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| As a kid Michael wanted to be Eddy Munster and have a pet Creature from the Black Lagoon. This was impossible, so he created his own creepy world to inhabit.
Michael developed his drawing skills by copying photographs of mummies and piranhas out of checked out library books. In his teens Slack's artistic aspirations gravitated towards underground comics and punk rock gig poster graphics . After attending a summer art program at Cal-Arts, Michael decided that art school was a good idea. Michael enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute and went from painting moody pictures populated with all sorts of strange creatures to large abstract oil paintings, and in 1992 earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting. |
Upon graduating Michael turned his love of monsters into a career creating and animating characters for computer games. After only a few years in the gaming industry Michael decided to jump on the freelance roller coaster which he has been happily riding ever since.
Michael's illustrations have appeared in books, magazines, advertisments, and on TV. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited in the U.S. and Europe. Currently Michael is fulfilling one of his life long dreams illustrating childrens picture books. Michael has two new books scheduled for release in 2008. His first book which he both wrote and illustrated will be published in 2009
Clients include: Chronicle Books, Henry Holt Childrens Books, Harper Collins, Running Press Kids Books, Hacrourt Childrens Books, Random House, Klutz Press, Die Gerstaten Verlag, Mad Kids Magazine, New York Times, Time, Ranger Rick, Passion Pictures, Aardman Animation, Nickelodeon, Noggin, TBWA-London, Fallon-Hong Kong.