Michael Hogue

Mike Hogue has been a Professional Animator, Artist and Author for over 30 years. He started his career in the traditional hand-drawn animation department at Fox Animation Studios. Working as an Inbetween Artist and Assistant Animator on the Don Bluth films, "Anastasia", "Bartok the Magnificent" and "Titan AE". After the studio closed, Mike continued his career as a Cinematic Animator and Prop Designer on a Nintendo Gamecube game. In the years since, he has mostly worked on TV cartoons and award-winning animated shorts, as well as appearing as a "Flash Animation Expert" teaching animation techniques on 32 episodes of the Computer-Tech, TV Show: "Call for Help: With Leo Laporte" (2005-2007) which aired in North America and Australia. Mike has given seminars and taught animation workshops to industry students and professionals in Canada and Ireland. Over the years, Mike has worked on many popular TV cartoons as a Character Animator, Special Effects Animator, Compositor and Quality Control. Multiple seasons of "Total Drama Island","Pucca: Funny Love", "George of the Jungle", "Charlie Brown", "Stoked", "GrojBand", "Fresh Beat Band of Spies", "Super Science Friends", "Total DramaRama" and the latest 2 season reboot of "Total Drama Island" on Cartoon Network. He is also a trained voice actor who has performed several characters for studio projects. Mike is an author and illustrator of his 2 Graphic Novels, "Jinx the Black Cat" and "Newt and John: Comic Collection" and promotes his books and artwork at pop culture conventions and art shows.