Titled The Art of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, the hardcover book is set to be released by Abrams Books on July 9, 2024, with an SRP of $40.00. The title is available to pre-order today, including at Amazon.com.
The Art of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera takes fans behind the scenes of the hit Nickelodeon animated series. Presented bilingually in both English and Spanish, the book celebrates the series’ Mexican roots and explores how the creators drew from their own lives in Mexico and the United States to inspire their sprawling superhero metropolis.
Created by Jorge R. Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua, El Tigre follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old Mexican superhero Manny Rivera who fights evil as masked warrior El Tigre. Featuring sketches and early designs of many characters and locations, including Miracle City, Manny Rivera, Frida Suarez, supervillain White Pantera, Puma Loco, and Plata Peligrosa.
Accompanied by interviews with Gutierrez, Equihua, and key animators and concept artists, The Art of El Tigre is the definitive archive of the award-winning cult classic cartoon.
To celebrate the new book, Jorge has been sharing sneak peeks from the upcoming publication on X/Twitter!:
The art of El Tigre book is almost ready to go to print… pic.twitter.com/VJbmkA04FA
— Jorge R. Gutierrez (@mexopolis) January 5, 2024
one last sneaky peaky… pic.twitter.com/luRYj44b2c
— Jorge R. Gutierrez (@mexopolis) January 5, 2024
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera premiered on Nickelodeon on March 3, 2007 and ran for 26 episodes until September 13, 2008, winning two Emmy Awards along the way. Although the series only ran for one season, the show and its characters have remained in the hearts of many fans, with El Tigre also recently making a big comeback as a playable fighter in the recently released Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2!
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is available to stream on Paramount+.
Fast Facts:
THE ART OF EL TIGRE
THE ADVENTURES OF MANNY RIVERA
By Chris McDonnell
Illustrator ViacomCBS/Nickelodeon
Translator Silvia Perea Labayen
ISBN: 9781419762130
Publication Date: July 9, 2024
Imprint: Abrams Books
Trim Size: 10 x 9
ISBN: 9781419762130
Page Count: 240
Illustrations: 300 full-color illustrations
Rights: North American English
About The Authors:
Chris McDonnell has served as author and designer for Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo; Steven Universe: Art & Origins; BoJack Horseman: The Art Before the Horse; The Art of Invader Zim; and Steven Universe: End of an Era. McDonnell also designed books on Ralph Bakshi, Bill Plympton, Wonder Woman, and more. He lives in Philadelphia.
Jorge R. Gutierrez, born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, is an animator, voice actor, painter, writer, and director who has completed various films, cartoons, illustrations, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, he created the multiple Annie and Emmy Award–winning animated television series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon. Gutierrez cowrote and directed the animated film The Book of Life and created, cowrote, and directed the limited series Maya and the Three.
Sandra Equihua, born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, is an illustrator, voice actor, producer, and character designer, who melds the influences of midcentury design and her Mexican heritage. She has designed characters for El Macho, ¡Mucha Lucha!, The Buzz on Maggie, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, and Maya and the Three, and created the award-winning Nickelodeon series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera with her husband, Jorge R. Gutierrez, for which she was the first Latina artist to win an Annie and Emmy Award for her character designs. She also won an Annie for her character designs for The Book of Life.
En Español:
El Arte de El Tigre: las aventuras de Manny Rivera, transporta a los fans detrás de las cámaras de la célebre serie de animación de Nickelodeon. Creada por Jorge R. Gutierrez y Sandra Equihua, El Tigre sigue las aventuras del superhéroe mexicano de trece años Manny Rivera, que luchará contra el mal enmascarado como el guerrero El Tigre. Cuenta con bocetos y los primeros diseños de personajes y lugares como la Ciudad Milagro, Manny Rivera, Frida Suarez, el supervillano White Pantera, Puma Loco y Plata Peligrosa; junto a entrevistas con Gutierrez, Equihua, jefes de animación y artistas conceptuales. El arte de El Tigre es el archivo definitivo del clásico de culto de dibujos animados ganador de tantos premios.
Presentado en una edición bilingüe inglés - español, el libro celebra las raíces mexicanas de la serie y explora cómo los creadores fueron dibujando sobre sus propias vidas en México y Estados Unidos, para inspirar su metrópolis de superhéroes en expansión.
Chris McDonnell es es el autor y diseñador de Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo (Hora de aventura: el arte de Ooo); Steven Universe: Art & Origins (Steven Universe: arte y orígenes); BoJack Horseman: The Art Before the Horse (BoJack Horseman: El arte antes del caballo); The Art of Invader Zim (El arte de Invasor Zim) y Steven Universe: End of an Era (Stephen Universe el final de una era). McDonnell también ha diseñado libros sobre Ralph Bakshi, Bill Plympton, Wonder Woman y muchos más. Vive en Filadelfia, Estados Unidos.
Jorge R. Gutierrez, nacido en la Ciudad de México y criado en Tijuana es animador, actor de voces, pintor, escritor y director. Es autor de numerosas películas, dibujos animados, ilustraciones y pinturas, donde explora su amor por la cultura pop y folk mexicana. Junto a su mujer y musa, Sandra Equihua, crearon la serie de animación televisiva ganadora de varios premios Emmys y Annie: El Tigre: Las aventuras de Manny Rivera, para Nickelodeon. Gutiérrez coescribió y dirigió la película de animación El libro de la vida y creó, coescribió y dirigió la miniserie Maya y los Tres.
Sandra Equihua, nacida y criada en Tijuana, México, es ilustradora, actriz de doblaje, productora y diseñadora de personajes. Combina influencias del dibujo de mediados de siglo, con su herencia mexicana. Ha diseñado personajes para El Macho, ¡Mucha Lucha!, La mosca Maggie, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! y Maya y los tres. Es la creadora de la multipremiada serie de Nickelodeon El Tigre: Las aventuras de Manny Rivera, junto a su marido Jorge R. Gutiérrez, por la que fue la primera artista mexicana en ganar un premio Annie y un Emmy por su diseño de personajes. También obtuvo un Annie por su diseño de personajes en El libro de la vida.
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Originally published: January 05, 2024.
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