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Michael Fischer’s artistic journey began in his hometown of St. Louis Missouri when he was born January 9th wearing ice skates and a guitar. He began skating and playing music before Kindergarten. In retrospect, he started his art career pushing a crayola crayon watching Underdog on TV religiously every morning at 6 am. During a cartoons artist’s adolescent years, they usually survive on a strict Oscar Mayer Bologna and Capt. Crunch Cereal Diet. Just like rock musicians.

Michael Fischer is a self taught, free-hand cartoon artist-musician who has endured some tough times sacrificing self for work. At any point in a struggling artists career, it would be easier to die in a Tickle Me Elmo Swing Set accident than get your artwork published, licensed or on the big screen.

Michael’s skating experience began at the early age of five one cold winter night when he observed his father soar down frozen St. Cyr Park Hill 100 mph on ice skates like Chevy Chase in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Inspired to be an ON-ICE clown just like his pop. Michael became an avid speed skater in his jr. high school years exceeding in soccer, baseball, hockey and music. Much like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, drawing cartoons at that time was something to do on the back of your History folder in class to kill time ( and avoid hanus homework ).

As Michael grew out of his teens into his hell raiser 20’s, he knew in his heart he had to leave the Heartland and make the cross country trip to LA to discover the true meaning of his talent ( They call it the Heartland because the brain isn't there ). Since opportunity was slim for heavy metal success in his home town. In 1987, Michael said c-ya to his family and friends and moved from slow mo Music City to rocking Los Angeles California. Like all aspiring adventurers, he tagged along a rented U-Haul trailer packed with the necessary rocker moving out west essentials: a tooth brush, a hair dryer, two guitars, enough money for food and gas, 100 Watt Marshall stack and a batch of moms homemade brownies!

After arriving in LA where everyday becomes a Saturday for your first year. Michael shifted gears into soul searching mode after gour years of fun, adventure, pay to play gigs, hollywood rocker party's and the never ending pursuit of REAL musicians to form a band. You really get tired of hearing, “Dude, you got long hair and I got long hair we should form a band”! The whole LA rock scene just became a cartoon overnight, it was like a bad Tim Burton Halloween movie everyday in Hollywood in 1988. The only great thing then was an In-n-Out Burger to cure your party hang over. In 1989. Michael got a wild hair after finishing his Tony Robbins Personal Power Tapes and set up a small art table, bought some art pads, some pencils and began spinning a few comics for a local LA Rock magazines such as RIP, BAM and the LA Weekly.

About that time a very historical event occurred in hockey history! Wayne Gretzky the greatest hockey player in the world was traded to the Los Angeles Kings! Michael was so inspired by the arrival of "The Great One" to California, he created TOONS ON-ICE Hockey in 1990 and has not let up with the funny stuff since!

Just one year later in 1991 Michael began cartooning a Monthly Comic Strip called PUCKTALES which was featured in Hockey Player Magazine. In 1992 TOONS ON-ICE Hockey was featured on the LA Kings Prime Ticket Network during a Kings Hockey Game. Soon after Michael’s greatest creation TOONS ON-ICE Hockey Holiday Cards took the NHL by storm suddenly selling thousands of Christmas cards out of his garage. Michael’s custom Greeting Cards have been marketed in association with such NHL teams as the St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, the Los Angeles Kings, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Washington Capitals, Team USA Hockey, IMG Hockey and IMG Baseball International.

In 1993, Michael Fischer created the worlds first Hockey Greeting Card Fundraiser designing, manufacturing, packaging, and distributing the worlds most popular Hockey Cartoon Christmas Cards. He annually offers his unique Hockey Christmas Cards to many established Youth Hockey Programs across North America allowing the Hockey Moms and Little Puckers to raise funds for to pay for equipment and needy travel expenses. TOONS ON-ICE Hockey Holiday Xmas Card Fundraiser is one of the most successful Youth Sports Fundraisers on the planet! TOONS ON-ICE Fundraisers have successfully distributed over 500,000 Christmas Cards since 1993 to support youth hockey in your community and North America. In 1995, Michael’s dream of working with hero Wayne Gretzky came true when he was commissioned to design the cover of the 1995 LA Kings “Tip-A-King” program TOONS ON-ICE style!

With the addition of the internet and the world wide web. In 1998 Michael created the official Toonsonice.com website to showcase his latest work and to promote the great sport of hockey through fun and old fashioned detailed off the wall humor illustration. In the past seven years, with zero NHL support, no sponsors and a shoe string budget. Toonsonice.com has received over 10 million visitors and has become the most exclusive and downloaded hockey cartoon website on the planet receiving more than two million hits per year from hockey fans ages 1 to 100 from all over the world!

In 2002, Michael Fischers original weekly NHL cartoon series entitled HIT THE ICE was featured on ESPN.coms NHL 2Night in association with ESPN Hockey personalities John Buccigross and Barry Melrose. This series was published on ESPN.com for two years.

In 2005, Michael still has high hopes for his TOONS hitting Hollywood one day. He figures if he gets really successful he can start his own Fat Burger Franchise. Until then he can be heard waking up the neighbors with his guitar anytime after midnight or he can be seen flying by your friendly neighborhood mailbox skating with his dogs Gretzky and Goose. ( Even doggies have to check their e-mails eh! ) By the end of the year 2010, Michael will have turned every Walmart in North America into a skating rink!

Like all gifted artists in search of, with a little luck and the right pioneer contact, who knows. Maybe one day you'll see an animated version of TOONS ON-ICE on the big screen and you can say “Hey, I remember when that guy took the time to e-mail me. Now he's flying private first class on Hooters Air to the Bahamas with his dogs.”

Are you experienced at erasing? Do you hate math? Are you artistically brave and really stupid? Would you like to be an on the edge pencil wielding maniac and drive your parents crazy? Here’s Michael Fischer's free artistic advice to you! Be original! Go for it! Take no prisoners! And never say die! Chances are if you don’t become a famous cartoon artist one day, you might be a welder or even employee of the month at Wendy’s!