about Mike

I never went to art school, I studied Mad Magazine instead. I grew up in the flat plains of Michigan, then spent ten years in New York City as a yuppie. In 1987 I thought it might be fun to be a ski bum for a winter in Wyoming. Unfortunately, after living and skiing in the Rockies, it was impossible to return to my previous life in the Big City. I taught advanced outdoor skills in remote wilderness areas, from Alaska to the desert southwest. I now live in the Pacific Northwest where my time is divided between illustration and writing books.