Julio Yoshinobu Shimamoto (born Borborema, May 13th, 1939), better known as Julio Shimamoto or Shima, is a Brazilian comic artist of Japanese descent. He started his career in the 1950s in the superhero

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

''Capitão 7''. He has worked in almost all comic book publishers in Brazil in 1960s and 1970s, such as La Selva, Taika, Outubro, Ebal, Vecchi, Grafipar,

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, among many others. His main works are ''Musashi I'' and ''Musashi II'' (2003), about the samurai

Miyamoto Musashi , also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and rōnin, who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship a ...

, and ''Subs'' (2006). One of the main themes of his comics is the

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

(in fact, Shimamoto claims to be descended from samurai), having made the first story on the subject in Brazil: ''Os Fantasmas do Rincão Maldito'', published in 1961. Shimamoto continues to produce new comics even with more than 80 years old, having received several tributes and exhibitions about his work. In 1986, he was awarded with the

Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics Master of National Comics ( pt-BR, Mestre do Quadrinho Nacional) is one of the categories of Prêmio Angelo Agostini, the most traditional Brazilian award dedicated to comics that has been held since 1985 by Associação dos Quadrinhistas e Caric ...

, an award that aims to honor artists who have dedicated themselves to

Brazilian comics Brazilian comics (known in Brazilian Portuguese as ''HQs, gibis, revistinhas, historietas'', ''quadrinhos'' or ''tirinhas'') started in the 19th century, adopting a satirical style known as cartoon, charges or caricature that would later be cemen ...

for at least 25 years.

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* {{LatAm-comics-creator-stub Brazilian comics artists Prêmio Angelo Agostini winners Brazilian people of Japanese descent Brazilian storyboard artists Film poster artists Brazilian erotic artists