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About Thomas Kerr (illustrator)
- Thomas Kerr (born August 30, 1962 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian illustrator.
- Educated at the Alberta College of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts.
- He is an editorial illustrator featured in the New York Times from 1989 to the present day.
- Kerr's work has been featured on the OpEd pages of many national publications, focusing on current affairs and political satire.
- He has received awards of excellence from The Society of Publication Design, Society for News Design, Communication Arts Magazine and is a member of the Society of Illustrators.
- Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Illustration at St John's University in Queens, New York. Kerr sued The New Yorker and illustrator Anita Kunz in 1999 for copyright infringement.
- Kerr argued that Kunz's illustration, "Manhattan Mohawk" was copied from his drawing, "New York Hairline".
- The New Yorker used Kunz's drawing for its 10 July 1995 cover.
- The court sided with Kunz saying the drawings were not "substantially similar".
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