Gustavo Duarte (

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, May 19, 1977) is a Brazilian cartoonist and comics artist. His work is known for his usually silent comics, which rely on the characters' body language.

Early life and education

In 1999, Duarte graduated with a degree in Graphic Design from Unesp in

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Career

During his studies, Duarte began working as an illustrator for the newspaper Diário de Bauru from 1997 to 1999. When he moved back to São Paulo in 2000, he worked as designer and illustrator for

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, while some of his work was also featured at

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and

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newspapers. His first comic book, ''Có!'', an independent publication, was awarded the Troféu HQ Mix of Best Independent Comic (Special Edition) in 2010. Duarte also received a prize for Best Artist-New Talent. Since Có, Duarte has published other comics, like ''Taxi'', ''Birds'', (both independent) and ''Monstros'', his first work for a publishing house, Quadrinhos na Cia. In 2014, Duarte's work debuted in the United States: ''Monstros'', ''Có'', and ''Birds'' were published by

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as the single-volume ''Monsters and Other Stories''. In the same year, Duarte drew Marvel 100th Anniversary:

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#1,. For DC Comics he worked on a ''

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'' miniseries in 2015, written by Heath Corson and ''Dear Justice League'' (2019) (written by Michael Northrop) .

Works

*''Có!'' *''Taxi'' *''Monstros!'' *''Birds'' *''Chico Bento - Pavor Espaciar'' (

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series) *''13'' (artbook) *Monsters and Other Stories (anthology)

References

External links

Official blog
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