Michael Edward Luckovich (/ˈlʌkəvɪtʃ/ LUK-ə-vitch;[1] born January 28, 1960) is an editorial cartoonist who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989.
Luckovich was born in Seattle, Washington, attended Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho, before transferring to Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon, and graduated in 1982 from the University of Washington with a degree in political science.
[2] For two years after graduation, he sold cartoons on a freelance basis to the Everett, Washington, newspaper while working as an insurance salesman.
Luckovich began his career with The Greenville News (South Carolina) in 1984 and moved to the New Orleans Times-Picayune later that year.
The comic strip illustrated the leaders Heaven and Hell flipping a coin to see what would be the late King of Pop's final destination would be after his death.