Yehudi Mercado

Artist/Writer/Director

Born in Mexico City and raised in Houston, TX, Yehudi Mercado is a former Disney Art Director turned successful graphic novelist. During his time at Disney he co-wrote and was the Art Director for Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon (Mobile Game). His original graphic novels as include Buffalo Speedway, Pantalones, TX, Rocket Salvage and Sci-Fu: Kick it Off (which was featured on the Scholastic Book Fair and was one of the top 10 most checked out books for kids in the New York Public Library System).

Current projects include showrunning a narrative podcast based on his graphic novel, Hero Hotel, for the Pinna Network. Yehudi is in development on an original Cartoon Network series, is working on a middle-grade graphic novel for Harper-Collins entitled Chunky and is writing the screenplay based on one of his graphic novels for DreamWorks Feature animation. His next graphic novel, Fun Fun Fun World, will be released Spring 2020.