Mike Anderson aka Mikuloctopus — Edmond, Oklahoma, USA

“I think a major trap, and one that I still fall into, is the desire to only draw super-heroes. Sequential art is about telling a story and a story involves much more than being able to draw a super-hero. You have to be mindful of backgrounds and props. You have to understand what information the reader needs to get out of each panel, and then how to effectively convey that information.”

Mike Anderson is a comic-book artist, freelance illustrator and animator. Inspired by comic books, cartoons and nostalgic memories of the 1980s and ’90s, he has been working professionally as an illustrator since 2009. He is fuelled by pepperoni pizza and lives Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife and son.