Jefferson Costa (

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, 1979) is a Brazilian illustrator and

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artist. He has worked in several comic books, such as the adaptation of the book '' Kiss Me, Judas'', as well as publications such as ''Quebra Queixo Technorama'', ''A Dama do Martinelli'' and ''La Dansarina'' and works in Brazilian compilations ''Front'' and ''Bang Bang''. He also published works in the North American anthologies ''Gunned Down'' (Terra Major) and ''Outlaw Territory'' # 3 (

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). Jefferson also works with character design and animation scenarios, having worked on Cartoon Network Brazil's ''Historietas Assombradas para Crianças Malcriadas'', as well as the Brazilian MTV series ''Megaliga'', ''Fudêncio'', ''The Jorges'' and ''Rockstarghost''. In 2013, he won the

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in the "Best Comic Adaptation" category with ''Coleção Shakespeare em Quadrinhos Volume 4'' (adaptation of

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's '' The Tempest'', with scripts by Lillo Parra). In 2016 he won again the

, this time with the

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"La Dansarina" (also written by Lillo Parra) as "Best National Special Edition". In 2018, he published ''Jeremias - Pele'', part of Graphic MSP collection, with scripts of Rafael Calça. The book earned them the 2019

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Living people 1979 births Afro-Brazilian people Brazilian comics artists {{LatAm-comics-creator-stub