Born Michael Aaron Dubisch in Los Angeles, California, in 1971, one of two sons to an astrophysicist and a mathematician. Both parents shared strong interests in fantasy art, comic-books and modern art, Dubisch seemed destined from birth to explore the creative realm. Drawing before he could walk, and storytelling before he could talk, Dubisch's artistic development remained on a fast track throughout his youth, with art appearing in the children's magazine Cricket while in grade school, taking upperclassmen art classes as a freshman in high school, and turning pro at sixteen, when he joined Tom Vincent's BiFrost studio in upstate New York, coloring comics for nearly every major comic-book company. Not one to rest on his laurels, Dubisch also began writing and drawing horror comics that same year that saw print in Fantaco's black and white anthology, "Gore Shriek" (1987) edited by Tom Skulan and Steve Bissette. A lifetime affection for the genre, encouraged by his mother's collection of EC comics paperbacks, and his fathers stack of underground "comix", led Dubisch to continue creating horror/fantasy stories throughout high school and college, appearing in the anthologies "Shriek #1 and #2" (1989-90 Fantaco) "GoreShriek annual" (1990 Fantaco) "Cry for Dawn #4" (1992 CFD productions) "Raw Media Mags #3" (1990 Rebel Studios), and the mini-series "Flesh Crawlers" (1993-95 Kitchen Sink Press).

In 1989 Dubisch graduated with Honors from Niskayuna High School and won a full scholarship to New York city's School of Visual Arts, which he attended from 1989 to 1993, again graduating with Honors. It was there that he met his future wife, children's book author/illustrator Carolyn Watson Dubisch. They were married in 1994, at Carolyn's grandparent's house in Northport, on Long Island, where Carolyn grew up.

While at SVA Dubisch studied under master cartoonists Will Eisner, Andre LeBlanc, Walt Simonson, and Sam Viviano, as well as illustrators Judy Pederson and Marshall Arisman, and fine artists Juan Gonzalez and Steven Smulka. He continued his education after school in the studio of legendary cartoonist/romantic printmaker Barry Windsor-Smith, and at the Woodstock School of Art.

Dubisch has created art for album covers, CD Rom packaging, magazines, comic-book covers, paperback book covers, corporate logos, t-shirts and web-sites. He is perhaps best known for his moody drawings and paintings for fantasy role playing game sourcebooks, primarily "Rifts" and "Dungeons and Dragons."

In 1998 Mike and Carolyn formed Fantastic Visions studio, and their work together was included in the touring exhibit "Carousel of the Century," which was featured in Time magazine and on CNN. 1998 also saw the birth of their first child, daughter Chloe Hazel, and the move to Rancho Dubisch, their permanent home in the Catskill Mountain region. A second daughter, Phoebe Samantha, was born in November 2001.

2002 saw a creative turning point for Dubisch, with a decision to diversify into different styles and venues, marking this new direction with the launch of his website, Dubisch.com. Dubisch now regularly makes appearances at local fairs, events and conventions as a live caricaturist, to the delight of his family, friends, and the general public. The site also features his exploration into the digital realm, with digitaly colored art, and art created entirely on the computer.

Mike Dubisch's paintings and drawings have shown at the Society Of Illustrators gallery and the JK5 Boutique. Recent projects include "Weirdling" from Catskill Comix, and the upcoming "The Vampire's Christmas," with Joseph Michael Linsner, from Image comics. A complete listing of his role playing game publications can be found at http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=327.