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Watch Your Head chronicles the lives of six students attending Oliver Otis University. The strip is told largely through the eyes of Cory, a freshman who’s academically brilliant and socially awkward, especially with girls. His first friend at Otis U. is Omar, a recluse who some suspect is tied umbilically to his computer. Quincy, Omar’s friend (and therefore Cory’s friend by default), seems primarily to be studying women and fun and rarely has a serious moment. Kevin is a foreigner times two—one of the few whites on the predominantly black campus, and Canadian to boot. Robin is the object of Cory’s crush, the woman who leaves him befuddled and tongue-tied. And Jason is Cory’s roommate and polar opposite.
“When I saw Cory’s initial submission, I thought he was a professional cartoonist,” explains Amy Lago, the Writers Group’s Comics Editor. “It was surprising to find out he was a recent college grad with little formal training. His color work, which is available for his dailies as well as Sundays, is vibrant and jumps off the page.”
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Cory Thomas spent his formative years in San Fernando, Trinidad. As a child, his interest in comic books soon developed into an interest in art and cartooning. His abilities flourished throughout his youth as he created caricatures and miniature comics for his classmates. In 1998, Thomas accepted a full academic scholarship to Howard University in Washington, D.C., to study mechanical engineering. He graduated magna cum laude in 2002 and then returned to Howard in 2003 to acquire his masters degree. That year he also became a fulltime illustrator at the Hilltop, Howard University’s newspaper, where he presented the earliest versions of Watch Your Head. Today, Thomas creates his strip from his home just outside Washington.
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