Danny Trejo: Machete

This is a new Machete poster I made. You can see the film’s trailer and more in my blog.

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I will be reading from my latest picture book Dear Primo, a letter to my cousin along a roster of other wonderful author/illustrators -two of them Caldecott winners- at Books of Wonder this Saturday June 5th from 12-2pm. The address is 18 W 18th Street, New York, NY. The other author/illustrator that will show their latest picture book are: LAURA LJUNGKVIST, STEVEN GUARNACCIA, GREG FOLEY, URI SHULEVITZ, ED YOUNG and ROBERT WEINSTOCK.

Click here to find out more about the event.

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I did a major website update.  I have lots of new work there. Please visit: www.duncantonatiuh.com

Enjoy!

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This is the cover of “Dear Primo, a letter to my cousin”, my first picture book. I wrote the story and illustrated it. It is published by Abrams and it will be in stores March 1st. If you want to pre-order it on Amazon click here.

The story is about Carlitos and Charlie, two cousins that write letters back and forth to each other. Carlitos lives in the countryside in Mexico. He rides his bicicleta to school and loves quesadillas. Charlie lives in a city in the US. He rides the subway to school and always gets a slice of pizza on his way home.

There are words in Spanish scattered throughout Dear Primo and a glossary at the end. To see more images and find out more about the book visit my blog: www.duncantonatiuh.wordpress.com

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This is an image of a picture book I recently put together called Kid Salvaje -salvaje is Spanish for wild. It is my Lucha Libre take on Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are.

There ar many great re-interpretations of classics. Romeo and Juliet have West Side Story. The Oddyssey has Joyce’s Ulysses. Therefore I gave a shot at re-interpreting a classic too, and perhaps the best picture book of all times.

To read a review of the book visit 100 Scope Notes and to see more images of it visit my blog: duncantonatiuh.wordpress.com

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The Pre-Columbian dance performed by the flying men of Papantla was recently recognized as intangible heritage of humanity by the UNESCO. This is an image I made inspired by that fact. To read more click here

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