Adventures of the Eastside Pigs

About the Book

On the Lower East Side of New York, there lives a gang of (animated) pigs. They escaped from a truck that was headed for a slaughterhouse in the meatpacking district of Manhattan. They cleverly disguise themselves as humans and dress in urban fashion. They talk like humans and walk upright. They are street artists that donate the proceeds from the sale of their work to charity.

Doc is their mentor and leader; he is their godfather so to speak. He has connections to the human world and is the conduit between the gang, their finances, and their patrons. The Eastside Pigs are anonymous philanthropic donors. They look a little bit like street urchins and a little bit like bad guys, but in reality, they are superheroes that help the old people, the children, and the poor that live in the slums of New York.

Their wealthy patrons are at the top of the chic and trendy art world in New York. They purchase artwork at very high prices thinking that it is magical, magnificent, and extremely valuable.

They live in their East Side headquarters under the subway system in New York. Their zany adventures take them to colorful places in New York such as SoHo, Chinatown, the Village, and Little Italy.

"A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Bal Jagat Children’s World. This organization donates toward humanitarian programs for impoverished children worldwide.”

About the Author

Michael Abram Farhat was born in India in 1985. By the age of eight years old he had traveled the world with his parents, Morris Abram and Carol Farhat. He grew up in Rustic Canyon, California and played varsity basketball as a student at the prestigious and innovative New Roads School in Santa Monica where his desire to become an artist was born. He was accepted to Otis College of Art and Design where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree as an illustrator in communication arts.

While attending Otis he completed an internship at Matt Groenings, Bongo Comics. Matt who is the creator of the Simpsons and the Futurama animated television series, had been a great inspiration to Michael since his early childhood.

After Graduation Michel worked with World Mixed Media as the assistant to the curator where he performed duties as a sketch artist, logo designer and graphic artist. His talent was recognized by an animation producer from the King of The Hill television series. He was asked by them to design and draw some animated scenes and the main title image for an animated project for 20th Century Fox .

Michael is currently working with MB ABRAM Galleries as an artist and design consultant for the trendy new private club 525 DTLA in Los Angeles’s newest hot spot on 7th Street in Downtown Los Angeles. 525 DTLA is known for their celebrity parties and special Hollywood events as well as film locations and photo shoots.

As the founder of Artmobb Illustrations, Michael is working on numerous graphic and character design assignments as well as developing new projects. His current book entitled “Adventures of the Eastside Pigs” is the first of a series of childrens books that he is developing. Currently he is designing the characters for his next two books, “Saved By Art” which will be published next year and “Lemur Lessons in Martial Arts”.

Michael lives with Monique and their baby son at his studio in Pacific Palisades, California where he creates new animated characters on a daily basis as they jump off the pages of his imagination.