Adolfo Aizen (

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, June 10, 1907 –

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, May 10, 1991) was a Russian Empire-born Brazilian journalist and editor. He grew up in

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, moving to Rio de Janeiro at the age of 15. In Rio, he worked at the publisher O Malho, responsible for the magazine '' O Tico-Tico'', the first magazine to publish comics in Brazil. In 1945, Aizen founded Editora Brasil-América Limitada (EBAL), which would become the most important Brazilian comic book publishing house until the 1980s (the publisher was closed in 1995), being responsible for publishing comics like

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and

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, among others. In 2000, Aiezen was awarded posthumously with the title of "Master of the National Comics" by

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References

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia biography.
Brazilian publishers (people) Comic book publishers (people) Comic book editors {{DEFAULTSORT:Aizen, Adolfo 1907 births 1991 deaths Prêmio Angelo Agostini winners Brazilian people of Russian-Jewish descent Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Brazil