Collection: Mike Choi Artist Biography and Art Gallery Collection

Mike Choi is an American Comic Book artist and video game concept artist, known for his work on books by DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Top Cow Comics, such as Witchblade, X-23 and X-Force. Born in Chicago, where he spent his very early childhood years, he went to business school at The University of Texas at Austin, and graduated with a degree in Management Information Systems. Choi worked at IBM for three years as an IT consultant before changing careers.  A fan of comic books his entire life, he would eventually find his way to work in the industry. Mike Choi has worked as both an inker and a colorist, but he is most well known for his penciling of both interiors and covers. The early work by Choi for the comics imprint Top Cow was what helped established his name. He worked on several titles which were not huge sellers such as The Darkness and Hunter Killer although he did do a one shot on the Tomb Raider title. As a cover artist, Mike Choi produced covers for many top selling titles, such as Dark Avengers, Cloak and Dagger, Dark Wolverine, Vampirella, Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer, and War of Kings.

Mike Choi joined Marvel in 2007 and penciled a six-issue Marvel entitled X23: Target X miniseries and Uncanny X-Men from issue #495 to issue #499 with writer Ed Brubaker. In the April 2007 issue of Wizard Magazine (#186) Choi was named number 10 of the "Hot 10 Artists" for his work on X-23: Target X. Said the magazine, "Choi pulls up the rear with his newly popular, vibrant pencils." In 2010, Choi provided the illustrations in a pictorial featuring comedic actress Olivia Munn in the April/May 2010 issue of Complex magazine, and on its cover. The pictorial featured Munn interacting with illustrated animals in a forest setting, which were drawn by Choi and colored by Sonia Oback. Choi's approach to the visuals were inspired by the music video for the A-ha single "Take on Me". Choi previewed his creator-owned series, Chomperstompers, on Twitter, before its debut at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con. In 2012, Choi provided the cover to Green Lantern vol. 5 #5, and guest pencilled issue #6. In November 2013, Choi participated in his first gallery showing at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. In March 2015, Kotaku named Choi as one of the 20 best X-Men artists over the 50-year history of the comic books. He is currently working on the Astonishing Thor series for Marvel Comics.  The artwork of Mike Choi is currently credited in 207 separate Comic Book issues.