Meet the author

Aaron Blabey.

Writer & illustrator · Australia · b. 1974

Aaron Blabey: Australian creator of The Bad Guys and Pig the Pug — loud, gleefully silly, gleefully moral picture books and graphic novels with an unbeatable reluctant-reader pull for ages 4–10.

Aaron Blabey is an Australian author-illustrator born in 1974, the creator of the bestselling The Bad Guys graphic novel series, the Pig the Pug picture books, and Thelma the Unicorn. Blabey's work is loud, gleefully silly and visually exaggerated, with a strong moral core under the chaos: friendship, redemption, learning to be less of a brat. The Bad Guys, in particular, has become one of the most reliable reluctant-reader pipelines for ages 6–10, supported by a 2022 DreamWorks film adaptation. Before children's books, Blabey was an actor, his picture-book voice carries that performance instinct, with strong character beats, perfect comic timing and read-aloud bounce.