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1933 Brooklyn, New York City - 2003. Known for: Painter, illustrator, writer, designer.
Tom Feelings was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. Tom Feelings attended the school of Visual Arts for two years and then joined the Air Force in 1953. He worked in London as a staff artist for the... Read full biography
Tom Feelings was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. Tom Feelings attended the school of Visual Arts for two years and then joined the Air Force in 1953. He worked in London as a staff artist for the Graphics Division of the Third Air Force. In 1958, he created a weekly comic strip, Tommy Traveler... Read full biography
Tom Feelings was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. Tom Feelings attended the school of Visual Arts for two years and then joined the Air Force in 1953. He worked in London as a staff artist for the Graphics Division of the Third Air Force. In 1958, he created a weekly comic strip, Tommy Traveler in the World of Negro History, which ran in The New York Age, a Harlem-based newspaper. Feelings traveled to Ghana and Guyana early in his career, and spent his time in both countries illustrating,... Read full biography
Tom Feelings was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. Tom Feelings attended the school of Visual Arts for two years and then joined the Air Force in 1953. He worked in London as a staff artist for the Graphics Division of the Third Air Force. In 1958, he created a weekly comic strip, Tommy Traveler in the World of Negro History, which ran in The New York Age, a Harlem-based newspaper. Feelings traveled to Ghana and Guyana early in his career, and spent his time in both countries illustrating, teaching, and consulting. When he returned from his first trip to Africa, he began illustrating books with African and African-American themes. To Be a Slave, a non-fiction children’s book written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Feelings, was... Read full biography
Tom Feelings was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. Tom Feelings attended the school of Visual Arts for two years and then joined the Air Force in 1953. He worked in London as a staff artist for the Graphics Division of the Third Air Force. In 1958, he created a weekly comic strip, Tommy Traveler in the World of Negro History, which ran in The New York Age, a Harlem-based newspaper. Feelings traveled to Ghana and Guyana early in his career, and spent his time in both countries illustrating, teaching, and consulting. When he returned from his first trip to Africa, he began illustrating books with African and African-American themes. To Be a Slave, a non-fiction children’s book written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Feelings, was chosen as the 1969 Newberry Honor Book. It was the first book of its kind to receive such an award. He illustrated twenty books in his care... Read full biography
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Tom Feelings was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. Tom Feelings attended the school of Visual Arts for two years and then joined the Air Force in 1953. He worked in London as a staff artist for the Graphics Division of the Third Air Force. In 1958, he created a weekly comic strip, Tommy Traveler in the World of Negro History, which ran in The New York Age, a Harlem-based newspaper. Feelings traveled to Ghana and Guyana early in his career, and spent his time in both countries illustrating, teaching, and consulting. When he returned from his first trip to Africa, he began illustrating books with African and African-American themes. To Be a Slave, a non-fiction children’s book written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Feeli...But wait, there's more...
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