Diego Jourdan Pereira (usually credited as Diego Jourdan, sometimes as Diego J. Pereira) is a Uruguayan author of puzzle, activity, and trivia books, who resides in

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Life

Born in

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, 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

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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 ''

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, Transformers: Animated,

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, Digger & Friends,

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'', and Disney/

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characters for American publishers like

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, and

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; before crossing the Atlantic to Scotland’s

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where he tackled ''Ivy the Terrible, Lego City,'' and ''Pie Face'' comics for the weekly

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, ''Snooty & Scamp'' (Lord & Lauser) at Wendy, countless illustrations for '' WWE Kids Magazine'', and was finally chosen as a Peter Davidson fill-in artist on

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Fun Section comic-strips (which include

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, and Wee Harry). He also delved into vintage comic-book restoration and re-coloring, starting out with ''

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'' (

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), online Last Kiss cartoon panels,

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’ ''

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'' 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

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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

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, and

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among many others. Commercially, he applied his printmaking expertise to the development of adult coloring books, mainly for

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in the USA. From 2017 onward Jourdan Pereira chose to pursue a career as a nonfiction author, focusing mainly on activity and puzzle books, like his ''Bible Power Puzzles'' volume, 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

. Another of Diego's translations, ''Voices That Count'', was published in June, 2022. The end of 2021 also saw his return to adult coloring books with the publication of his ''Masterpixels'' book series. In November 2022, Jourdan Pereira's ''5-Minute Classic Animal Stories'', an adaptation of classic fables and tales, was published in the US followed by ''The

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Book of Crosswords.''

Awards and recognition

*In January 2009, Jourdan was accepted as a regular member of the

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. *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.

Bibliography

Author / Writer

*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) * ''Al servicio del cómic internacional'' (2016) * ''¡Gana dinero ilustrando!'' (2017) * ''Introducción al cómic internacional'' (2017) * ''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) * ''Astonishing Bathroom Reader'' (2020) * ''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) *''The World Almanac Book of Crosswords'' (2022) *''5-Minute Classic Animal Stories'' (2022)

Illustrator

*''El Mercurio'' (1997-2014) * ''Chirality'' #12 (1998) * ''Legend of Lemnear'' (CPM Manga, 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) * ''MAD Magazine'' (Australia) (2010-2012) * ''The Beano: Ivy the Terrible'' (2010) * ''The Beano:'' ''The Lego City'' Comics (2010-2013) * ''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)

References

External links

Online portfolio.I.N.D.U.C.K.S. profile.Video interview (in Spanish)
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