Michael Fry is an American cartoonist, online media entrepreneur and screenwriter. He is known for the syndicated comic strips Committed and Over the Hedge, the latter of which is a collaboration with T. Lewis. Over the Hedge was nominated for best newspaper strip by the National Cartoonists Society in 2006. Fry was also President of RingTales, an online media company. RingTales' Animated New Yorker Cartoons were nominated for a Webby Award in 2008. Fry started cartooning professionally at The Houston Post with the local daily comic strip, Scotty. His work has appeared in Playboy, Good Housekeeping, The Texas Observer and many other publications. Presently Fry is the author/illustrator of the middle grade illustrated novel series "The Odd Squad" for Disney - Hyperion. Three books are planned so far: "The Odd Squad: Bully Bait, "The Odd Squad: Zero Tolerance and "The Odd Squad: Untitled Book 3". 

August 16th, 1959 in Minneapolis (Age 65)