Arthee "Art" Baltazar is an American comics artist and writer who currently works for DC Comics.
Career
Art Baltazar started making comic books with his self-publishedcomic book, The Cray-Baby Adventures. Since then he has created such other comics as Gyro-Man, Captain Camel & the Space Chicken, Jimmy Dydo, Lunar Lizard, Meteor Mite, and Patrick the Wolf Boy. Baltazar briefly worked with Warner Bros. and had a monthly comic strip in Disney Adventures Magazine titled "Gorilla Gorilla!". Baltazar has completed a graphic novel titled The Big Amoeba for Platinum Studios. Baltazar was the artist and co-writer with Franco Aureliani of Tiny Titans, for which the two won a 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids. The Baltazar and Aureliani team co-wrote DC's Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and the comic book adaptation of the animated TV seriesYoung Justice. In 2011, Capstone Publishers began publishing a series of DC Super-Pets books illustrated by Baltazar. In 2012, Baltazar founded a comic book shop in Skokie, Illinois with his partner and co-owner Franco Aureliani. That same year, DC launched a new series titled Superman Family Adventures which was written and drawn by Baltazar and Aureliani. Fuzzy, the Krypto Mouse, a character who appeared in a single story in Superboy #65, inspired a similar character created by Baltazar for Superman Family Adventures. In 2013, Baltazar and Aureliani launched a revival of The Green Team for DC. That series was cancelled in January 2014.
Awards
2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids for Tiny Titans.
Books
Capstone Publishers
Ace: The Origin of Batman's Dog, 2017 - written by Steve Korte
The Amazing Mini-Mutts, 2012 - written by Donald Lemke
Attack of the Invisible Cats, 2011 - written by Scott Sonneborn
Backward Bowwow, 2011 - written by Sarah Hines Stephens
Barnyard Brainwash, 2012 - written by John Sazaklis
Battle Bugs of Outer Space, 2011 - written by Jane B. Mason
The Biggest Little Hero, 2012 - written by John Sazaklis
Candy Store Caper, 2012 - written by John Sazaklis
The Cat Crime Club, 2012 - written by Steve Korte
DC Super-Pets Character Encyclopedia, 2013 - written by Steve Korte
Deep-sea Duel, 2012 - written by John Sazaklis
The Fantastic Flexy Frog, 2012 - written by Michael Dahl
The Fastest Pet on Earth, 2011 - written by J. E. Bright
Heroes of the High Seas, 2011 - written by J. E. Bright
The Hopping Hero, 2011 - written by John Sazaklis
Jumpa: The Origin of Wonder Woman's Kanga, 2017 - written by Steve Korte
Midway Monkey Madness, 2011 - written by Sarah Hines Stephens
Night of the Scaredy Crows, 2012 - written by Sarah Hines Stephens
Pooches of Power!, 2011 - written by Sarah Hines Stephens
Royal Rodent Rescue, 2011 - written by John Sazaklis
Salamander Smackdown!, 2011 - written by John Sazaklis
Sleepy Time Crime, 2012 - written by Sarah Hines Stephens
