Diego Jourdan

Diego Jourdan Pereira (usually credited as Diego Jourdan, sometimes as Diego J. Pereira) is a Uruguayan-Chilean author of puzzle and activity books, residing in Santiago, Chile.

Diego Jourdan
BornDiego Jourdan Pereira
(1977-10-21) 21 October 1977
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan
Area(s)Author (writer, illustrator, designer)
Notable works
Astonishing Bathroom Reader, Bible Power Puzzles, TMNT, Astro Boy, Toy Story, Uncle Scrooge, Ivy the Terrible, Pieface

Life

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Diego moved to Santiago de Chile, Chile, in 1991, where he's lived ever since.

Career

Jourdan Pereira studied Graphic Design at Universidad del Pacifico in Chile and Computer Typesetting and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and worked mainly as a comic-book artist for twenty years,[1] the first ten of which he spent illustrating licensed properties such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Transformers: Animated, Astro Boy, Digger & Friends, Ghostbusters, and Disney/Pixar characters for American publishers like IDW Publishing, Mirage Studios, and Boom Studios; before crossing the Atlantic to Scotland’s DC Thomson where he tackled Ivy the Terrible, Lego City, and Pie Face comics for the weekly The Beano, Snooty & Scamp (Lord & Lauser) at Wendy, countless illustrations for WWE Kids Magazine, and was finally chosen as a Peter Davidson fill-in artist on The Sunday Post Fun Section comic-strips (which include Oor Wullie, The Broons, and Wee Harry).[2]

He also delved into vintage comic-book restoration and re-coloring, starting out with The Purple Smurfs (Papercutz), online Last Kiss cartoon panels, DC Comics’ Justice League International Omnibus, and collections dedicated to Uruguayan cartoonists Carlos María Federici (Detective Intergaláctico [3]), Geoffrey "Fola" Foladori (El hombre que fue una biblioteca [4]), and Emilio Cortinas (Hazañas de un viajero del tiempo [5]), all published by Uruguayan comics convention Montevideo Comics.

Between 2014 and 2016, he dedicated himself to woodcut printmaking,[6] taking part in Japan's MI Lab Residency program, designed to teach "mokuhanga" (Japanese water-based woodblock printmaking technique) to foreign artists.[7][8] Four of his biblical woodcut prints were also included in the book Revealed: A Storybook Bible for Grown-ups, alongside works by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Franz Marc, and Eric Gill among many others.[9] Commercially, he applied his printmaking expertise to the development of adult coloring books, mainly for Dover Publications in the USA.[10]

From 2017 onward Jourdan Pereira chose to pursue a career as a nonfiction author, focusing mainly on activity and puzzle books,[11] like his Bible Power Puzzles volume,[12] debuting as an English language writer with the publication of his Astonishing Bathroom Reader [13][14] in 2020, and its 2021 Bizarre Bathroom Reader sequel.[15]

In September, 2021, two Spanish language titles translated by Jourdan, Sonic: El destino del Dr. Eggman,[16] and Locke & Key: Bienvenidos a Lovecraft,[17] were released by IDW Publishing. Another of Diego's translations, Voices That Count, has been scheduled for a June, 2022 release.[18]

The end of 2021 also saw his return to adult coloring books with the publication of his Masterpixels book series.[19][20]

Awards and recognition
  • In January 2009, Jourdan was accepted as a regular member of the National Cartoonists Society.
  • In 2011, Jourdan's short comic Verdes, with Argentinian writer Javier Hildebrandt, won a contest in the Italian magazine Mono, and was published in issue 10 of said magazine.
  • On 6 December 2014, Jourdan was awarded the Morosoli Award (Silver medal, arts category), for his contribution to Uruguayan culture.[21]
  • In February 2021, Jourdan's Bible Power Puzzles volume won the Illumination Book Awards bronze medal in the Keepsake/Gift/Specialty category.[22]
  • On July 9, 2021, his children's activity book Giant Book of Games and Puzzles for Smart Kids won Second Place at Story Monster's Purple Dragonfly Book Awards Contest.[23]

Bibliography

Illustrator/Cartoonist

  • El Mercurio (1997-2014)
  • Chirality (Central Park Media) #12 (1998)
  • Legend of Lemnear (1999)
  • Conozca MAS (2003)
  • Tales of the TMNT (2004) # 25, 32, 40
  • TMNT: Fast Forward
  • TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED
  • GOAL!
  • MAD Magazine (Australia) (2010-2012)
  • Ivy the Terrible (2010)
  • Snoot & Scamp in Wendy (2010-2011)
  • WWE Kids Magazine (2011-2020)
  • Lego City Comics (2010-2013)
  • Moshi Monsters Magazine (2011)
  • Glow-in-the-dark Zombie Sticker Paper Doll (2014)
  • Glow-in-the-dark Fairy Princess Sticker Paper Doll (2014)
  • The Great Gatsby Deluxe Illustrated Edition (2021)
  • Masterpixels: Amazing Wildlife (2021)
  • Masterpixels: Incredible Sea Life (2021)

Writer/Author
  • Tales of the TMNT (2004) #40
  • Creative Haven American Landscapes (2015)
  • Creative Haven Wildlife (2015)
  • Creative Haven Dogs (2016)
  • Creative Haven Grumpy Cat Hates Coloring (2016)
  • Creative Haven Grumpy Cat vs. The World (2015)
  • Al servicio del cómic internacional (2016)
  • ¡Gana dinero ilustrando! (2017) [24]
  • Introducción al cómic internacional (2017) [25]
  • Giant Book of Games and Puzzles for Smart Kids (2020)
  • The Big Book of Brain-Boosting Puzzles (2020)
  • Elmo on The Move: At the Airport (2020)
  • Elmo on The Move: At the Farm (2020)
  • Bible Power Puzzles (2020) [26]
  • Astonishing Bathroom Reader (2020) [27]
  • The Giant Sight Word Workbook (2021)
  • The Big Book of Brain Boosting Pix-Cross Puzzles (2021)
  • Masterpixels: Amazing Wildlife (2021)
  • Masterpixels: Incredible Sea Life (2021)
  • Bizarre Bathroom Reader (2021) [28]

Penciler
  • Sicario (Dédalos, Chile) #1-2
  • La Ruta de los Arcanos (Ergocomics, Chile) #2
  • Digital Webbing Presents #1-2-3
  • Leather Jacket Guy #1-2
  • Fused #2-3-4
  • The License web-comic
  • K9 Magazine (Ukraine) #16-42-65
  • GREAT APE #1
  • Astro Boy The Movie: Official Movie Prequel #1-2-3-4
  • B.A.B.E. Force: Jurassic Trailer Park Prequel/Dr. Chaos' Comic Cornucopia
  • Knights Of The Dinner Table: Everknights #6
  • Supernatural Law (1999) #33
  • Supernatural Law Secretary Mavis #4
  • Tales of the TMNT (2004) #25, 26, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40
  • TMNT: The Collected Movie Books (2007)
  • TMNT: The Official Movie Adaptation (2007)
  • G.I. Joe: Resolute #1-2-3
  • Digger & Friends #1-2-3-4
  • G.I. Joe Combat Heroes: We Are G.I. Joe #1,
  • Ed’s Terrestrials
  • Pet Robots
  • Ghostbusters: Past, Present And Future
  • Toy Story #7

Inker

  • Sicario (Dédalos, Chile) #1-2
  • Rayen (Dédalos, Chile) #6-12
  • B.A.B.E. Force: Jurassic Trailer Park Prequel/Dr. Chaos' Comic Cornucopia
  • Ghostbusters: Past, Present And Future
  • Knights Of The Dinner Table: Everknights #6
  • Tales of the TMNT (2004) #25, 26, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40
  • Toy Story #7
  • Donald Duck #44 (2016)
  • Donald Duck #39 (2017)
  • Donald Duck #37 (2019)

Cover artist

  • Sicario #1-2
  • Astro Boy The Movie: Official Movie Prequel #3-4
  • B.A.B.E. Force: Jurassic Trailer Park Prequel/Dr. Chaos' Comic Cornucopia
  • Ghostbusters: Past, Present And Future (Cover B)
  • Tales of the TMNT (2004), 'The Collected Books: Volumes Three, Four, Five', #26, 37, 40
  • Toy Story #7
  • Uncle Scrooge #397-398-399
  • Darkwing Duck #6-9
  • Moshi Monsters Magazine #11-12-13
  • The Best Of The Three Stooges Comicbooks , Volume 1 (Papercutz)
  • GAS3K.1 (GAS Comics) [29]
  • Crononautas (GAS Comics) [30]
  • Go-bots #1 (2018)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #76 (2019)
  • Elmo on The Move: At the Airport (2020)
  • Elmo on The Move: At the Farm (2020)
  • The Great Gatsby Deluxe Illustrated Edition (2021)
  • Masterpixels: Amazing Wildlife (2021)
  • Masterpixels: Incredible Sea Life (2021)
  • Bizarre Bathroom Reader (2021)

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