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Jorge Aguirre

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Columbus, OH, The United States

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http://dragonsbeware.com

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Graphic Novels, Fantasy

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Jorge A. Aguirre is an East Coast-based writer born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He wrote the graphic novel, GIANTS BEWARE (First Second Books/Macmillan), which the New York Times called, a "rollicking fun story." He also wrote its sequel, DRAGONS BEWARE (May 2015). He has already written the third book of the CHRONICLES OF CLAUDETTE. Besides books, Jorge also produces and writes TV for kids. He's worked for Disney, Junior, Nick, Jr., and PBS. ...more

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I am a librarian in a mostly Latinx community, and I am so excited for Call Me Iggy! I really enjoyed the Chronicles of Claudette, but I was curious--why did you chose to write about ostensibly white French people when there are so very few latinx/hispanic kids comics and graphic novels available?

Jorge Aguirre Hi Heather. Thanks for the question and thanks for reading our books. We appreciate it. Raf and I are really excited for Iggy to get out in the world.…moreHi Heather. Thanks for the question and thanks for reading our books. We appreciate it. Raf and I are really excited for Iggy to get out in the world. The pages Raf's been drawing for Iggy have really moved me.

A little background for your question...

Rafael was born and raised in Puerto Rico (moved to Ohio as a teen) but he has always loved the look of French comics. For a year or so he kept drawing these three street urchins in the French visual style he liked. He couldn’t get the image out of his mind. He shared them with me and we developed the characters and world into Claudette. So the birth of the idea came from an image Raf had. The voice of Claudette, however, was inspired by the Argentine cartoonist, Quino's character Mafalda. I read a bunch of Mafalda before writing the first book and I re-read Mafalda before writing each book.

Raf and I both feel like our Latinidad finds its way into our French inspired world. As Latinos from the Midwest we’ve often felt like the Other and that makes its way into Claudette books. Our approach is to take archetypes/ cliches (Warrior, Princess, French Baker - ok maybe that last one isn’t an archetype but it should be!) and try to turn them around some - look at them from a different angle or POV. That too comes from our identities.

So our Claudette books are not about Latino characters but we think they’re infused with our Latinidad. That said, I can't wait to get Call Me Iggy out into the world. It does have a lot of Latino characters in it and it is very close to my heart.

I hope that answers your question,

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Jorge
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jorge Aguirre Our second book, DRAGONS BEWARE sort of picks up on some ideas we introduced in the our first book, GIANTS BEWARE. We always knew we wanted to tell th…moreOur second book, DRAGONS BEWARE sort of picks up on some ideas we introduced in the our first book, GIANTS BEWARE. We always knew we wanted to tell the story of Augustine's fateful battle with Azra the Dragon. This story is sort of how Claudette finishes the battle her father began with a dragon many years ago.(less)

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	Giants Beware! (Chronicles of Claudette, #1) by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Rafael Rosado (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), John Novak (Colorist ) 4.03 avg rating — 9,074 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragons Beware! (Chronicles of Claudette, #2) by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Rafael Rosado (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 1,866 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Call Me Iggy by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Rafael Rosado (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), John Novak (Colorist) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 933 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters Beware! (Chronicles of Claudette, #3) by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Rafael Rosado (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monster Locker (Monster Locker #1) by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Andrés Vera Martínez (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trees for the Okapis: Little Green Nickelodeon by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Art Mawhinney (Illustrator) 3.20 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Day of School: A Lift-the-Flap Story by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author) (Adapter), Victoria Miller (Illustrator) 3.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nine-Tail Trouble (Monster Locker #2) by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Andrés Vera Martínez (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Comic Book Day: Defend Comics by Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author), Rafael Rosado (Goodreads Author), Boya Sun it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Series by Jorge Aguirre

Chronicles of Claudette (3 books)
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Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author),

Rafael Rosado (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

4.07 avg rating — 11,465 ratings

Monster Locker (2 books)
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Jorge Aguirre (Goodreads Author),

Andrés Vera Martínez (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.81 avg rating — 251 ratings

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