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Michael M. Wartella is an American underground cartoonist, animator, writer and director based in New York City, generally publishing under the name M. Wartella or just Wartella. He is best known for his work in ''The Village Voice'' and on Cartoon Network's MAD. He is the founder of Brooklyn's Dream Factory Animation,〔(M.Wartella Launches His Dream Factory in Brooklyn ) Cartoon Brew, July 13, 2013〕 a boutique studio specializing in the production of animated shorts for corporate and indie clients. == Print career == According to his 2013 autobiography, ''Strip Show: 25 Years of Comix, Controversy & Copyright Infringement'', Wartella began his professional career at age ten 〔(Wartella: Gateways Into The Freak Scene ), Obey Clothing, October 2013〕 producing a weekly comic strip called ''Clubhouse Kids'' for a local newspaper, which ran for two years during 1986–1987. Later, while a student at The University of Virginia,〔(''Animator Pursues a Minimal Approach to His Art'' ), The New York Times, March 19, 1998〕 Wartella created the absurdist art comic ''Ackxhpæz'' (1994–1996) which he then expanded and nationally self-syndicated to alternative weekly newspapers (as "Nuts") from 1998–2000. The humor in many of the cartoons was controversial as exemplified in a 1999 comic about the Columbine High School massacre which prompted an outcry when it was published in Denver.〔''Sell Your Soul To Evil'', Channel 9 (KUSA) News at 10 with reporter Heidi Hemmat, June 23, 1999〕 From 2007 to 2009, Wartella's intricate single-panel "reportorial" cartoons began appearing regularly in ''The Village Voice'',〔(''M. Wartella starts Runnin’ Scared for Village Voice'' ), ''Editor & Publisher'', July 17, 2007〕 where he is still listed as an honorary contributor. Wartella's sequential comics have appeared in Eisner and Harvey Award nominated anthologies from DC Comics and Fantagraphics Books and in magazines including Andy Warhol's ''Interview'' and ''Spin''. His illustrations have primarily appeared in "underground" publications including ''Arthur'', ''Pop Smear'', and he was the creator of the infamously rare scratch-off cover of ''Vice Magazine''. Wartella has also contributed several titles and paintings to the "all-new" series of Wacky Packages trading cards from Topps, and created similar product parody spoofs for ''Nickelodeon Magazine'' in the 2000s (decade). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M. Wartella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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