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Art Baltazar

Art Baltazar started making comic books with his self-published comic book, The Cray-Baby Adventures. Since then he has created other comics, such as Gyro-Man, Captain Camel and the Space Chicken, A Jimmy Dydo Adventure, Lunar Lizard, Meteor Mite, and Patrick the Wolf Boy. Baltazar also had a brief tenure with Warner Bros. and had a monthly comic strip in Disney Adventures titled Gorilla Gorilla. Baltazar has also completed a graphic novel titled The Big Amoeba for Platinum Studios. In 2012, Baltazar founded a comic book shop with his partner and co-owner Franco Aureliani. Baltazar was the artist and cowriter with Aureliani of Tiny Titans, for which the two won a 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids. They also won an Eisner in 2014 for Itty Bitty Hellboy.
Barb Wire Book 1: Steel Harbor Blues
Itty Bitty Comics: Grimmiss Island
Itty Bitty Mask
Aw Yeah Comics Volume 2: Time for.... Adventure!
Aw Yeah Comics! And... Action! V 1
Itty Bitty Hellboy

Books

Barb Wire Book 1: Steel Harbor Blues
Itty Bitty Comics: Grimmiss Island
Itty Bitty Mask
Aw Yeah Comics Volume 2: Time for.... Adventure!
Aw Yeah Comics! And... Action! V 1
Itty Bitty Hellboy

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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