Mike Cavallaro
Mike Cavallaro is an American comic book writer and artist. His most notable work is in the realm of middle grade comics, including collaborations with Jane Yolen and his own graphic novel series Nico Bravo.
Cavallaro grew up in New Jersey. He attended The Kubert School. He has performed in punk bands in the New Jersey area, and has a song on the 1995 The Bouncing Souls' album Maniacal Laughter.
He is the author of the semi-autobiographical Parade (with Fireworks), which debuted on the webcomics collective Act-i-vate and was later collected as an Eisner Award-nominated two-issue limited series by Image Comics.
Cavallaro has collaborated with comics writer J. M. DeMatteis on a number of projects, most notably The Life and Times of Savior 28, published by IDW Publishing in 2009; as well as a story in Occupy Comics #1, Shield backup stories in The Fox vol. 1, and Impossible, Incorporated.
Cavallaro is a faculty member of the School of Visual Arts. He is Vice-Chairman of the Manhattan Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society.
Awards
- 2008 Eisner Award nomination for Best Limited Series for Parade (with Fireworks)
- 2008 Young Adult Library Services Association Great Graphic Novels For Teens selection for Parade
- 2010 Graphic Novel Reporter Best of 2010 selection for Foiled
- 2011 Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Reading List selection for Foiled
- 2011 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens selection for Foiled
- 2019 New York Public Library Best of 2019 list for ''Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades''
Solo projects
Parade (with Fireworks), 2 issues Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades- ''Nico Bravo and the Cellar Dwellers''
Graphic novels
Foiled — with Jane Yolen Curses! Foiled Again — with Jane Yolen Decelerate Blue — with Adam RappOther comics/illustration work
The Life and Times of Savior 28, 5 issues — with J. M. DeMatteisHercules: Twilight of a God #1 Savage Dragon #171 — one-page story with Joe KeatingeThe Dark Knight: Batman Fights the Joker Virus — with Scott PetersonThe Man of Steel: Superman Battles Parasite's Feeding Frenzy — with Scott PetersonThe Man of Steel: Superman vs. the Moon Bandits — with Scott SonnebornThe Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet — with Matthew K. Manning- "That Which Is Most Needed," in Occupy Comics #1 — with J. M. DeMatteis
- The Shield backup stories in The Fox vol. 1, 5 issues — with J. M. DeMatteis and Terry AustinMega Man 7: Blackout: The Curse of Ra Moon — with Ian Flynn and Patrick Spaziante Impossible, Incorporated, 5 issues — with J. M. DeMatteis