About ART BALTAZAR -Famous Cartoonist's Shop
Chicago Area
The following is a true story...
AW YEAH!
Art is a super-cartoonist machine from the heart of Chicago! He's
all about the peace, love, and joy. He defines cartoons and comics
not only as an art style, but as a way of life. Art started his funky
secret art studio in 1994 with his self-published comic book ..."
The Cray-Baby Adventures". Since then, he created other comics
such as "Gyro-Man", "Captain Camel & the Space Chicken",
"Jimmy Dydo", "Lunar Lizard", "Meteor Mite", Grimmiss Island”,
and the famous, "Patrick the Wolf Boy". This guy shows no signs
of stopping!
Artie has also had a few gigs with Warner Bros. books and had a
monthly comic strip in Disney Adventures Magazine called
"GORILLA GORILLA"! Art has some cool character design skills
and created an autobiographical graphic novel called the "Big
Amoeba".
Artie is a creative force behind The Eisner Award winning ITTY
BITTY HELLBOY and The New York Times Best Selling, Eisner
Award, Harvey Award Winning DC Comics' TINY TITANS, and
Artist of The DC SUPER-PETS children’s book series! Artie also
Co-Wrote DC’s Billy Batson and the Magic of SHAZAM, Young
Justice, Green Lantern Animated (comic) and is the Artist/Co-
Writer for the historically awesome TINY TITANS/Little ARCHIE
crossover and the epic SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES and
SUPER POWERS! PLUS, The new SUPERMAN OF SMALLVILLE
graphic novel from DC Comics!
New Famous Cartoonist creations include… ENCOUNTER,
GILLBERT, BIG ALIEN MOON CRUSH, DREW and JOT, and…
POWERS IN ACTION… true story.
This famous cartoonist is Co-Founder of the AW YEAH COMICS
comic shop and Co-Creator of the AW YEAH COMICS comic book
series starring ACTION CAT and ADVENTURE BUG! From small
press to mainstream in a heartbeat! BAM! Art is living the dream!
He stays home and draws comics and never has to leave the
house! He lives with his lovely wife, Rose, sons Sonny and
Gordon, daughter Audrey, and pup Jingle Fett Baltazar!
AW YEAH COMICS!
-2009 #8 on the New York Times Best Seller
March 2009 for Tiny Titans vol. 1 Trade Paperback!
-2009 Eisner Award Best Publication for Kids!
(Tiny Titans)
-2011 Eisner Award Best Publication for Kids!
(Tiny Titans)
-2011 Harvey Award Best Original Graphic
Publication for Younger Readers! (Tiny Titans)
-2012 Columbia College Chicago Alumnus of the
year Award
-2013 AW YEAH COMICS Skokie Merchant of the
Year
-2013 Harvey Award Nominee Original Best
Graphic Publication for Younger Readers!
(Superman Family Adventures)
-2014 Eisner Award Best Publication for Kids! (Itty
Bitty Hellboy)
-2015 Eisner Award Nominee Best Publication for
Kids! (Tiny Titans)
-2015 Stan Lee Excelsior Junior Award Nominee!
(Itty Bitty Hellboy)
-2017 ILLINOIS READS grades 3-5 list. (Tiny Titans)
-2018 AMAZON’S 18 best books for reluctant
readers (Summer 2018, Tiny Titans and The
Science Fair, Ace DC Super Pets.)
-2019 Kids’ Comics Award Nominee for Most Epic
Adventure! (Encounter)
-2020 ILLINOIS READS grades 6-8 list. (POWERS IN
ACTION Volume 1)
-2020 Best of Skokie Awards (AW YEAH COMICS)