Gabriel Bá (born 5 June 1976) is a Brazilian

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best known for his work on ''

The Umbrella Academy ''The Umbrella Academy'' is an American comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The first six-issue limited series, '' The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite,'' was released by Dark Horse Comics betwee ...

'', ''

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'', and '' Daytripper''. He is the

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brother of fellow comic book artist

Fábio Moon Fábio Moon is a Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on ''Casanova''. He is the twin brother of fellow comic book artist Gabriel Bá. Career Fábio has been writing comics for almost 15 years, and has been published in France, It ...

Career

Gabriel Bá has been writing comics for almost 15 years, and has been published in France, Italy, Spain, the US, and Brazil. He began self-publishing comics with his brother in 1993; their first mini-series, "Sunflower and the Moon", from 1997 was released by a Brazilian publisher as a graphic novel in 2000. They published in the United States for the first time in 1999, with the mini-series ''ROLAND - days of wrath'', written and self-published by Shane Amaya. In the US, they have contributed on the Dark Horse anthology ''Autobiographix'', published in 2003, alongside such comic book greats as

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and

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. Their independent comic book ''ROCK'n'ROLL'' was picked up by

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and published in November 2005. In 2006, they released ''De:TALES'' with Dark Horse, elected by Booklist as one of the 10 best Graphic Novels of that year and nominated for an

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. Bá was the artist for

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's ''

'', published by

. In 2007, Bá worked on ''

'' with writer

Gerard Way Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, ''Hesitant Alien'', i ...

, which is being published by

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, and his brother

took over the art on ''

''. In 2008, Bá self-published '' PIXU'', a horror

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, with Fabio Moon,

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and

Vasilis Lolos Vasilis Lolos (Greek: Βασίλης Λώλος) is a Greek comic book artist known for his work on '' The Pirates of Coney Island'' for Image and '' 5'', a self-published multi-national anthology. He also assisted My Chemical Romance in designing ...

Bibliography

* ''Gunned Down: "Indian Face" (with Shane Amaya, anthology, Terra Major, July 2005)'' * ''

'' #1-7 (with

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, June 2006 - February 2007) * ''Becky'' (script and art, in '' 5'', self-published, 2007) * '' PIXU'' (with

, and

, 2-issue mini-series

, self-published, July–November 2008, hardcover, ''PIXU: The Mark of Evil'',

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, July 2009, ) * ''

'' * '' B.P.R.D.: 1947'' (with Fábio Moon; #s 1–5, 2009–2010; collected: July 20, 2010, ) * '' Daytripper'' (with Fábio Moon, 10-issue

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, February–November 2010) * ''Two Brothers'' (with Fábio Moon, based on a novel by

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, hardcover, Dark Horse 2015, ) * ''Ursula'' (with Fábio Moon, softcover, AIT/Planetlar 2004, )

Television

* ''

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'' - executive producer, writer (2019)

Awards

At the 2008

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s, ''The Umbrella Academy'' won for "Best Limited Series" and ''5'' won for "Best Anthology". ''De:TALES'' was nominated for the 2007 Eisner Award for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material". Bá is nominated for two 2009 Eisner Awards in the categories "Best Penciller/Inker" and "Best Cover Artist". The Deluxe Edition of ''The Umbrella Academy'' is nominated for "Best Graphic Album — Reprint". '' PIXU'' was nominated for the 2009 "Best Anthology"

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. '' Daytripper'' (with Fabio Moon) won the Best limited series Will Eisner Prize in 2011.

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ba, Gabriel Living people Brazilian twins Harvey Award winners for Best Artist or Penciller 1976 births People from São Paulo Brazilian comics artists Prêmio Angelo Agostini winners