Runoff by Tom Manning

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  • TOM MANNING IS A GRAPHIC NOVELIST AND DESIGNER BASED IN OAKLAND, CA.

    Tom has written, illustrated, and lettered graphic novels for over 20 years. His works include the critically acclaimed books Bering Strait (2020), Eric (2018), and Runoff (2015).

    He has collaborated as a writer, illustrator, and designer on a number of books including Eating Animals with Jonathan Safran Foer, and When It Rains, It Pours with Jan Chipchase; and art directed such magazines as FilterMean, and frog design’s Design Mind

    Tom has taught at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, CCA’s graphic design undergraduate program, and CCA’s graduate design research program. 

    Manning has a BFA in Art History and the Visual Arts from Occidental College and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art.

"Tom Manning is an unassuming, but brilliant comic book creator. Revealed in a slow burn and always mind bending, his books seemingly defy categorization and are strictly for thinking readers."
-FANBOY CONFIDENTIAL

"One of the most important cartoonists of his generation."
-COLIN BLANCHETTE, CANON MAGAZINE

"May we all get poisoned by Tom Manning more often."
-GUILLERMO DEL TORO