Geraldão is a character created by Brazilian cartoonist

Glauco Villas Boas Glauco Villas Boas (March 10, 1957 – March 12, 2010) was a Brazilian illustrator, cartoonist and religious leader. He belonged to the Villas-Bôas brothers family. Early life and career In 1976, Glauco moved to Ribeirão Preto and, after bein ...

and is the main character of a series of eponymous newspaper

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published since 1981. The character is an unmarried and unemployed middle-aged man who still lives in his mother's house. He is an alcoholic, smoker, sometimes walks naked and fights with his overbearing mother. The humor style of his strips is usually

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, and sometimes nonsensical. Being one of the few intended for mature audiences at the time, his comics have become classics. The character has been published in comic books by various publishers with their characters. In the 90s the character also received a children's version and without the obscenity, but still nonsensical titled ''Geraldinho''. This spin-off was adapted by

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for a game in 1995 for the

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, being an adaptation of the Japanese game

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. The comics were discontinued in 2010 after Glauco's death.''Cartunista da Folha, Glauco morre em tentativa de sequestro''
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