Mike Dawson

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Mike Dawson (born 1975) is an American cartoonist. He was born in England, but immigrated to the United States in 1986, and then grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey. He studied painting at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.

During college Mike took on the job of writing and drawing a daily comic strip for the college newspaper The Daily Targum, and also began self-publishing comics and attending small-press events. In 2002 he began the humor series Gabagool!, with co-writer Chris Radtke, which ran for six issues.

Since 2005 his work has appeared in a number of comics anthologies, including AdHouse Books successful Project: Superior collection, and issue #1 of the spin-off series, Superior Showcase. He is currently completing his first graphic novel, entitled Freddie & Me, an epic and unabashedly autobiographical story about his lifelong obsession with Freddie Mercury and the rock band Queen.

[edit] Anthology Credits

Superior Showcase #1 (2006), with Dean Trippe, Nick Bertozzi, & Hope Larson. AdHouse Books
True Porn Vol. 2 (2005) Alternative Comics
You Ain’t No Dancer (2005) New Reliable Press
Project: Superior (2005) AdHouse Books
SPX Anthology (2003) Published by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund