Mike Maydak: Find Your Tribe, by Tamera Lenz Muente
10/11/2011
Like many American boys, Mike Maydak grew up reading comic books. When he was very young, he even invented his own illustrated narratives. “I created these fuzzy circles with tails, eyes and teeth and called them Tigerheads,” he says. “I made up a whole story about how pirates captured and sold them.” Maydak, who was born and raised in Northern Kentucky and is still based there, has turned his childhood attraction to the world of comics into a successful career as an independent artist.

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