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J. Torres

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Born

Manila, Philippines

Website

http://www.jtorresonline.blogspot.com/

Genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Children's Books, Young Adult

Influences

J.M. Barrie, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, John Lasseter, Michael Ma ...more

Member Since

February 2010

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Comic book writer whose credits include the Eisner Award nominated Alison Dare, the YALSA listed Days Like This and Lola: A Ghost Story, as well as Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Love as a Foreign Language and Teen Titans Go, which garnered him a Shuster Award.

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Average rating: 4.23 · 21,945 ratings · 1,180 reviews · 202 distinct works • Similar authors

	Into the Woods (BIGFOOT Boy #1) by J. Torres (Goodreads Author), Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Titans Go!, Volume 1: Truth, Justice, Pizza! by J. Torres (Goodreads Author), John McCrea (Illustrator) , Todd Nauck (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unkindness of Ravens by J. Torres (Goodreads Author), Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.56 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound of Thunder by J. Torres (Goodreads Author), Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.64 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Titans Go!, Volume 6: Titans Together by J. Torres (Goodreads Author), Mike Norton 4.09 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Titans Go!, Volume 2: Heroes on Patrol by J. Torres (Goodreads Author), Adam Beechen 4.02 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Days Like This by J. Torres (Goodreads Author), Scott Chantler (Goodreads Author) 3.18 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jinx 3.65 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Titans Go!, Volume 3: Bring it on! 4.10 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Titans Spotlight: Wonder Girl by J. Torres (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Sanford Greene (Penciller) , Nathan Massengill (Inker) 3.21 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by J. Torres

BIGFOOT Boy (3 books)
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J. Torres (Goodreads Author),

Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

3.65 avg rating — 866 ratings

Teen Titans Go! (22 books)
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J. Torres (Goodreads Author),

Kevin MacKenzie (Illustrations)

4.10 avg rating — 608 ratings

Degrassi Extra Credit (4 books)
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J. Torres (Goodreads Author),

Steve Rolston (Illustrator)

3.60 avg rating — 213 ratings

Jinx (2 books)
by

J. Torres (Goodreads Author),

Rick Burchett (Illustrations)

Terry Austin (Illustrations)

3.77 avg rating — 124 ratings

Alison Dare (2 books)
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J. Torres (Goodreads Author),

J. Bone

3.34 avg rating — 123 ratings

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J. Torres is now following Jack Briglio Author of True Patriot: All-New Canadian Comic Book Adven...
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J. Torres is now following Faith Erin Hicks Author of Friends With Boys
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J. Torres and 1 other person liked Mark's review of Into the Woods: "An excellent RRRRRRRAwesome cute short story. Faith Erin Hicks' amazing cartoony art meshes with J. Torres fantastic writing like peanut butter and jelly. This is a truly great quality piece of work that I hope tons of kids read. They'll love. buy..." Read more of this review »
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J. Torres rated a book it was amazing I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean! by Kevin Sherry	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A simple yet clever and very funny picture book. It's the story of a squid who brags about being, well, the biggest thing in the ocean until he discovers that he's not, but then turns that situation around. The illustrations have made me a Kevin Sher ...more
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J. Torres rated a book really liked it Dragon Puncher by James Kochalka	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dragon Puncher is part comic book, part fumetti, and all cool cartoon action. It's about a grumpy superhero cat who reluctantly teams up with a friendly young monster to defeat a dragon. Perfect for reading aloud and doing voices with your little com ...more
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J. Torres rated a book it was amazing Instructions by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This picture book is just one big tease! So much left unsaid about the fantastic creatures and faraway places mentioned. I almost yearn for Gaiman and Vess to flesh this out as a full-blown graphic novel. Almost. Because what's left to the imaginatio ...more
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J. Torres rated a book it was amazing Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Beautifully written. Beautifully illustrated. Just beautiful. Like all the Blueberry Girls out there who should be read this book. A very, very good read.
Jul 07, 2010 05:41PM · like · see review
J. Torres rated a book really liked it The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Predictable but in a reassuring fable-like way in which all the wrongs are righted in the end just in time before the little one falls asleep. And it's a nice picture book for the big ones too. A good read.
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J. Torres rated a book liked it The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This picture book by two of comic books' finest started off with a neat little musical rhythm and formula much like a Robert Munsch book but somewhere in the middle got jazzy and improvisational and kind of lost its way before it got back on track ag ...more
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