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| Rhode Montijo | |
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| Born | January 1973 (age 51) El Centro, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer Penciller Inker |
Notable works | Pablo's Inferno Cloud Boy Happy Tree Friends (co-creator) |
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 Rhode Montijo from the Macmillan web site [1] |
Rhode Montijo (born January 17, 1973) is an American children's book author and illustrator best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno , Cloud Boy and co-creator of the Flash cartoon Happy Tree Friends .
Raised in Stockton, California, Montijo is most known for being one of the creators of the award-winning comic book series Pablo's Inferno , about a little boy's descent into the spirit world in Mexico. Montijo originally gained attention for being one of the creators of the animated internet series Happy Tree Friends , one of the earliest YouTube viral sensations and subject of a 2006 television series.
After a car accident in 2006, Montijo set out to pursue his life-long passion in creating children's books. His first children's book published was the acclaimed Cloud Boy in 2006 by Simon & Schuster, about a little cloud boy who creates the shapes that are seen in clouds. Starting in 2007, Montijo illustrated a series of eight chapter books titled Melvin Beederman Superhero , written by Greg Trine and published by Henry Holt Company. In 2009 Montijo self-published and distributed Skeletown , a Dia De Los Muertos / Day of the Dead-inspired story of a town populated with skeletal inhabitants. In 2010, Montijo created The Halloween Kid about a mysterious masked boy who becomes the defender of Halloween. In 2012, production began on a half-hour animated holiday special based on The Halloween Kid with animation by Sanzigen Company in Japan, with Montijo directing.
In 2012, Montijo began a new children's chapter book series titled The Gumazing Gum Girl! , published by Disney/Hyperion, about gum-obsessed Gabby Gomez who accidentally turns into the sticky/stretchy superhero Gum Girl. In 2015 Montijo did the character designs for the Amazon Prime children's animated pilot, Knickerbock Teetertop , about the smallest kid in Wonderpine Mountain who yearns to be a great adventurer like his grandfather. Montijo has also provided character designs for Laika Pictures and Warner Brothers Animation.
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Pablo's Inferno is a five-issue indie comic limited series created and produced by Rhode Montijo. The comic owes its title to Inferno, the first cantica of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and according to Montijo is something of a parody:
My friend Dan Chapman, and I, just brainstormed. He knew that I liked to draw monsters, so we came up with the idea of what if there was a little kid who went to hell...just an excuse to draw monsters...it’s kind of like a parody of “Dante’s Inferno." We ripped on the title and made it a comedic “Dante’s Inferno.
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The Melvin Beederman Series is a series of books written by Greg Trine and illustrated by Rhode Montijo. The series mainly talk about a new superhero guarding the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles hasn't had a superhero since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired. That superhero's name is Melvin Beederman. In his adventures, Melvin has a sidekick named Candace Brinkwater who is a 3rd grader. Candace Brinkwater got her superpowers when Melvin's cape got switched with hers at the cleaners. Therefore, Candace got some of Melvin's powers. Candace and Melvin both share the same weakness of bologna. Notorious "Bad guys" try to stop Melvin and Candace from interfering with their criminal activities.
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