J. Torres
View BooksJ. TORRES is a Canadian comic book writer. He is perhaps best known for his run on DC Comics' Teen Titans Go, the Eisner-nominated Alison Dare, and the Junior Library Guild/TD Summer Reading Club title Bigfoot Boy. Winner of the Shuster Award for "Outstanding Writer," Torres has worked with characters from A (Archies) to Z (The Mighty Zodiac) and many more in between (Avatar, Batman, Ninja Scroll, Simpsons, WALL-E, Wonder Woman, Yo Gabba Gabba, and X-Men, to name a few).
Awards
- Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game, Short-listed, Dragon Prize (Comics for Young Readers), 2022
- Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game, Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, Sundogs, 2022
- Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game, Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2021
- Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game, Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
- Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021
- Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game, Commended, TD Summer Reading Club Selection, 2021
