workshop presenter, SPX Art festival, Bethesda, MD
2009: Visiting Instructor, Hui Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii
2008 – 2009: instructor, Brooklyn College ,Brooklyn, NY
2007: Visiting instructor, Center for Cartoon Studies,White River Junction, Vermont
2007: Visiting lecturer, University of Florida Symposium on World-Building, Gainesville, Florida,
2002- 2011: Instructor, 92nd Street YMCA cartooning classes.
2003- 2011: Ongoing workshops with Young Audiences, New York
2004 – 2009 Children’s workshops at 826 NYC resource center, Brooklyn, NY
2004 : Cartooning Instructor, Rockport Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine.
2003-2005: Cartooning and Animation Course for High School Students, Parsons School of Design, New York City.
2002: Professional Participant, Westtown High School Intensive Tutoring program. Westtown, PA
1999 - 2000: Various Lectures and visits at Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
1997 - present: Various visits and small-scale workshops given on high school, middle and pre-school levels
Education
School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
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