Diego Jourdan
Diego Jourdan Pereira (credited in the comics as Diego Jourdan) is a Uruguayan author of trade books for general audiences, who resides in Santiago, Chile.
Diego Jourdan
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- Birth Name
- Diego Jourdan Pereira
- Born
- 21 October 1977
- Birthplace
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Awards
- Premio Morosoli (2014)
- Full name
- Diego Jourdan Pereira.
- Nationality
- Chile and Uruguay.
- Occupation
- writer, draftsperson and illustrator.
- Education
- Fashion Institute of Technology.
- Honours
- Morosoli Award.
- Languages
- English and Spanish.
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Diego Jourdan Pereira (credited in the comics as Diego Jourdan) is a Uruguayan author of trade books for general audiences, who resides in Santiago, Chile.
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• Birth Name — Diego Jourdan Pereira • Born — 21 October 1977 • Birthplace — Montevideo, Uruguay • Area — Author (Writer, puzzle maker, translator, illustrator, colorist, cartoonist) • Notable Works — Astonishing Bathroom Reader, 5-Minute Jesus Stories, Ivy the Terrible, Oor Wullie • Awards — Premio Morosoli (2014)
Life
Life
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Jourdan Pereira moved to Santiago de Chile, Chile, in 1991, where he has lived since.
Career
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, 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). 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), Geoffrey "Fola" Foladori (El hombre que fue una biblioteca), and Emilio Cortinas (Hazañas de un viajero del tiempo), all published by Uruguayan comics convention Montevideo Comics. Between 2014 and 2016, he dedicated himself to woodcut printmaking, taking part in Japan's MI Lab Residency program, designed to teach mokuhanga (Japanese water-based woodblock printmaking technique) to foreign artists. 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. Commercially, he applied his printmaking expertise to the development of adult coloring books, mainly for Dover Publications in the USA. From 2017 onward Jourdan Pereira chose to pursue a career as a nonfiction author, debuting as an English-language writer with the publication of his Astonishing Bathroom Reader in 2020, and its 2021 Bizarre Bathroom Reader sequel. In September, 2021, two Spanish language titles translated by Jourdan, Sonic: El destino del Dr. Eggman, and Locke & Key: Bienvenidos a Lovecraft, were released by IDW Publishing. Another of Jourdan Periera's translations, Voices That Count, was published in June 2022. The end of 2021 saw his return to adult coloring books with the publication of his Masterpixels books. In 2022, Jourdan Pereira began to abridge classics for the "5-Minute" line of Sky Pony Press' children's storybooks, including 5-Minute Classic Animal Stories, an adaptation of classic fables and tales, and 5-Minute Jesus Stories. He also joined The World Almanac as a puzzle constructor with The World Almanac Book of Crosswords, and its wordsearch annuals. Early in 2023, he became a contributing writer at Writer's Digest. In October, his translation of Horacio Quiroga's Tales of Love, Madness, and Death was also announced by London-based publisher Renard Press.
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• Sonic: El destino del Dr. Eggman (2021) • Locke & Key: Bienvenidos a Lovecraft (2021) • Voices That Count (2022) • Tales of Love, Madness & Death (2025) • Gypsy Ballads (2025) • Soma (2025) • Planeta (2025) • Espada: The Will of the Blade (2025) • El Extraño Mundo de Jack de Tim Burton: Espejo de Luna (2026) • Barbie y Teresa: La Receta Secreta (2026)
Artist/illustrator/colorist
• El Mercurio (1997-2014) • Chirality #12 (1998) • Legend of Lemnear (1999) • Sicario #1-2 (1997-1998) • La Ruta de los Arcanos #2 (1999) • Conozca MAS (2000) • Digital Webbing Presents #1-2-3 (2002) • Supernatural Law #33 (2000) • Supernatural Law Secretary Mavis #4 (2002) • Leather Jacket Guy #1-2 (2003) • Fused #2-3-4 (2003) • K9 Magazine #16-42-65 (2003 - 2004) • GREAT APE #1 (2003) • B.A.B.E. Force: Jurassic Trailer Park Prequel/Dr. Chaos' Comic Cornucopia (2003) • Knights Of The Dinner Table: Everknights #6 (2003) • Tales of the TMNT #25, 26, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40 (2006 - 2007) • TMNT: The Official Movie Adaptation (2007) • TMNT: Fast Forward (2008) • TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED (2008) • G.I. Joe: Resolute #1-2-3 (2008) • Astro Boy The Movie: Official Movie Prequel #1-2-3-4 (2008) • Digger & Friends #1-2-3-4 (2009) • G.I. Joe Combat Heroes: We Are G.I. Joe (2009) • Ghostbusters: Past, Present And Future (2009) • Toy Story #7 (2010) • Darkwing Duck #6 and #8 (2010) • Uncle Scrooge #397-398-399 (2010) • MAD Magazine (Australia) (2010-2012) • The Beano: Ivy the Terrible, Lego City, Pie-Face (2010-2015) • Wendy: Snoot & Scamp in Wendy (2010-2011) • WWE Kids Magazine (2011-2020) • Moshi Monsters Magazine (2011) • Glow-in-the-dark Zombie Sticker Paper Doll (2014) • Glow-in-the-dark Fairy Princess Sticker Paper Doll (2014) • Crononautas (2014) • 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 (2016) • Donald Duck #44 (2016) • Donald Duck #39 (2017) • Go-bots #1 (2018) • My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #76 (2019) • Donald Duck #37 (2019) • The Great Gatsby Deluxe Illustrated Edition (2021) • Masterpixels: Amazing Wildlife (2021) • Masterpixels: Incredible Sea Life (2021) • Winnie the Pooh: The Classic Edition (2022) • La Torre de Papel (2022) • The Sustainability Adventures of Keera, Kanay & Ra (2023) • 5-Minute Jesus Stories (2023) • The House at Pooh Corner: The Classic Edition (2024) • Now We Are Six (2025) • Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Official Coloring Book (2026)
Diego Jourdan at Valparaiso, Chile, 2011
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Diego Jourdan, as of 2015
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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. • In February 2021, Jourdan's Bible Power Puzzles volume won the Illumination Book Awards bronze medal in the Keepsake/Gift/Specialty category. • 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.
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- 2.Stringer, Lew. BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics: Diego on the Post. BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics. 2016-11-01.
- 3.Carlos María Federici. lambiek.net.
- 4.Geoffrey Foladori. lambiek.net.
- 5.Emilio Cortinas. lambiek.net.
- 6.9th international triennial of graphic art, bitola, 2018 part 3. Issuu.
- 7.MI-LAB Artist in Residence This webpage is aimed to promote Mokuhanga Inheriting from 13 years Nagasawa Art Park AIR history.
- 8.Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial 2015.
- 9.Revealed. Square Halo Books.
- 10.Un gato amargado para colorear. El Observador.
- 11.Bowler, Mitchell. PK 242: Reinventing Yourself As An Artist. 16 June 2021.
- 12.Astonishing Bathroom Reader. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 13.Chilean Writer Follows the American Dream - Standard Newswire. www.standardnewswire.com.
- 14.Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 2: El destino del Dr. Eggman (Sonic The Hedgehog, Vol. 2: The Fate of Dr. Eggman Spanish Edition) by Ian Flynn: 9781684057832 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- 15.Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Bienvenidos a Lovecraft (Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft Spanish Edition) by Joe Hill: 9781684057825 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- 16.IDW. www.idwpublishing.com.
- 17.Masterpixels: Amazing Wildlife by Diego Jourdan Pereira: 9781684620296. Union Square & Co.
- 18.Masterpixels: Incredible Sea Life by Diego Jourdan Pereira: 9781684620326. Union Square & Co.
- 19.5-Minute Classic Animal Stories. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 20.5-Minute Jesus Stories. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 21.The World Almanac Book of Crosswords. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 22.Noble, Barnes &. The World Almanac 2024 Word Search: 175 Large-Print Puzzles! Paperback. Barnes & Noble.
- 23.The World Almanac 2025 Word Search. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 24.Woodson, Michael. Articles by Diego Jourdan Pereira. Writer's Digest. 2023-12-24.
- 25.Diego Jourdan Pereira. Renard Press.
- 26."Espeluznantes": se lanza una nueva traducción al inglés de los clásicos cuentos de Horacio Quiroga. LA NACION. 2023-10-22.
- 27.Entregan premios Morosoli 2014 a personalidades de la cultura uruguaya – Noticias Uruguay LARED21. LARED21. 8 December 2014.
- 28.Bible Power Puzzles. Good Books.
- 29.2021 Medalists. www.illuminationawards.com.
- 30.Purple Dragonfly Book Award Contest 2021 Winners. Story Monsters Book Awards.
- 31.Diego Jourdan Pereira. Diego Jourdan Gana Dinero Ilustrando. 2017.
- 32.Introducción al cómic internacional. Quiosquito virtual.
- 33.Wise Valdes, Kellydate=2020-09-30. Hot Off The Christian News Wire; October 2020. Osprey Observer. 30 September 2020.
- 34.Pereira, Diego Jourdan. Astonishing Bathroom Reader: Your No.2 Source to All the Flushing Facts, Jamming Trivia, & Gassy Mysteries of the Universe!. Racehorse. 2020-11-17. 978-1-63158-589-0.
- 35.Pereira, Diego Jourdan. Bizarre Bathroom Reader: Your Plunging Guide into the Strangest Stories, Oddest Trivia, Inexplicable Events, and Unfathomable Mysteries the World Has to Offer!. Simon and Schuster. 2021-11-23. 978-1-63158-680-4.
- 36.The World Almanac 2024 Word Search. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 37.The Gigantic Activity Book for Smart Kids. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 38.5-Minute Bible Stories: Faith in Action. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 39.Tales of Love, Madness and Death. Renard Press.
- 40.Gypsy Ballads. Renard Press.
- 41.Soma. 2025-02-25. 978-1-63715-612-4.
- 42.Planeta. TOKYOPOP Store.
- 43.Espada. 2025-05-06. 978-1-63715-759-6.
- 44.Disney Manga: El Extraño Mundo de Jack de Tim Burton: Espejo de Luna (Español) - Mirror Moon (Spanish Edition) by Mallory Reaves: 9781427884909 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- 45.Barbie y Teresa: La Receta Secreta by Courtney Carbone: 9781427886897 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- 46.Diego Jourdan I.N.D.U.C.K.S. inducks.org.
- 47.Magnus. GAS Comics: Se vienen los Crononautas!. GAS Comics. 2014-04-08.
- 48.Go-Bots #1 - TPB (Issue). Comic Vine.
- 49.The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Illustrated Edition). Skyhorse Publishing.
- 50.Milne, A. A. Winnie the Pooh: The Classic Edition. Simon and Schuster. 2022-01-04. 978-1-5107-7137-6.
- 51.La Torre de Papel – El Villegas. www.elvillegas.cl.
- 52.The House at Pooh Corner. Skyhorse Publishing.
- 53.Now We Are Six. Skyhorse Publishing.
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