15 Facts About Michael DeForge

Michael DeForge was born on 1987 and is a Canadian comics artist and illustrator.

Michael DeForge has described Peanuts as his all-time favorite cartoon strip.

Michael DeForge read and tried to draw in the style of superhero comics until junior high and high school.

Michael DeForge has described his early comics as "just these dinky revenge cartoons" in response to having been "picked on a lot growing up".

Michael DeForge became interested in the work of Marc Bell and Matt Brinkman and has described Chester Brown's I Never Liked You as his "introduction to alternative comics".

Michael DeForge cites Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau's Seripop work as strongly affecting how he wanted to draw for some time.

Michael DeForge worked as a designer for Cartoon Network's Adventure Time.

Michael DeForge had been an active member of the regional Toronto comics scene for several years before his Cave Adventure webcomic and the first issue of Lose brought wider exposure.

Michael DeForge has said that attending the 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival and seeing all the work at the festival provided him with the impetus to make his own comic series, Lose.

Michael DeForge met Annie Koyama, who became his publisher, at that festival.

Michael DeForge has described Lose as his first "real" comic.

Michael DeForge has said that "Fusion comics", a term coined by Frank Santoro to describe a cartooning style that fuses influences from a variety of sources such as alternative comics, genre comics, manga and animation, is an appropriate way to describe some of his comics but it's not something he sets out to achieve when working on a comic.

Michael DeForge has described the strip as his "Wizard of Id fan fiction".

Originally planned as a five-part series, Michael DeForge abandoned it "midway through, destroyed all the artwork for and then threw away all the unsold copies".

Michael DeForge has collaborated with Ryan Sands on a number of projects.