Dennis Thomopoulos

Denis drew his first character, a hippopotamus, while at Georgetown University when he created a best-selling T-Shirt on campus. In a blinding revelation, Denis realized that his heart lay with the hippo, through whom he could fulfill his ambitions in education and entertainment. With Hippoworks.com, he produces cartoons on environmental education as well as ìItís a Jungle Out There!î, a weekly cartoonlet syndicated to websites such as ADL. A Native New Yorker, Denis splits his time between New York and Venice, California, where he lives in a bungalow a couple blocks from the beach (Hippos love water. Visit www.hippoworks.com for more images