Cheese Hasselberger was born in New Jersey. He is a publisher and cartoonist of House of Twelve. He attended the BFA School of Visual Arts and Animation in 1995. He worked with Ralph Bakshi, MTV Animation, Time Warner Interactive, various newspapers, magazines, and advertising agencies. He returned to comics in 2001 with House of Twelve and has since gone on to publish 3 issues of the anthology 'House of Twelve12', plus the new 'Ho12's Rashomon'. Hasselberger has also contributed to several anthologies, including Brian Musikoff's 'Mauled!' and C. Radtke's 'Everyday'. He also organizes New York's largest and longest running comic jam, the Ho12 Comic Jam held monthly.