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Dan Abdo.

Writer & illustrator · United States

Dan Abdo: American co-creator (with Jason Patterson) of Blue, Barry & Pancakes — short, gentle action-comedy early graphic novels for ages 5–9 in the Narwhal and Jelly / Bumble and Snug tradition.

Dan Abdo is an American author-illustrator who, with longtime creative partner Jason Patterson, co-creates the Blue, Barry & Pancakes early-graphic-novel series, short, joke-paced comics about three improbably good-natured friends having small chaotic adventures (treasure hunts, hot-air balloon trips, mountain climbs). The series is pitched at the earliest end of graphic-novel reading (ages 5–9), with very accessible panels, clean cartoon art and gentle action-comedy in the Narwhal and Jelly / Bumble and Snug tradition. Abdo and Patterson also work in animation and comics outside children's publishing. A reliable early-comics author for emerging readers.