ARTIST PROFILE
MICHAEL HUDAK WAS BORN IN CALI, COLUMBIA AND TURNED OVER TO A FRANCISCAN ORPHANAGE SHORTLY AFTER HIS BIRTH. HE WAS RAISED BY HIS ADOPTIVE PARENTS AND LIVED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF NEW JERSEY. MICHAEL RECEIVED HIS B.F.A. FROM THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, WHICH HE ATTENDED FROM 1979-1982 AND STUDIED UNDER SUCH NOTED ILLUSTRATORS AS AL GOLD, BEN EISENSTADT AND PETE SCHAUMANN. IN 1989 MIKE SUFFERED A STROKE AS A RESULT OF A MASSIVE BRAIN ANEURYSM THAT LEFT HIM PARALYZED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND UNABLE TO SPEAK. WITH HELP AND AN UNYEILDING...more