Aaron blecha biography

Aaron Blecha is an artist who designs funny characters and illustrates humorous children’s books. He has illustrated dozens of books and graphic novels including the Dinomighty graphic novel series (HarperCollins), Zombiekins (Penguin) and the Shark School series (Simon & Schuster).

He has authored /illustrated the picture book, Goodnight, Grizzle Grump! (HarperCollins) and the sequel, Good Morning Grizzle Grump!Aaron has also worked as a character designer in TV development (Disney, Curious Pictures), and as an animator / director on cartoons and games for Cartoon Network.He was born and raised in Wisconsin, USAand now lives with his family in Hove, UK.

Blecha travels around to galleries, museums and schools heading up drawing workshops for kids of all ages.

The workshops revolve around building characters up with simple shapes and then telling stories through their own character’s design as well as important ideas like “it’s ok to make mistakes” and “every person has their