Alex Hallatt
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Alex Hallatt (born {{circa}} 1970 or 1971) is a British cartoonist.
Early life
Hallatt grew up in Dorset, England.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/23/business/media/a-comic-strip-mirrors-the-ravages-of-climate-change.html|title=A Comic Strip Mirrors the Ravages of Climate Change|work=The New York Times|first=George|last=Gustines|date=2017-07-23|access-date=31 July 2017|quote=Miss Hallatt, 46...}} She has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Kent at Canterbury.{{cite web|title=Who is Alex Hallatt|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015002944/https://moontoon.com/bio.htm|publisher=moontoon|access-date=13 January 2013}}
Career
One of her first comic strips was for her university newspaper. The comic was about a student who was half man and half mosquito who was fly-swatted at the end. Once she obtained her degree, worked as a waitress at a restaurant in New Jersey while developing her comic Polar Circle, later named Arctic Circle. Hallatt also went on to work in clinical research{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/06/08/on-world-oceans-day-the-arctic-circle-artist-explains-how-her-comic-takes-on-climate-change/|title=On World Oceans Day, 'Arctic Circle' artist explains how her comic takes on climate change|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Michael|last=Cavna|date=8 June 2017|access-date=31 July 2017|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190608091935/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/06/08/on-world-oceans-day-the-arctic-circle-artist-explains-how-her-comic-takes-on-climate-change/|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}} for seven years{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} before becoming a full-time cartoonist in 1999 where she landed a job working for Brighton's daily newspaper.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In 2003, she moved to Lyttelton, New Zealand, before moving to Australia in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/template_about.php?id=179|title=Background about Alex Hallatt|publisher=Cartoonist Group|access-date=2009-07-04}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=awdfghRMQCNE&refer=home|title=Hagar, Blondie, Beetle All Say Earth Day Is No Laughing Matter |last=Randall|first=Tom |date=April 22, 2008 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=2009-07-04}} In 2012, she returned to England. The American syndicate King Features distributes her comic Arctic Circle. Her webcomic, Human Cull, appears on GoComics.com.
Hallatt writes and illustrates books for children. Her first chapter book, FAB (Friends Against Bullying) Club, was published in 2016.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.alexhallatt.com alexhallatt.com] - home page for Alex Hallatt
- [https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/arcticcircle/ recent Arctic Circle comics]
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Category:British comics artists
Category:British comic strip cartoonists
Category:Alumni of the University of Kent
Category:English emigrants to Australia
Category:Australian comics artists
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