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Baltazar at the 2011 New York Comic Con
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller |
Notable works | The Cray-Baby Adventures Gyro-Man Captain Camel & the Space Chicken Jimmy Dydo |
| Awards | 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids |
Arthee "Art" Baltazar[1] (born 1968) is an American comics artist and writer who currently works for DC Comics.
Art Baltazar started making comic books with his self-published comic book, The Cray-Baby Adventures. Since then he has created such other comics as Gyro-Man, Captain Camel & the Space Chicken, Jimmy Dydo, Lunar Lizard, Meteor Mite, and Patrick the Wolf Boy.
Baltazar briefly worked with Warner Bros. and had a monthly comic stripinDisney Adventures Magazine titled "Gorilla Gorilla!".[2] Baltazar has completed a graphic novel titled The Big Amoeba for Platinum Studios.[3]
Baltazar was the artist and co-writer with Franco AurelianiofTiny Titans, for which the two won a 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.[4] The Baltazar and Aureliani team co-wrote DC's Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and the comic book adaptation of the animated TV series Young Justice.[2] In 2011, Capstone Publishers began publishing a series of DC Super-Pets books illustrated by Baltazar.[5] In 2012, Baltazar founded a comic book shopinSkokie, Illinois with his partner and co-owner Franco Aureliani.[6] That same year, DC launched a new series titled Superman Family Adventures which was written and drawn by Baltazar and Aureliani.[7] Fuzzy, the Krypto Mouse, a character who appeared in a single story in Superboy #65 (June 1958),[8] inspired a similar character created by Baltazar for Superman Family Adventures.[9] In 2013, Baltazar and Aureliani launched a revival of The Green Team for DC.[10][11] That series was cancelled in January 2014.[12]
This past Saturday marked the annual Free Comic Book Day, which celebrates everyone's favorite four-color sequential-art form with lots and lots of giveaways. But one new shop had two reasons to celebrate: Super-kid-friendly Aw Yeah Comics in downtown Skokie...also held its grand opening.
DC Comics has revealed the cover to the first issue of Superman Family Adventures, the new all-ages title by the former Tiny Titans team of Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani.
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