Mike Cavallaro is originally from New Jersey, where he attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art. He began working in comics and animation in the early 1990’s. His clients include Valiant Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, First Second Books, IDW Publishing, MTV Animation, Warner Brothers Animation, Cartoon Network and others.

His comics work includes “Parade (with fireworks)”, a Will Eisner Comics Industry Award-nominee, “The Life And Times of Savior 28”, a collaboration with writer J.M. DeMatteis, cited as “one of the finest superhero stories of the decade” (Newsarama.com), and “Foiled”, the first graphic novel by legendary author Jane Yolen, a Junior Library Guild selection, a 2011 Young Adult Library Services Association “Great Graphic Novel for Teens” selection, The Graphic Novel Reporter “Best of 2010” selection, and a 2011 Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Reading List selection.

Mike is a member of the National Cartoonists Society and a founding member of Deep 6 Studios in Brooklyn, where he currently resides.