Chris Monroe

Christine Monroe (born April 17, 1962) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for her weekly comic strip “Violet Days,” which appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Duluth News Tribune. "Violet Days" began in 1996 and ran weekly for 22 years. Her work has been published in Funny Times, Ripsaw, the Funny Pages, Zenith City Arts, Madcap, Twin Cities Reader, City Pages, Pulse of the Twin Cities, Transistor, and Ruminator. An anthology of her comic strips, “Ultra Violet: 10 Years of Violet Days” was published in 2004.

Monroe has written and illustrated eleven children's books, including the Monkey with a Tool Belt series. She has also illustrated seven books for other authors, including Jane Yolen’s “Trash Mountain” and two books with author Kevin Kling. Kirkus Reviews wrote of her book, ''Sneaky Sheep'' (2010), "The silly antics will tickle young readers, who will want to visit with these daring sheep again and again. Fun for all." Her picture book series “ Monkey With A Tool Belt” has been adapted into the Netflix series “ Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With A Tool Belt,” which premiered in 2020 and currently has four seasons on the platform.

She has exhibited her oil pastel drawings and comics at the Duluth Art Institute, Tweed Museum of Art, Rifle Sport Gallery, WARM, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Palazzo Sclafani, and other galleries, coffee shops, and dimly lit hallways... Provided by Wikipedia