Thomas Kerr is a professional illustrator at work in the New York area for 30 years. Tom is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art & Design and holds a Masters in Visual Journalism from School of Visual Arts. He has been published widely in the United States news media with his editorial illustration featured on the pages of The New York Times, Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Newsday, The Village Voice, The L.A.Times, The San Francisco Chronicle amongst many others. Tom’s work is syndicated by Now What Media via the INX group. Thomas has received awards of excellence from Communication arts, 3x3, American Illustration, Society of News Design, Society of Publication Design and the NYS Publishers Association. He is currently a tenured professor at St. John’s University teaching Illustration and contributes weekly to The Wave, Rockaway’s local newspaper.