the writing process
Hi! I’m Chris H! – Emmy winning writist, illustrationer, cartoonman, and expert bullcrapper. Plus, animationing!
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
While earning a BFA in Illustration at the University of Arizona, I started drawing a daily comic strip which was later picked up by Andrews McMeel for proper newspaper syndication. After graduation, I went to work as an illustrator for Hallmark Cards while continuing to make comics and short films on the side.
Most recently, I worked as a writer/story artist/ animator on the Netflix children’s show StoryBots: Answer Time, for which I (and the writing team) won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing.
Currently, I’m working on some graphic novels for young people, which should be available in stores by late 2071.
EXPERIENCES
Graphic novelist (Balzer + Bray / MacMillan)
Writer, story artist, animator - Netflix series StoryBots: Answer Time
Many years working for the BIGGEST NAMES in the greeting card industry
Creator of the beloved?/reviled? comic strip We The Robots
Animator of award-winning shorts
Newspaper cartoonist, Andrews McMeel/Universal Press Syndicate
Co-founder of web animation studio Goldhouse Creative
with Chad Strawderman and Jeff Barfoot.
CONTACT INFO
Book related:
Daniel Lazar at Writers House
Other questions:
hey@chrisharding.net
(please be patient with response times. I have like 30 daughters)
FREQUENTLY ASKED:
Why do you sign your name “Chris H?”
I grew up in an era where the name Chris was extremely popular. There were at least 11 of us in every classroom. To avoid confusion, we were taught to include our last initials on all homework papers. This way Chris P. or Chris B. could never accidentally be blamed for any of my bad spelling tests. To this day I still have a habit of signing my work “Chris H.”
Where are you from?
I grew up in the Sonoran Desert of the Southwestern United States, where I thrived in the hot, dry environment. Later, I migrated to the exact geographic center of the country, where I live today, freezing my toes off. Sometimes I still like to start my day by laying on a hot rock for a few hours.
How do you stay fueled?
I’m an herbivore with a pretty bad coffee dependency.
How tall are you?
It’s surprising how often this question comes up when you resemble a Sasquatch. It’s most often asked in a startled tone when I enter a room: “EEEK!! You scared us!! How tall are you anyway?!” This is followed by me gently trying to reassure everyone present that I do not intend to eat them.
Additional Stats:
Pronouns: he/him/hey
Orientation: Herbivore
Status: Marital
Daughters: 30 (estimated)
RAM: 16k
Battery: 22%