Born in Rockford, Illinois; raised in Memphis, Tennessee;
matriculated in Tacoma, Washington and broadcasting live from Los
Angeles, Hannibal Tabu is a writer, a brother, a misanthrope, a
son, an emcee, an uncle, a poet, a designer, a nephew, a romantic,
an editor, a storyteller, and by god, a fan.
He spent more than ten years doing the
journalist thing for Vibe, Black Enterprise, Slave Trade,
Rap Pages, (two incarnations) MTV Online, America Online,
the Los Angeles Sentinel, Spinnerrack.com, Speak and The
Source. He writes The Comic Reel Wrap, a TV/movies column every
weekday and The Buy Pile, a weekly comic book reviews column for
Comic
Book Resources.
Hannibal has worked as a web designer/producer and graphic artist for American
Honda, eHobbies.com, Quicken.com, Express.com, the California
Association of REALTORS, Disney Channel, NextPlanetOver.com, Toyota
Motor Sales, California Bank & Trust and many more.
As a poet, Hannibal has been published in The
Drumming Between Us, (sic) Vice Verse, Drumvoices
Revue, Voices From Leimert Park and other
anthologies, as well as being author of the collection BORN BENEATH AN ANGRY STAR and
co-author of FLIGHT MANUAL with his ex-wife.
As a novelist, he's written THE CROWN: ASCENSION (available on
Amazon.com) and the forthcoming FARAWAY from Writers of Worlds
Publishing. For six years he was the editor-in-chief of the Los
Angeles Herald-Dispatch group of newspapers, and uses his Operative Network
website to publish his poetry, market what he's doing, rant at
the world and emit strangled cries for help.
In addition to all that, Hannibal is a jackass, collects comic
books, has scores of action figures, is a Mac OS/Palm OS zealot,
sings karaoke professionally, prefers US-made
cars, practices a form of spirituality based on ancient Egyptian
belief, and goes to bed every morning, secretly hoping that half
the world will commit suicide in his honor.
