Writer/ Artist/ Director / Yehudi Mercado

Biography

I'm a proud Mexican-Jew from Mexico City, raised in Texas, with a passion for storytelling. As a screenwriter, cartoonist, and animation director, I've directed cinema 4-D attractions for Universal Studios Japan and brought to life original graphic novels like PANTALONES, TX, FUN FUN FUN WORLD, HERO HOTEL, ROCKET SALVAGE, and SCI-FU. With three original features in development at DreamWorks, I continue pushing creative boundaries. My graphic memoir CHUNKY was spotlighted in the New York Times Book Review, and I've written and illustrated two middle-grade graphic novels for DC Comics, including a SHAZAM story and BARKHAM ASYLUM set in the Batman universe. I was also the showrunner for a narrative podcast based on HERO HOTEL for Pinna Network. My work isn't just about creating stories—it's about creating worlds.

Projects:
Buffalo Speedway
Pantalones, TX
Uncle Grandpa
Garfield #34: His 9 Lives Part 2
Rocket Salvage
Hero Hotel
Sci-Fu: Kick it Off
DC Super Hero Girls
Fun Fun Fun World
Cat Ninja
Hero Hotel Podcast
Crime Origins Podcast
Zero Dimension
Chunky
Sci-Fu: It Takes 2
Chunky Goes to Camp
Shazam Thundercrack
Barkham Asylum (May 2024)
Viva Los Machos (coming soon)
Lost & Found (coming soon)

Manager
Ava Jamshidi
Industry Entertainment
work 323-964-9210
ava@industryentertainment.com

Literary Agent
Charlie Olsen
InkWell Management
tel: (212)922-3500, ext 2808
charlie@inkwellmanagement.com

Legal
Allison H. Binder
Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher, LLP
telephone: (310) 385-9300
ahb@sgsllp.com

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