Rhode Montijo
| Rhode Montijo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Rhode Montijo September 1973 El Centro, California |
| Nationality | Mexican American |
| Area(s) |
Writer Penciller Inker |
Notable works | (co-creator)<b/r> |
Rhode Montijo is an American independent comic-book artist best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno and co-creator of the Flash cartoon Happy Tree Friends.
Career
Rhode Montijo received his BFA in Illustration from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1996. Thanks to a grant from the Xeric Foundation, Montijo was able to release his comic Pablo's Inferno to a wider audience.
He has also worked for many Mondo Media shows like Thugs on Film and The God & Devil Show. It was while working on Mondo that he met Kenn Navarro and Aubrey Ankrum, and created the popular dark humored flash cartoon series, Happy Tree Friends. Rhode worked as writer, director and art director, and also did the voices of Lumpy and Splendid.
After five years working on the show, he officially left Happy Tree Friends in 2005 to focus more on his comic-book works and to rustle buffalo in Brazil. David Winn replaced him as the voices Lumpy and Splendid. According to writer Warren Graff he still remains friends with the whole HTF team.
Montijo enjoys working on various multimedia projects and has had an expressed interest in creating children's books which led to the creation of the acclaimed Cloud Boy.
See also
Bibliography
- Pablo's Inferno (5 issue comic book mini-series) (Abismo, 1999,)
- Cloud Boy (Simon & Schuster, 2006, ISBN 9781416916581)
- The Three Swingin' Pigs Illustrator (Henry Holt & Company, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8050-7335-5)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero (Chapter Book Series) (2006): Illustrator
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v1 : Curse of the Bologna Sandwich Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2006, ISBN 9780805078367)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v2: The Revenge of the McNasty Brothers Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2006, ISBN 9780805079296)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v3: The Grateful Fred Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2006, ISBN 9780805079227)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v4: Terror in Tights Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2007, ISBN 9780805079241)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v5 The Fake Cape Caper Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2007, ISBN 9780805081596)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v6: Attack of the Valley Girls" Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2008, ISBN 9780805081619)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v7: Brotherhood of the Traveling Underpants Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2009, ISBN 9780805081633)
- Melvin Beederman Superhero v8: Terror in Tights Illustrator (144 pages, Henry Holt & Company, 2009, ISBN 9780805079241)
- T-t-tartamudo (mini comic book) (Abismo, 2010)
- The Halloween Kid (Simon & Schuster, 2010, ISBN 9781416935759)
- Skeletown (preview book) (Abismo, 2011)
- Lucky Luis Illustrator (Putnam, 2012, ISBN 9780399245046)
- Super Grammar Illustrator (Scholastic, 2012, ISBN 978-0-545-42515-5)
- The Gumazing Gum Girl! (Chapter Book Series) (Disney-Hyperion, 2013 )
- The Gumazing Gum Girl! v1 : Chews Your Destiny (128 pages, Disney-Hyperion, 2013, ISBN 9781423157403)
- The Gumazing Gum Girl v2 : Gum Luck (128 pages, Disney-Hyperion, 2015, ISBN 9781423161172) -In Production