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{{Short description|Canadian cartoonist}}
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'''Tom Fowler''' is a Canadian cartoonist living in [[Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tom |last=Fowler |title=FOR NORM... |url=http://bigbugillustration.blogspot.com/2015/01/for-norm.html |publisher=BLARG! |date=January 5, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kevin |last=Boyd |title=Tom Fowler interview |url=http://joeshusterawards.com/2009/01/20/tom-fowler-interview/ |publisher=THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS |date=January 20, 2009 }}</ref>

His published work includes ''[[Monroe (comic strip)|Monroe]]'' feature in the ''[[Mad (magazine)|MAD]]'' magazine, ''[[Mysterius the Unfathomable]]'', ''[[Quantum & Woody]]'', ''[[Green Arrow]]'', ''[[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]]'', ''[[Hulk|Hulk: Season One]]'', ''[[Prince of Persia|Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm]]'' and ''[[Howtoons|Howtoons: [Re]Ignition]]''. He has also illustrated several cards in the ''[[Doomtown]]'' collectible card game. In 2016, he made his writing debut on [[Oni Press]]' ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' series, writing the arcs "[[Head-Space]]", [[Rick and Morty (comics)#The Noble Pursuit of Fair Play|"The Noble Pursuit of Fair Play"]], and [[Rick and Morty (comics)#Big Game|"Big Game"]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Barry |last=Thompson |title=Incoming ''Rick and Morty'' Comic Writer Tom Fowler Takes Series to Sad, Absurd Extremes |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/exclusive-incoming-rick-and-morty-comic-writer-tom.html |publisher=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |date=January 20, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Emily |last=Gaudette |title=''Rick and Morty'' Comics Are About to Get a Lot Better |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/11175-rick-and-morty-comics-are-about-to-get-a-lot-better |publisher=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]] |date=February 8, 2016 }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
Interior comic work includes:
* ''[[Oni Double Feature]]'' #12-13: "The Honor Rollers" (with [[Paul Dini]], [[anthology]], [[Oni Press]], 1999)
* ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'' #3: "The Death of Captain Tarpals" (with [[Ryder Windham]], anthology, [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], 2000)
* ''[[The Blair Witch Project|The Blair Witch Chronicles]]'' #3: "Magik Circle" (with [[Jen Van Meter]], Oni Press, 2000)
* ''[[Oni Press Color Special]]'' #2: "Adventure #206" (script and art, anthology, Oni Press, 2001)
* ''[[Paper Museum]]'' (anthology, [[Jungle Boy Press]]):
** "Saxon the Swordsman" (with [[Jai Nitz]], in #1, 2002)
** "Lamb's War" (script and art, in #2, 2003)
* ''[[Jango Fett|Star Wars: Jango Fett]]'' (with [[Ron Marz]], [[graphic novel]], Dark Horse, 2002)
* ''[[Grendel (comics)|Grendel: Red, White and Black]]'' #1: "Devil's Dash" (with [[Matt Wagner]], anthology, [[Maverick (Dark Horse)|Maverick]], 2002)
* ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' #168: "Urban Legend" (with [[Bill Willingham]], [[DC Comics]], 2003)
* ''[[Caper (comic book)|Caper]]'' #9-12: "On Ice" (with [[Judd Winick]], DC Comics, 2004)
* ''[[Mad (magazine)|MAD]]'' (anthology magazine, DC Comics):
** "When Spider-Man Goes Completely International" (with [[David Shayne]], among other artists, in #448, 2004)
** "20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2004" (with [[Desmond Devlin]], among other writers and artists, in #449, 2005)
** "[[Monroe (comic strip)|Monroe]]" (with [[Anthony Barbieri]], in #470-482, 484, 486-487, 489-491, 493, 495-496, 498 and 502, 2006–2010)
** "50 Worst Things About Advertising" (with [[Jeff Kruse (writer)|Jeff Kruse]] and [[Scott Maiko]], among other artists, in #482, 2007)
** "Great Monkeys in American History" (with [[Teresa Burns Parkhurst]], in #488, 2008)
* ''[[Zombie Tales|Zombie Tales: Oblivion]]'': "Memento Mori" (with [[John Rogers (writer)|John Rogers]], anthology [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]], [[Boom! Studios]], 2005)
* ''[[Green Arrow]]'' vol. 3 #46-48, 50, 52 (with Judd Winick and [[Tommy Castillo]] (#50), DC Comics, 2005)
* ''[[The Grimoire]]'' #7 (with [[Chris Stone (comics)|Chris Stone]], [[Speakeasy Comics|Speakeasy]], 2005)
* ''[[Planet of the Apes (comics)|Revolution on the Planet of the Apes]]'' #3-4, 6 (with [[Joe O'Brien (comics)|Joe O'Brien]], [[Ty Templeton]] and [[Max Douglas|Salgood Sam]] (#6), [[Mr. Comics]], 2006)
* ''[[DC animated universe (comics)|Justice League Unlimited]]'' #29: "Untamed" (inks on [[Carlo Barberi]], written by [[Adam Beechen]], [[Johnny DC]], 2007)
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' #0: "Head" (layouts for [[Zach Howard]], written by [[Bryan Fuller]], [[Wildstorm]], 2007)
* ''[[Mysterius the Unfathomable]]'' #1-6 (with [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]], Wildstorm, 2009)
* ''[[Prince of Persia|Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm]]'' (with [[Jordan Mechner]] and various artists, graphic novel, [[Disney Press]], 2010)
* ''[[Heroic Age (comics)|I am an Avenger]]'' #1: "Welcome Home, Squirrel Girl!" (with [[Alex Zalben]], anthology, [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]], 2010)
* ''[[Deadpool Team-Up]]'' #888 (with [[Cullen Bunn]], Marvel, 2010)
* ''[[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]]'' vol. 2 #3, 5-8 (with [[Rick Remender]] and [[Tony Moore (artist)|Tony Moore]] (#5), Marvel, 2011)
* ''[[Outlaw Territory]] Volume 2'': "Rustling Up Business..." (with [[Rich Johnston]], anthology graphic novel, [[Image Comics|Image]], 2011)
* ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|Jim Henson's The Storyteller]] Volume 1'': "Old Fire Dragaman" (with Jeff Parker, anthology graphic novel, [[Archaia Entertainment|Archaia]], 2011)
* ''[[Hulk|Hulk: Season One]]'' (with [[Fred Van Lente]], graphic novel, Marvel, 2012)
* ''[[Time Warp (comics)|Time Warp]]'': "It's Full of Demons" (with [[Tom King (comics)|Tom King]], anthology one-shot, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 2013)
* ''[[The Thrilling Adventure Hour]]'': "Beyond Belief" (with [[Ben Acker]] and [[Ben Blacker]], anthology graphic novel, Archaia, 2013)
* ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'' vol. 2 #1–4, 0 (with [[James Asmus]], [[Valiant Comics|Valiant]], 2013–2014)
* ''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]'' vol. 2 #14: "Black Feathers"(with [[Ray Fawkes]], anthology, Dark Horse, 2013)
* ''[[X-O Manowar]]'' vol. 3 #25: "Battle for the Ages" (script and art, co-feature, Valiant, 2014)
* ''[[Howtoons|Nick Dragotta's Howtoons: [Re]Igniton]]'' #1–5 (with Fred Van Lente, Image, 2014)
* ''[[Liberty Comics|CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual]]'' '14: "Little Star" (script and art, with Jeff Parker, anthology, Image, 2014)
* ''[[Sensation Comics]]'' vol. 2 Chapter 31–32: "Return of Gaia" (with [[Derek Fridolfs]], [[Digital comic|digital]], DC Comics, 2015)
* ''[[Rick and Morty (comics)|Rick and Morty]]'' (as writer, [[Oni Press]]):
** "[[Head-Space]]" (with [[CJ Cannon]], in #12–14, 2016)
** [[Rick and Morty (comics)#The Noble Pursuit of Fair Play|"The Noble Pursuit of Fair Play"]] (script and art, in #15, 2016)
** [[Rick and Morty (comics)#Big Game|"Big Game"]] (script and art, in ''Treasury Edition'' #2, 2016)
* ''[[The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl]]'' (Marvel):
** ''Volume 2'' #9–10 (inks on [[Erica Henderson]], written by [[Ryan North]], 2016)
** ''[[The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe|...Beats Up the Marvel Universe]]'' (inks on Erica Henderson, written by Ryan North, graphic novel, 2016)
** "Brain Drain's Olde-Tyme Feel-Good Inspirational Corner" (with Ryan North, co-feature in vol. 2 #26, 2018)
* ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' vol. 6 #6, 8–11 (inks on [[Nick Derington]], written by [[Gerard Way]], [[DC's Young Animal]], 2017–2018)
* ''[[Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas|Where We Live]]'': "Everything After" (with [[Justin Jordan]], anthology graphic novel, Image, 2018)
* ''[[The Sandman Universe]]'' (with [[Kat Howard]] and other writers and artists, anthology one-shot, Vertigo, 2018)
* ''[[The Books of Magic]]'' vol. 3 #1–ongoing (with Kat Howard and [[Brian Churilla]], Vertigo/[[DC Black Label]], 2018–...)
* ''[[Dial H for Hero]]'' #4: "Detroit City Blues" (inks on [[Joe Quinones]], written by [[Sam Humphries]], DC Comics, 2019)

===Covers only===
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* ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' #180–181 ([[DC Comics]], 2004)
* ''[[Archer and Armstrong]]'' vol. 2 #8–9, 0, 14 ([[Valiant Comics|Valiant]], 2013)
* ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'' vol. 2 #7–9, 12 (Valiant Comics, 2014)
* ''[[Magnus, Robot Fighter]]'' vol. 5 #1 ([[Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite]], 2014)
* ''[[Bloodshot (comics)|Bloodshot and the H.A.R.D. Corps]]'' #21 (Valiant, 2014)
* ''[[X-O Manowar]]'' vol. 3 #38, 40, 50 (jam cover) (Valiant, 2015–2016)
* ''[[Hulk]]'' vol. 2 #8 ([[Marvel Comics|Marvel]], 2015)
* ''[[Superior Iron Man]]'' #1 (Marvel, 2015)
* ''[[The Multiversity|The Multiversity Guidebook]]'' #1 (DC Comics, 2015)
* ''[[Book of Death|Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot]]'' #1 (Valiant, 2015)
* ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' #6 ([[Oni Press]], 2015)
* ''[[Liberty Comics|The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual]]'' '15 ([[Image Comics|Image]], 2015)
* ''[[Eternal Warrior|Wrath of the Eternal Warrior]]'' #1, 3 (Valiant, 2015–2016)
* ''[[Timewalker|Ivar, Timewalker]]'' #11 (Valiant, 2015)
* ''[[Howard the Duck]]'' vol. 6 #2 (Marvel, 2016)
* ''[[Insufferable|Insufferable: On the Road]]'' #3 ([[IDW Publishing]], 2016)
* ''[[Lake of Fire (comics)|Lake of Fire]]'' #4 (Image, 2016)
* ''[[Cosmic Bowl]]'' #1 ([[The Flop House]], 2017)
* ''[[Shirtless Bear-Fighter!]]'' #1 (Image, 2017)
* ''[[Athena Voltaire]]'' #1 ([[Action Lab Comics|Action Lab]], 2018)
* ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'' vol. 3 #8–11 (Valiant, 2018)
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==References==
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==External links==
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