Jules Faber is a cartoonist, caricature artist and illustrator. In addition to his WEIRDO books, Jules has illustrated THE KABOOM KID and 'The Leo Da Vinci' series. In 2014, Jules and Anh Do were awarded the Book of the Year for Younger Readers at the Australian Book Industry Awards for the first book in the WEIRDO series. They also took out the Best Designed Book for Children and Best Cover at the Australian Book Design Awards as well as an Honour in the KOALAs. WEIRDO 3 was nominated for three awards in 2015 and The KABOOM KID series was also nominated for Best Designed Series at the ABDAs. Jules conducts regular workshops at schools and learning centres for those wanting to learn more about caricaturing, comic strips, comic book layout, scriptwriting, storyboarding, animation and general cartooning.