Merrill Rainey

Growing up, Merrill Rainey spent most of his Saturday afternoons drawing, watching monster movies, and going on imaginary adventures. Today, he is a cowboy-boot-wearing, picture-book-creator, and paper-toy-maker. Merrill’s work focuses on exploring creativity and imaginative play. His most recent titles include Color, Cut, Create • Dinosaur World, and Color, Cut, Create • Horse Ranch (OddDot). Merrill is also the author and Illustrator for a new board book series with HarperCollins. The first book, Roar! I’m a Dinosaur launched June 21, 2022. The second book, Oink! I’m a Pig launched September 6, 2022. Merrill also works for many children’s magazines like Highlights, Cricket, Ranger Rick, and Humpty Dumpty. He has served on faculty at the H

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Peggy Rathmann

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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

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Dani Gómez

Periodista, humorista gràfic, comunicador audiovisual, animador, il·lustrador, professor i, fins i tot, teòric del còmic. En els darrers anys, quan m’han preguntat a què em dedicava, he respost coses ben diferents. Però totes elles relacionades amb la comunicació per mitjà del dibuix.

Vaig formar-me en il·lustració a l’Escola de la Dona. Paral·lelament, vaig estudiar la llicenciatura de periodisme. No vaig trigar massa a adonar-me que m’interessava, sobretot, la comunicació visual. A les revistes a les quals vaig col·laborar (Nova Ciutat Vella i Sant Andreu de Cap a Peus) preferia dibuixar tires còmiques que redactar articles.

Fent periodisme per televisió vaig descobrir el potencial comunicatiu de la imatge en moviment i vaig decidir llicenc
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Tricia Torrible

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Dani Gómez

Periodista, humorista gràfic, comunicador audiovisual, animador, il·lustrador, professor i, fins i tot, teòric del còmic. En els darrers anys, quan m’han preguntat a què em dedicava, he respost coses ben diferents. Però totes elles relacionades amb la comunicació per mitjà del dibuix.

Vaig formar-me en il·lustració a l’Escola de la Dona. Paral·lelament, vaig estudiar la llicenciatura de periodisme. No vaig trigar massa a adonar-me que m’interessava, sobretot, la comunicació visual. A les revistes a les quals vaig col·laborar (Nova Ciutat Vella i Sant Andreu de Cap a Peus) preferia dibuixar tires còmiques que redactar articles.

Fent periodisme per televisió vaig descobrir el potencial comunicatiu de la imatge en moviment i vaig decidir llicenc
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