Mike Cavallaro is from New Jersey and has worked in comics and animation since the early 1990s. His comics include Parade (with fireworks), The Life and Times of Savior 28, Impossible Incorporated, Foiled, Decelerate Blue, and the Nico Bravo series, published by First Second Books. Mike has been a designer, background painter, and storyboard artist on numerous animated series for Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and MTV. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and is a member of the National Cartoonists Society.