Richard Mercado is a comics illustrator from the Philippines, currently based in Savannah, Georgia. He is currently working at Skybound (Publisher of The Walking Dead and Invincible) as a production artist!
He is the writer/illustrator of COMING OUT PERFECT, a graphic novel under Scholastic Graphix (2025). Previously, he has published NANG MAINLOVE AKO SA ISANG SAKRISTAN (THAT TIME I FELL IN LOVE WITH AN ALTAR BOY) with Silaw Publishing and is currently one of the top webcomics under Penlab.
He has also worked with Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, Farshore UK, CNN Philippines, New Naratif, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, and TEAM Magazine. He has also exhibited in Shortbox Comics Fair (2022), Small Press Expo (2022), and Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan’s Tinker Tales (2017).
He graduated BFA Information Design in Ateneo de Manila University in 2017 and won the Loyola Schools Award for the Arts for Illustration. He also graduated MFA in Sequential Art at Savannah College of Art and Design.
Email: richard.vince.mercado@gmail.com
Twitter: @richard_mercz | Instagram: @richardmercz
He is represented by Alice Sutherland Hawes of ASH Literary
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Selected Features:
Publisher's Weekly: Coming Out Perfect Graphic Novel Announcement
New Naratif: Artists Respond: Hindsight is 2020
CNN Philippines Life: Living abroad during the pandemic
The 2022 Minicomic Awards was a Triumphant Celebration of Comics
Philippine Inquirer: Komiks for Everyone by Everyone
Philippine Star: Pinoy Boys-Love and Girls Love? Komiks Has it
When in Manila: How to Keep Yourself Sane During the Quarantine
Scout Magazine: Live Your Komiks Dreams on this Artist Platform
Awards:
Ateneo de Manila University: Loyola School Award for the Arts 2017 - Illustration
National Book Development Board: Nomination for National Book Awards for Best Graphic Literature - Kommunity, 2018