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Tom Hart

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Born

in Kingston, New York, The United States

Website

http://www.tomhart.net/

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Genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Memoir, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Charles Schulz, David B., Eddie Campbell, Julie Doucet, Alison Bechdel ...more

Member Since

August 2013

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Tom Hart is a critically acclaimed Eisner-nominated cartoonist and the Executive Director of The Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) in Gainesville, Florida.

He is the creator of Daddy Lightning, and the Hutch Owen series of graphic novels and books.

The Collected Hutch Owen was nominated for best graphic novel in 2000. He won a Xeric Grant for self-publishing cartoonists.

He teaches sequential art at SAW and at the University of Florida and taught at NYC's School of Visual Arts for 10 years. ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 8,479 ratings · 1,197 reviews · 76 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir 4.14 avg rating — 3,428 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of the Graphic Memoir: Tell Your Story, Change Your Life 4.15 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Hutch Owen, Vol. 1 3.88 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hutch Owen: Unmarketable!! 3.38 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Hat Stories: Banks/Eubanks 2.73 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ted's Bike Ride - A Fun Rhyming Children's Picture Book For Kids Aged 2-6 Years: Learn (Phonic) Animal Noises with Ted as He Cycles Around the Countryside by Tom Hart (Goodreads Author), Nikki Hart 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daddy Lightning 2.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She's Not Into Poetry: Mini-Comics 1991-1996 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Say Everything: Ideas, Practices and Challenges for Today’s Visual Storytellers 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First You Run, Then You Walk: Pedestrian Thoughts 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New song from Tom +1 plus help SAW student with a brain tumor

Hi everyone!

I don't normally do this, in fact, I don't think I've ever done it, but I am posting a little mutual aid post for a SAW student and a friend and collaborator of mine, Holly English. (*note see below.)

We collaborated on this song together to bring attention to her GOFUNDME page, here: gofund.me/708d1bd2
because Holly has a G-D BRAIN TUMOR. 🧠🤯🧠

Holly is a great artist, great spirit a

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Feast Your Eyes

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The Lie And How We Told It

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Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania

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“Spirits forget how painful it is for those on the physical plane to leave and the physical forget what it means to be united with spirit.”
― Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir

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“Broken and troubled characters must travel to new worlds to heal and overcome. Venture to the underworld and the subconscious where truths are met.”
― Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir

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