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James Burks.

Writer & illustrator · United States

James Burks: American author-illustrator of the Bird & Squirrel graphic-novel series — fast, cinematic, anxious-meets-optimist friendship comics for ages 6–10.

James Burks is an American author-illustrator best known for the Bird & Squirrel graphic-novel series (Bird & Squirrel on the Run, …on Ice, …on the Edge, …All Tangled Up, …All or Nothing, …All Together), fast, cinematic, joke-heavy comics about an anxious squirrel and an eternally optimistic bird going on chaotic outdoor adventures. The series is pitched at the early-graphic-novel end (ages 6–10) and is a reliable reluctant-reader pipeline in the Hilo / Bone Lite / Narwhal-and-Jelly tradition. Burks also writes the Pizzasaurus Rex book and has worked in animation. A clean, character-led, action-comedy graphic-novel voice for emerging readers.