Brief Summary
Mike Sgier is an illustrator and cartoonist in Philadelphia, PA, whose style is a blend of comic and cartoon styles incorporated into a variety of media, such as pen and ink drawing, watercolor and digital illustration. His work has appeared in the Philadelphia City Paper, City Pages in Minneapolis, MN, and the comic anthologies Secret Prison and Suspect Device.
Mike is available for any and all illustration, comic and fine art commissions. Please feel free to contact him for your next project!
Clients
Illustration Commissions
City Pages - Illustrations for 'The Bad Boys of Metro Transit,' May 2010
Minneapolis, MN
Art Director - Nick Vlcek
Storyboards for the film 'Good Morning Beautiful,' 2009
Minneapolis, MN
Writer & Director - Todd Cobery
AEON Institute of Language Education - Cartoon illustrations for '20 Points Book 7,' 2009
Tokyo, Japan Contact - Jessica Ocheltree
Nebraska Volunteer Service Commission - 4 Posters for local AmeriCorps program, 2006
Lincoln, Nebraska Contact - Peter Cales
Published Work
Secret Prison #666 - Double-page spread with Carey Pietsch, April 2012
Philadelphia, PA
Editors - Ian Harker & Pat Aulisio
Suspect Device #2 - 'What's the Matter with Sluggo?' April 2012
New York, NY
Editor - Josh Bayer
Philadelphia City Paper - 'Monster Holiday Blues,' December 2011
Philadelphia, PA
Editors - Art Baxter and Patrick Rapa
Secret Prison #5 - 'In the Beginning...' (with Box Brown), September 2011
Philadelphia, PA
Editor - Ian Harker
Suspect Device #1 - 'Only an Atom Bomb,' August 2011
New York, NY
Editor - Josh Bayer
Secret Prison #4 - 'The Muon,' April 2011
Philadelphia, PA
Editor - Ian Harker
Secret Prison #2 - 'The Mad Captain,' 2010
Philadelphia, PA
Editor - Ian Harker
Big Funny - 'There is a heppy plonet,' 2009
Minneapolis, MN
Editors - Steve Stwalley, Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon
Super Fantastica Comix 2009 - 'Science Fair Goes ZAP!' 2009
Minneapolis, MN
Editor - Dan Olson
Education
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies - Illustration and Comics, May 2008
Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Printmaking, Enlgish Co-major, December 2002