Tarzanesque is a term created by Frenchman Francis Lacassin used to describe characters in comic books inspired by Tarzan. A tarzanesque character resembles Tarzan in his physical resourcefulness, within a line of action that includes an adventurous life in the jungle, the gift of understanding and being understood by animals, contact with lost civilizations and courage combined with the ability to deal with nature. The creation of such characters may have been propitiated by the success that Tarzan had achieved since his appearance in literature in 1912, culminating with the release of daily comic strips in 1929, which paved the way for a genre that combined the allure of the unknown environment, the need for the archetypal characteristics of the hero and the popularity of access.
The Funnies, also known as Bubbly the Astronaut, is a Brazilian comic strip series, created in 1963 and part of the Monica's Gang comic strips. It centers around Bubbly, an astronaut, whose parents and ex-girlfriend Rita appear very rarely, making him the only recurring character. The comic strip can be defined as a science fiction adventure strip.
Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos (FIQ) is a comic convention held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, every two years.
Marcello Eduardo Mouco Quintanilha Quintanilha is a Brazilian comic book artist.
Cris Peter is a Brazilian colorist. She works mainly in the American comics market for publishers like DC Comics and Marvel Comics. She was nominated for the Eisner Award for her colors in comic series Casanova. She also did the colors of important Brazilian comics, as Astronauta – Magnetar and Petals. In 2013, she published the theoretical book O Uso das Cores, by Marsupial Editora. She won the Troféu HQ Mix in 2016 and 2017, in the category "Best Colorist".
André Diniz is a Brazilian comics artist. He began working with comics in 1994 with the fanzine Grandes Enigmas da Humanidade, which had a circulation of 5,000 copies.
Universo HQ is a Brazilian website about comics and considered the most important Brazilian information source on comics-related news.
Guia dos Quadrinhos is a Brazilian comic book database created with the objective of cataloging all comics published in Brazil, whether graphic novels, magazines, fanzines or independent publications.
Bianca Pinheiro is a Brazilian comics artist and illustrator. She graduated from Graphic Arts by UTFPR and did postgraduate studies in Comics by the Grupo Educacional Opet.
Julia Nascimento Bacellar, known as Julia Bax, is a Brazilian comics artist. Her first comic book work was published in the Brazilian magazine Kaos!, recommended by Roger Cruz. After that, she made the drawings of a 12-page story on the album Quebra-Queixo Technorama Volume 2, published by Devir. By these two works, in 2006 Julia won the Troféu HQ Mix, the main Brazilian comic book prize, in the category "Revelation Penciller". She started working for publishers in other countries, especially Marvel Comics, in which she participated in the magazine X-Men: First Class. Julia also has published works for publishers like Boom! Studios, Devil's Due and Le Lombard, among others. Some of her published works are Histórias, Remy and Pink Daïquiri. In 2016, the Belgian publishing house Le Lombard published the graphic novel Princesse Caraboo, based on the true story of the notorious impostor Mary Baker.
André Luiz da Silva Pereira, well known as André Vazzios is a Brazilian colorist, comics artist and architect. Graduated in Architecture from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, he began his career as an illustrator in 1995 at the Abril Jovem publishing house.
Klévisson Viana is a Brazilian cordel literature poet, comics artist and editor. In 1995 he founded the Tupynanquim publishing house, specialized in comics and cordel. He is also a member of the Brazilian Cordel Literature Academy. He started working as illustrator in 1988, at the age of 15, in the newspaper A Voz do Povo, in Canindé. He won the Troféu HQ Mix three times: best national graphic novel in 1999, best adventure and fiction magazine in 2001 and best national special edition in 2004. Viana also won the third place in Prêmio Jabuti in 2014 with the adaptation of The Guarani in cordel.
Lucio Luiz is a Brazilian journalist, writer, editor, podcaster and comics author. He holds a degree in Journalism and has Master's degree and Doctorate in Education.
Flavio Colin was a Brazilian comic artist and illustrator, considered one of the most important comic artists in Brazil. He began his career in the 1950s with an adaptation for the comic book radio series As Aventuras do Anjo, influenced by Milton Caniff, but began to gain prominence with the development of his own stylized artist style. In 1987, he was awarded with the Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics, an award that aims to honor artists who have dedicated themselves to Brazilian comics for at least 25 years. He also won the Troféu HQ Mix in 1994 and 1995. Flávio Colin died in Rio de Janeiro on 2002.
Miguel Penteado was a Brazilian publisher, printer and comic artist. He started his career working at La Selva publishing house in the 1950s, illustrating horror comic book covers. In 1959, he founded, together with Jayme Cortez, the publishing house Continental with the objective of publishing only Brazilian comics. It was in this publishing house that Mauricio de Sousa debuted in comic books with Bidu. After leaving Outubro due to disagreements with Cortez and other partners, Penteado founded the publishing house GEP, which, among other publications, was responsible for part of the material from Marvel Comics in Brazil from 1969, publishing for the first time in the country characters like the Silver Surfer, the X-Men and Captain Marvel. He gave up working as a publisher in 1972, after having several of his magazines censored by the then Brazilian military dictatorship, retiring in 1980. In 1990, he was awarded with the Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics, an award that aims to honor artists who have dedicated themselves to Brazilian comics for at least 25 years.
Flavio Soares is a Brazilian comics artist.
Lillo Parra is a Brazilian theatre director and comics artist.
Bienal de Quadrinhos de Curitiba is a Brazilian comic book festival held since 2011 in Curitiba.
