About:  Andrew Mitchell

First cartoonist in the world published on the mobile phone format with his comic strip, Hot Rock, 2000.

A winner of the Tomie dePaola Award Certificate for Children’s Book Illustration, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), 2008.

Illustrator of Lovesick: Teens Reflect on Growing Up with a Parent Who Has Cancer. Recipe for Success, Inc, 2008.
A Y/A graphic novel, this book was featured on the Today show.
Given my own fight with cancer this was a special project for me.

Illustrator and co-author of Draw 50 Magical Creatures, Random House. 2009.
Sold in bookstores and art stores worldwide.

Writer and Illustrator of stories for the Los Angeles Times children’s section,
2009 - 2011.

Illustrations chosen for the Spectrum (2011) and 3x3 competition Annuals (2010 and 2012.)

Artist for Charlton Neo Comics, 2014-2018.
Sci-Fi, Horror and Romance stories.

Production Artist for the independent film Savageland, 2014.
I did faux courtroom sketches, editorial cartoons and 2 pages of a Mexican horror comic to contribute to the ‘reality’ of the world of this zombie movie.

Illustrator of Paul Kupperberg’s Illustrated Guide to Writing Comics, 2020.

President of the Cartoonists of Orange County, 15+ years.

Video game artist for Bandai, Domark, Crystal Dynamics / Eidos, Activision.

Teacher of art and cartooning to adults and children.

The Kupperberg Letter, 2020.
Veteran comics writer and editor for DC, Marvel, Charlton and Archie Comics, Paul Kupperberg wrote an open letter on the internet listing the artists he was grateful to have worked with in his over 50 year career in the business. That list included names like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller and many more who all were influences on me growing up. What I never expected was to find my own name on that list of artists. I was blown away then and continue to be.

BFA, Pomona College. 1989.

Born in 1967, still going…