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Artist research - Michael Martchenko - Canadian illustrator
Michael Martchenko was born in 1942 in Carcassone, France and, as a boy, became interested in comic books and cartoons. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Canada where he attended Ontario College of Arts in 1966. While working as a creative director at an advertising company, he was noticed and approached by an author of children's books, Robert Munsch and his publishing house. The two artists quickly found out that they have a lot in common and their fruitfull partnership was born. It can first be appreciated in The Paper Bag published in 1980. Ten years later, Martchenko published his own children's book, Birdfeeder Banquet , wich was well accepted by the critics and often compared to his earlier works with Munsch. His work was described as full of humour and panache. Within the same decade, he began working with Allen Morgan on his series about nighttime escapades of a young boy, again gaining the approval of the critics who said his illustration...
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