Diego Jourdan
| Diego Jourdan | |
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| Born | Diego Jourdan Pereira October 21, 1977 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality | Uruguayan |
| Area(s) | Artist (pencils, inks, colors) |
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Notable works
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TMNT, Astro Boy, Toy Story, Uncle Scrooge, Ivy the Terrible, Pieface |
Diego Jourdan Pereira (usually credited as Diego Jourdan, sometimes as Diego J. Pereira) is a Uruguayan comic book artist and illustrator, residing in Santiago de Chile, Chile, and specializing in licensed properties.
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Diego moved to Santiago de Chile, Chile, in 1991, where he's lived ever since.
Jourdan studied Graphic Design at Universidad del Pacifico in Chile and Computer Typesetting and Design at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and has worked as an illustrator/cartoonist for over twelve years, mainly for US customers including Simon & Schuster, IDW Publishing, Nickelodeon, Mirage Studios, Titan Magazines, Worthwhile Books, and MAD Magazine (Australia), among many others.
Among the properties and characters Diego has worked on are: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Transformers: Animated, Astro Boy, Digger & Friends, Ghostbusters, Smurfs, and Disney/Pixar characters. He has also worked on sketch cards for companies like Topps, on properties such as Star Wars and Mars Attacks.
After working on short lived revamped runs of Ivy the Terrible in The Beano (2010) and Snooty & Scamp (Lord & Lauser) in Wendy (2011), Diego now finds himself involved in other projects for publisher DC Thomson, including promotional comics for the Lego City brand, and illustrations for WWE Kids Magazine.
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