Mulipola, Michel, 1981-

New Zealand Samoan comic artist, professional gamer, and professional wrestler. Has illustrated work for BOOM! Studios' line of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) comics and various anthologies. In 2006 he won the Gibson Award for Best New Zealand Comic Book Artist. He was a grand finalist in the Secret Walls x Aotearoa Live Art Battles in 2013, and was awarded the Storylines Notable Book Award for Samoan Heroes with author David Riley in 2016.

Lives in Auckland, New Zealand, where he works at Arkham City Comics, a comic bookstore he helped establish.

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Mulipola, Michel, 1981-: Cartoons

Date: 2019

By: Mulipola, Michel, 1981-

Reference: DC-Group-0061

Description: Comprises digital cartoon by Michel Mulipola published by Stuff Limited. Title supplied by Library. Michel Mulipola is a Samoan New Zealand comic book artist and professional wrestler who lives in Auckland. He has illustrated work for the BOOM! Studios line of WWE comics, for many New Zealand publications, and for his own comic strip 'Sesame Street Fighter' and his graphic novel series 'Headlocked' (in collaboration with writer Michael Kingston). In 2006 he won the Gibson Award for Best New Zealand Comic Book Artist. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Mulipola, Michel, fl 2013: Sonny Bill Williams. [2013]

Date: 2013

From: Various artists :[Entries in the Young Cartoonist Award. 2013]

By: Mulipola, Michel, 1981-

Reference: DCDL-0025747

Description: Under the heading 'Post-fight drinks' Sonny Bill Williams raises his boxing glove while holding a handful of cash and saying "Drinks for me and all of my fri..." before he is interrupted by a referee holding up signs for rounds 11 and 12 and saying "Nah, mate. The next two rounds are on me." The cartoons puns on the word round and refers to Williams's fight against South African Francois Botha in Brisbane on 8 February and the various claims around the intended length of the bout (forcing the TAB to issue refunds) and whether it qualified as a World Boxing Association (WBA) international heavyweight title fight. Wider context refers to debates around ethics, celebrity and publicity in boxing and allegations of match fixing in Australia. See Stuff, 9, 10, 11 February 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Samoa

Date: 7 December 2019

From: Mulipola, Michel, 1981-: Cartoons

By: Mulipola, Michel, 1981-; Stuff Limited

Reference: DCDL-0039784

Description: Digital cartoon by Michel Mulipola depicting a brown adult arm with a Samoan tatau holding hands with a small brown hand covered in 62 red spots [representing each of the 62 children who had died in the measles epidemic in Samoa by the time the cartoonist drew the cartoon]. Title from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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