Michael Aushenker

Who is Michael Aushenker?

Michael Aushenker is an independent American comic-book artist and creator based in Los Angeles, California, best known for the comic book series El Gato, Crime Mangler. He has also created Chipmunks & Squirrels, Those Unstoppable Rogues, and Cartoon Flophouse, and his work has appeared in such publications as Heavy Metal, Duplex Planet, Instant Classics, The Stranger, Cake, and Filth.

The "El Gato, Crime Mangler" series includes The Nine Lives of El Gato, Crime Mangler, ¡Holy Ghost El Gato!, Futureshock: El Gato 2002, and The Nine Loves of El Gato, Crime Mangler.

Aushenker freelances as a screenwriter and continues to write comic books for various companies, including Bongo Comics Group and Heroic Publishing. He wrote a two-part Liberty Girl story for the latter, the first of which was released in Liberty Comics # 1, September 2007. On September 18, 2007, El Muerto, a film starring Wilmer Valderrama and Tony Plana, based on the Javier Hernandez comic book El Muerto, Aztec Zombie, was released on DVD, for which Aushenker contributed a painting on the disc's gallery section.