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''For other people named Mike Riley, see Mike Riley (disambiguation).'' Mike Riley (born October 22, 1975) is an American cartoonist and comic book creator currently residing in Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known as the creator of the single-panel webcomic I Taste Sound and the comic series Goatscape. == Biography == Riley graduated from Overlea High School in Baltimore. From 1997 to 1999 he studied Painting at Towson University, where he won several awards including the William Denner Painting Award and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He began exhibiting paintings and digital illustrations in 2005, as well as producing album and poster art for various musicians. His work at the time was described by the German magazine, Synthetics, as "dark" and "reminiscent of Skinny Puppy".〔Spenst, Micha. "Snuttock: Tempovolle Stimmlingen". Synthetics, Issue 65. October 2005.〕 Riley founded the Lo-Fi Social Club gallery and performance space in Baltimore's Station North Arts and Entertainment District in September 2007.〔("Reopening Season" ), Baltimore City Paper. 29 August 2007.〕 The club hosted numerous emerging musicians including Dan Deacon, Parts & Labor, The Death Set, Wye Oak and Matt & Kim before ceasing operations in Spring of 2009.〔("Don't Miss" ) The Baltimore Sun. 15 November 2007.〕〔("Live B-more: Matt & Kim, the Death Set, Naked on the Vague @ Lo-Fi Social Club" ) Bright Young Things. 28 March 2008.〕 Upon Lo-Fi's closing, Riley transitioned the space into a volunteer-run, nonprofit art collective known as The Hexagon continuing to organize art exhibitions and feature local and touring musicians. The club was one of only two such venues in the country to publicly boycott music licensed by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC.〔("Hexagon to go non-profit, stop paying ASCAP fees" ), The Baltimore Sun. 29 January 2010.〕 In 2010 Riley launched the webcomic I Taste Sound, posting new work online several times a week along with numerous publications based on the web content. At the 2012 Baltimore Comic-Con Riley sponsored an unsuccessful campaign to make Hira-Shuriken Maryland's Official State Throwing-Star,〔("Con Games" ), Baltimore City Paper. 5 September 2012.〕 distributing literature on the topic and collecting signatures for eventual submission to the Office of the Governor of Maryland. Riley's cartoons appeared in several newspapers including the Augusta Metro Spirit and the Chattanooga Pulse〔("Sketch Crowd" ) The Pulse. 12 December 2013.〕 and regularly in the Baltimore Sun Media Group's daily paper, b. He is a frequent contributor to Atomic Books' online funny page, Mutant Funnies. Riley continues to promote local artists and musicians. Frequent collaborators include Washington, D.C. band Imperial China, Baltimore ensemble The Snails and rapper Height.〔("Talk Singer" ), Stereogum. 26 January 2015.〕 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「Mike Riley (cartoonist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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