About Michael Sloan

Michael Sloan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, musician and filmmaker. His illustrations have appeared in many publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, and have been awarded three silver medals from The Society of Illustrators in NYC.

Michael and the author Jake Halpern created Separation and Welcome to the New World, both published by The New York Times. Michael and Jake were awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning for Welcome to the New World. Their graphic novel based on this groundbreaking comic was published by Metropolitan Books.

Michael’s Hong Kong sketchbooks document life it that city’s traditional outdoor street markets. His Hong Kong short films express his affection for Hong Kong, his second home, and focus on street markets and the working class. They often incorporate his artwork and his musical compositions provide the soundtrack.

Michael is a prolific musician and composer, and records classical and jazz music playing a wide variety of instruments, especially classical guitar. He has over 300 music albums available on all major streaming platforms including Spotify and Apple Music.

Michael is also a plein-air sketcher and painter, and explores the relationships between sea, land and weather. An important focus of his work is how humans interact with the seacoast, especially in terms of recreation and industry. Fishermen and sailing are some of his favorite subjects.

Visit Michael’s Zen of Nimbus website.