Art Baltazar started makingcomic books with hisself-published comic book,The Cray-Baby Adventures. Since then he has created such other comics asGyro-Man,Captain Camel & the Space Chicken,Jimmy Dydo,Lunar Lizard,Meteor Mite, andPatrick the Wolf Boy.
Baltazar was the artist and co-writer withFranco Aureliani ofTiny Titans, for which the two won a 2011Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.[4] The Baltazar and Aureliani team co-wrote DC'sBilly Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and the comic book adaptation of the animated TV seriesYoung Justice.[2] In 2011,Capstone Publishers began publishing a series ofDC Super-Pets books illustrated by Baltazar.[5] In 2012, Baltazar founded acomic book shop inSkokie, Illinois with his partner and co-owner Franco Aureliani.[6] That same year, DC launched a new series titledSuperman Family Adventures which was written and drawn by Baltazar and Aureliani.[7] Fuzzy, the Krypto Mouse, a character who appeared in a single story inSuperboy #65 (June 1958),[8] inspired a similar character created by Baltazar forSuperman Family Adventures.[9] In 2013, Baltazar and Aureliani launched a revival ofThe Green Team for DC.[10][11] That series was cancelled in January 2014.[12]
^Behrens, Web (May 7, 2012)."Aw Yeah Comics celebrates its grand opening in Skokie".Time Out Chicago.Archived from the original on May 4, 2016.This past Saturday marked the annual Free Comic Book Day, which celebrates everyone's favorite four-color sequential-art form with lots and lots of giveaways. But one new shop had two reasons to celebrate: Super-kid-friendly Aw Yeah Comics in downtown Skokie...also held its grand opening.
^Parkin, JK (February 10, 2012)."First look at the cover toSuperman Family Adventures #1".Comic Book Resources.Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. RetrievedApril 23, 2012.DC Comics has revealed the cover to the first issue ofSuperman Family Adventures, the new all-ages title by the formerTiny Titans team of Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani.
