Tom Brazelton
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| Author(s) | Tom Brazelton |
| Website | http://www.theaterhopper.com/ |
| Current status / schedule | Ended |
| Launch date | August 2, 2002 |
| End date | December 31, 2012 |
| Genre(s) | Movie comic |
Theater Hopper is a semi-autobiographical webcomic based on the escapades of characterized versions of author Tom Brazelton, his wife Cami, and buddy Jared, as they discuss, attend, and purchase films. It is the self-described "longest-running movie-themed webcomic", having run for over ten years from August 2, 2002 to December 31, 2012.
With a personal and academic history with comics and design, Brazelton combined the two interests to develop Theater Hopper in 2002. The first characters are based on the artist and those close to him, requiring a thin line to be tread between reality and fantasy. The inclusion of original characters in 2004 allowed for more freedom in storytelling, as well as the introduction of story arcs.
Emphasizing the writing over the art, Brazelton performs the latter with a combination of hand-drawn art and digital coloring. Over the years, Theater Hopper's schedule shifted from three times a week to once a week in 2010. The site began with receiving only about 50 unique visitors per day, but over the years, that number has fluctuated between 3,000–10,000. Brazelton covers the cost of running the site through advertising and selling physical books of Theater Hopper strips.
From Des Moines, Iowa, Tom Brazelton /ˈbræzəltʌn/ was born an only child on December 21, 1977, and has been collecting comic books since age eight. Brazelton drew comics in middle school, and spent his high school and college years studying graphic design and print design. While in college at the University of Northern Iowa, Brazelton was a concert and album reviewer for the Northern Iowan, his college newspaper.
When he started Theater Hopper in 2002, Brazelton was working as a freelance music reviewer for The Des Moines Register, in 2004 he worked at a movie theater for "about 8 months", and in 2006, he was a web designer for Allied Insurance. In 2007, Brazelton and his wife added their first child (a son, Henry) to the family. In February 2009, Brazelton was taking night classes in pursuit of his master's degree in communication leadership at Drake University. In December 2009, the Brazeltons added a second child (a daughter, Pearl) to their family.
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