Alex Hallatt

Alex Hallatt (born c. 1970 or 1971) is a British cartoonist.^[1]

Alex Hallatt
Born	c. 1970 or 1971 (age 54–55)
Known for	Cartoons Drawing

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]}