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Michel Mulipola

Michel Mulipola is an experienced Sāmoan multi-hyphenate storyteller who is world-renowned for being a comic book artist, illustrator, radio personality and artivist based in Māngere, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.

He’s produced work for WWE, Marvel and NZ School Journals. He co-created the first-ever Sāmoan language comic, O Le Aiga Sāmoa. He also worked as a story artist and cultural consultant for Disney Animation Studios’ Moana 2 feature film.

He is also the pop culture expert for the Pop Off segment for ABC Australia’s Nesia Daily radio show.

Michel Mulipola 2025

Selected bibliography:

  • Once a Panther, School Journal comic written by Victor Rodger (Lift Education 2019)
  • Undrafted, WWE #13 written by Samoa Joe and Michael Kingston (BOOM! Studios 2018)
  • Breathless School Journal Story Library, written by Bernard Beckett (Lift Education 2016)
  • Samoan Heroes, written by David Riley (Reading Warrior 2015)
  • The Rules, written by Maria Samuela  (Lift Education 2015)
  • Frogs School Journal comic, written by Paul Mason (Learning Media 2013)

Awards:

  • 2016 Storylines Notable Book Award , Non-Fiction list for Samoan Heroes
  • 2006 Gibson Award for Best New Zealand Comic Book Artist

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