Tom Deisboeck

I love the fluidity of the 'space' between science, technology innovation and creative arts - all are pushing the frontier, never satisfied with the status quo. Some time, literally back in the last century, I went to Medical School in Germany. I live now since over 25 years in Boston and remain on faculty at Harvard Medical School. I also went to MIT in Cambridge to study business administration and currently run my own boutique innovation strategy consulting firm as well as work with a variety of startups, here and in Europe, and a French creative agency, Your-Comics. To balance the repressed artsy part of their brains, some physicians play instruments - beautifully; I tried but I can't. My creative outlets are cartoons - such as the ones on this site - and inspiration comes from every day life, from my family & friends. I am grateful for the encouragement and support of my teachers & mentors, Charles Zembillas (The Animation Academy, Burbank, CA), John Byrne (The London Art College, UK) and Grant Shaffer (The School for Visual Arts, NYC). My cartoons have been distributed nationwide through Gannett Media, and published in over 40 of their regional markets, from the Palm Springs Desert Sun to the Cape Cod Times, from the Des Moines Register to the Shreveport Times. Online they appeared in Ragazine.CC, Toons Mag and Small Print Magazine as well as on Medium (The Haven) and in The Satirist where I also serve as Contributing Cartoon Editor and pen the occasional acerbic essay. I currently illustrate “The Adventures of Planetman”, a children's book series with the first two books already available on Amazon. I have also collaborated (with Jazz Pianist Harold O’Neal) on digital art or NFTs with YoshiDrops and LGND. I have worked with Harvard Health Publishing on using cartooning for public health messaging (for a press release go here). Currently, I am a freelancing editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe.

Life is a constant reinvention - or at least, it should be. Enjoy!