Mike Lyman is a lifelong artist and art instructor with a Bachelors degree in photography and graphic design, and his first graphic novel, Dark Office, has recently been published on Amazon's Comixology platform, with another one in the works. He has taught teens how to draw in summer camps, craft schools and art centers in New York, Vermont, and most recently Florida. He teaches home-schooled students at  online educational co-ops, and has provided art therapy to veterans to help them overcome the traumas of post traumatic stress disorder, and mentored incarcerated at-risk teens using the arts, teaching them how to process the emotional toxic waste their experiences have given them while helping build their self esteem. He also provides lessons in Adobe Photoshop and photography, and has created a successful online Intro To Photography course.

For ten years he has been a member of The 501st Legion, a global Star Wars costuming organization, and has organized a number of high-profile Star Wars-themed events, such as annual "invasions" of All Childrens Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, Star Wars Days at the Forum in Tampa (which have been broadcast live on national television), visits to VA hospitals top thank veterans for their service, and many more. He is both a sinister Imperial Officer as well as an Imperial Stormtrooper.What better Star Wars art teacher could there be than someone who is living the Star Wars life?