- Standard design
Standard Design, aka Tom Pappalardo (born
1973 ) is aNorthampton, Massachusetts graphic designer, cartoonist, illustrator, and animator best known for his work forWFCR , his animated TV ads (including his 2006 contest-winning entry for LAZER 99.3), a grant-funded mural located in downtownEasthampton, Massachusetts , and his rock poster designs [ [http://www.gigposters.com/designer/556_Standard_Design.html Standard Design posters on gigposters.com] ] . His poster work has appeared in gallery exhibitions including the Graphic Noise exhibition (Museum of Design,Atlanta, Georgia 2005), Yinz Got Posters - (AIR Studios,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , 2007), Art or Advertisement? (Charleston, South Carolina , 2007), and Screens and Beans (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008).Pappalardo's past
comic work includes "FORTY-3", The officialMassachusetts College of Art comic journal (1992 -1994 , editor and contributor), "Alec Dear" (1996 , writer) illustrated by Matt Smith, for which they received a Xeric grant,Caliber Comics ' "Through the Wood, Beneath the Moon" (1998 , writer), the self-published collection "Failure, Incompetence - Aborted Jokes and Abandoned Stories" (2005 ), and the self-published collection "Famous Fighters" (2006 ), with Matt Smith. [ [http://www.brokenfrontier.com/reviews/details.php?id=1029&PHPSESSID=4ee5f46cf9ea8c6c7fa5c72b71f98cdb Famous Fighters review on Broken Frontier] ] . His current comic projects include Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot!" [ [http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php?title=Whiskey%21_Tango%21_Foxtrot%21 Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! on comixpedia] ] ", a comic strip running weekly in The Valley Advocate (2007 -present), and the illustrated novel "Broken Lines".References
External links
* [http://www.standard-design.com Official Homepage] , includes samples of his graphic design, illustration, and animation work
* [http://www.broken-lines.com Broken Lines]
* [http://www.famousfighters.com Famous Fighters!]
* [http://www.standard-design.com/WTF Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot!]ee also
*
List of American comic creators
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