Alex Hallatt

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Alex Hallatt
Bornc. 1970or1971(age 52–53)
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Alex Hallatt (born c. 1970/1971) [1] is a cartoonist.

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Early life

Hallatt grew up in Dorset, England. [1] She has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Kent at Canterbury. [2]

Career

One of her first comic strips was for her university newspaper. The comic was about a student who was half man and half mosquito who was fly-swatted at the end. [2] Once she obtained her degree, worked as a waitress at a restaurant in New Jersey while developing her comic Polar Circle, later named Arctic Circle. Hallatt also went on to work in clinical research [3] for seven years[ citation needed ] before becoming a full-time cartoonist in 1999 where she landed a job working for Brighton's daily newspaper.[ citation needed ] In 2003, she moved to Lyttelton, New Zealand, before moving to Australia in 2008. [4] [5] In 2012, she returned to England. The American syndicate King Features distributes her comic Arctic Circle. [2] Her webcomic, Human Cull, appears on GoComics.com. [1]

Hallatt writes and illustrates books for children. Her first chapter book, FAB (Friends Against Bullying) Club, was published in 2016.[ citation needed ]

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