Illustration image of Thomas Kawabata with a cat and a dog, looking at a screen. The cat thinks, 'This man has no sense of humor,' and the dog thinks, 'Is that supposed to be funny?' Thomas is wearing a Hawaiian shirt with yellow flowers.

Thomas T. Kawabata

Tommy was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from high school he moved to the mainland for college and a career as a research scientist. Tom worked for about 30 years studying the effects of drugs on the immune system. He retired a few years ago and decided to write and illustrate children’s comics and graphic novels as a second career. He now lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.