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Hi I'm Mikey Artelle, welcome to my Art and Puppetry Blog! 


Biography

Mikey Artelle (he/him) is an artist and puppeteer who lives in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. From 1987 to 2014 Mikey created his own puppet characters and performed them in puppet shows throughout the Ottawa area and at various puppetry festivals. His puppets and performances have also occasionally appeared in television and musical theatre

In 2003 Mikey wrote, directed and produced the documentary John Conway and Uncle Chichimus which premiered at The Puppeteers of America Festival in 2004. In 2008 Mikey received a "Commendation for Design in Puppetry Theatre" from the Arlyn Award Society for the production of Heroes Past and Present which features his unique superhero puppets. In the late 2000's he was involved as Assistant Researcher and Puppetry Consultant during the creation of the online exhibit Art of Puppetry for the Canadian Museum of History. 

In 2014 Mikey began Pythor Comics to self-publish his own comic books. His first full colour book is titled Canadian Crusader: Heroes Past and Present and presents one of the three stories from the "Heroes Past and Present" puppet show. In 2018 and 2019 Mikey presented a men's monthly art workshop program for MAX Ottawa as a mental health initiative within the gay community.

A life-long and passionate collector of vintage toys, Mikey maintains several blogs about his collections including Mikey's Action FiguresMikey's Dolls and Mikey's Muppet Memorabilia Museum


Pythor Comics' first full colour book "Canadian Crusader: Heroes Past and Present".





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