Standard Design, aka Tom Pappalardo (born 1973) is a Northampton, Massachusetts graphic designer, cartoonist, illustrator, and animator best known for his work for WFCR, his animated TV ads (including his 2006 contest-winning entry for LAZER 99.3), a grant-funded mural located in downtown Easthampton, Massachusetts, and his rock poster designs[1]. 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 official Massachusetts 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.[2]. His current comic projects include Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot!"[3]", a comic strip running weekly in The Valley Advocate (2007-present), and the illustrated novel "Broken Lines".
References
- ^ Standard Design posters on gigposters.com
- ^ Famous Fighters review on Broken Frontier
- ^ Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! on comixpedia
External links
- Official Homepage, includes samples of his graphic design, illustration, and animation work
- Broken Lines
- Famous Fighters!
- Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot!
See also
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