Chuck Whelon

Chuck Whelon (born 1969), is an internationally published author and cartoonist based in San Francisco California.[1]

Career

Chuck Whelon is the creator, artist and co-writer of the long-running humorous fantasy webcomic serial "Pewfell",[2] which origninally appeared online on Modern Tales.com.[3] The archive of Pewfell strips previously appeared on Webcomics Nation and DrunkDuck. It can now be read in its entirety for free on ComicFury.com.[4]

Whelon has illustrated a series of search & find titles for Buster Books, including 'Where's the Penguin?', 'Where's Santa?' and 'The Great Fairy Tale Search',[5][6][7][8][9] all of which have been translated into multiple languages.[10][11][12][13][14]

He is the author and illustrator of a large variety of children's puzzle and activity books for Dover Publications, including the "What to Doodle?" series.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]

Whelon designed and illustrated the comic boardgame "Legitimacy" published by Minion Games.[43] Whelon has also illustrated a number of other boardgames for Minion, including Those Pesky Humans,[44] Grave Business,[45] 'Tahiti',[46] Nile,[47][48] and Battle Merchants.[49][50]

Since 2012 Whelon has written and drawn the monthly "Dr. Dig" comic strip for Cricket Media Group's 'Dig' magazine.[51]

Whelon is the cartoonist for Goodman Game's 'Dungeon Crawl Classics' Role Playing Game.[52][53]

Whelon has also worked as an Art Director for Ogilvy & Mather, an illustrator, Flash developer and production artist.[54]

Whelon was born and raised in Basingstoke, England.[55] He is a member of the National Cartoonists Society[56] and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[57] He is represented by the Beehive Illustration Agency.[58][59]

He is the brother to Emily Jordan.

Whelon's current project is a crowd-funded puzzle book for kids called Wizard Pickles.[60]

RPG Game Illustration Credits

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Illustrator

References

  1. ↑ Rosen-Molina, Mike (October, 2007). "You Call this Funny? | Since day one, the East Bay’s quirky independent cartoonists have been making us laugh—and think.", The East Bay Monthly
  2. ↑ Withrow, Steven (July 1, 2003), Toon Art: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning, Watson-Guptill
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Danny (February 26, 2006). "The tooniverse explodes: Interactive web comics are winning over legions of savvy young fans. Danny O'Brien assesses the coolest strips online", The Sunday Times, p. 27.
  4. ↑ http://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=pewfell
  5. ↑ Where's Santa? by Bryony Jones and Chuck Whelon (Sep 22, 2015), Simon & Schuster
  6. ↑ The Great Fairy Tale Search (Buster Activity) by Chuck Whelon (Oct 2, 2014), Buster Books
  7. ↑ Where's Santa? (Buster Activity) by Chuck Whelon (Oct 2, 2014), Buster Books
  8. ↑ Where's the Penguin? by Sophie Schrey and Chuck Whelon (Oct 1, 2014), Buster Books
  9. ↑ (July 21, 2014). "Bestsellers", Publishers Weekly, p. 100., p135
  10. ↑ "Donde esta el pinguino?" (Spanish Edition) by Chuck Whelon and Sophie Schrey (Jan 30, 2014), Ediciones B
  11. ↑ "Cache-cache avec les pingouins" (French Edition) by Chuck Whelon and Sophie Schrey and Alice Delarbre (14 May 2014), Père Castor-Flammarion
  12. ↑ „Gdzie jest pingwin?” (Polish Edition) by Chuck Whelon and Sophie Schrey, (January 2014), IUVI
  13. ↑ "Waar is de pinguïn?" (French Edition) by Chuck Whelon and Sophie Schrey, (2014), Veltman Uitgevers
  14. ↑ "Hvor er pingvinern" (Danish Edition) by Chuck Whelon and Sophie Schrey, (2014), Klematis
  15. ↑ Zoo Animals Finger Tattoos by Chuck Whelon (Jul 23, 2014), Dover Publications
  16. ↑ Sea Animals Finger Tattoos by Chuck Whelon (Jul 23, 2014), Dover Publications
  17. ↑ Smiley Things That Go Sticker Activity Book (Dover Little Activity Books) by Chuck Whelon (Jun 18, 2014), Dover Publications
  18. ↑ What to Doodle? Adventure Stories!: Princesses, Fairies and More (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon and Activity Books (Jan 24, 2013), Dover Publications
  19. ↑ What to Doodle? Adventure Stories!: Pirates, Robots and More (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon and Activity Books (Dec 19, 2012), Dover Publications
  20. ↑ Dinosaur Rampage Activity Book (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Chuck Whelon and Dinosaurs (Oct 24, 2012), Dover Publications
  21. ↑ What to Doodle? In the Garden! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Feb 15, 2012), Dover Publications
  22. ↑ What to Doodle? Best Friends Forever! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Oct 20, 2011), Dover Publications
  23. ↑ What to Doodle? Happy Halloween! [WHAT TO DOODLE HAPPY HALLOWEEN] [Paperback] by Chuck"(Author) Whelon (Sep 30, 2011), Dover Publications
  24. ↑ Word Play: Write Your Own Crazy Comics #2 (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Chuck Whelon (Aug 17, 2011), Dover Publications
  25. ↑ Word Play: Write Your Own Crazy Comics #1 (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Chuck Whelon (Aug 17, 2011), Dover Publications
  26. ↑ What to Doodle? Christmas Creations! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon and Christmas (Aug 17, 2011), Dover Publications
  27. ↑ Treasure Hunter Activity Book by Chuck Whelon (Jan 20, 2011), Dover Publications
  28. ↑ What to Doodle? Creepy Crawlies! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Oct 21, 2010), Dover Publications
  29. ↑ What to Doodle? When I Grow Up! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Oct 21, 2010), Dover Publications
  30. ↑ Create Your Own Monsters Sticker Activity Book (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers) by Chuck Whelon (Jul 22, 2010), Dover Publications
  31. ↑ What to Doodle? Girl Stuff! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Jun 23, 2010), Dover Publications
  32. ↑ What to Doodle? Dinosaurs! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Jun 23, 2010), Dover Publications
  33. ↑ See-Thru Dinosaur Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers) by Chuck Whelon, Stickers and Dinosaurs (Apr 22, 2010), Dover Publications
  34. ↑ Smiley Dinosaur Tattoos (Dover Tattoos) by Chuck Whelon, Tattoos and Dinosaurs (Apr 22, 2010), Dover Publications
  35. ↑ Alien Invasion! Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers) by Chuck Whelon (Feb 18, 2010), Dover Publications
  36. ↑ Alien Invasion! Mazes (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Chuck Whelon (Feb 18, 2010), Dover Publications
  37. ↑ What to Doodle? Amazing Animals! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Aug 21, 2009), Dover Publications
  38. ↑ What to Doodle? All Sorts of Sports! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Aug 21, 2009), Dover Publications
  39. ↑ Dinoscenes (Dover Coloring Books) by Chuck Whelon, Coloring Books and Dinosaurs (Aug 21, 2009), Dover Publications
  40. ↑ What to Doodle? Fantastic Fantasy! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Mar 26, 2009), Dover Publications
  41. ↑ What to Doodle? Things That Go! (Dover Doodle Books) by Chuck Whelon (Mar 26, 2009), Dover Publications
  42. ↑ Smiley Cars Tattoos (Dover Tattoos) by Chuck Whelon (Feb 19, 2009), Dover Publications
  43. ↑ "Legitimacy: The Game of Royal Bastards" by Chuck Whelon (2009), Minion Games
  44. ↑ "Those Pesky Humans" by James Mathe, illustrated by Chuck Whelon (2009), Minion Games
  45. ↑ "Grave Business" by Andy Van Zandt, illustrated by Chuck Whelon (2011), Minion Games
  46. ↑ "Tahiti" by David E. Witcher, illustrated by Chuck Whelon (2012), Minion Games
  47. ↑ "Nile" by Daniel Callister, illustrated by Chuck Whelon (2009), Minion Games
  48. ↑ "Nile Deluxor" by Daniel Callister, illustrated by Chuck Whelon (2011), Minion Games
  49. ↑ "Battle Merchants" by Gil Hova, illustrated by Chuck Whelon (2014), Minion Games
  50. ↑ http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/14927/chuck-whelon
  51. ↑ "Dr. Dig" by Chuck Whelon, Dig Magazine, (Sept 2012 - continuing) Cricket Magazine Group
  52. ↑ Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG: Core Rulebook [DCC RPG], by Joseph Goodman et. al. (2012), Goodman Games
  53. ↑ The Monsters Alphabet, by Jobe Bittman with Michael Curtis (2014), Goodman Games
  54. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whelon
  55. ↑ https://www.comixology.com/Chuck-Whelon/comics-creator/8470
  56. ↑ Judgement Daze, Tom Richmond, (March 23rd, 2013), The Cartoonist, National Cartoonists Society, http://www.reuben.org/2013/03/judgment-daze/
  57. ↑ http://www.scbwi.org/members-public/chuck-whelon
  58. ↑ http://www.beehiveillustration.co.uk/artists/whelon_chuck/collection.html
  59. ↑ http://www.childrensillustrators.com/agency/Beehive-Illustration/id=1732/pag=1/
  60. ↑ http://www.patreon.com/cartoon

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