Lillo Parra (born 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian theatre director and comics artist. Parra has worked as a director at the theatre collective Teatro Popular União e Olho Vivo. In 2011, he wrote his first comic book script, an adaptation of

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's ''

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''. Subsequently, he published comic books based on the Shakespeare plays '' The Tempest'' and ''

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''. His graphic novel ''La Dansarina'', with art by

Jefferson Costa Jefferson Costa (São Paulo, 1979) is a Brazilian illustrator and comics 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 d ...

, was published in 2015. He founded the publishing house Trem Fantasma together with Guido Moraes, Sérgio Barreto and Lucas Pimenta, in 2020.

Awards

In 2016, Parra won the

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, the main Brazilian comic book award, for Best Writer and Best National Special Edition (for the graphic novel ''La Dansarina'').

Bibliography

* ''Coleção

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em Quadrinhos'' nº 2 (Nemo, 2011) - art by Wanderson de Souza * ''Coleção

em Quadrinhos'' nº 4 (Nemo, 2012) - art by

* ''As Aventuras do Capitão Nemo: O Navio Fantasma!'' (Nemo, 2013) - art by Will Sideralman * ''Máquina Zero'' nº 1 (Quadro a Quadro, 2013) - "Apenas um segundo", art by Will Sideralman * ''Café Espacial'' nº 13 (independente, 2013) - "Esta noite, no parque...", art by

Mario Cau Mario Cau is a Brazilian comics artist. One of his most prominent works is the webcomic ''Terapia'' (''Therapy'', co-created by Rob Gordon and Marina Kurcis), published from 2011 to 2018, about the psychotherapy sessions of a nameless boy. This we ...

* ''Quatro Estações'' (independente, 2013) - "Verão: amor de verão não sobre a serra", art by Jackson Oliveira * ''Gibi Quântico'' nº 1 (Quanta Academia de Arte, 2014) - "Hora do chá", art by Tiago Silva * ''Descobrindo um Novo Mundo'' (Nemo, 2015) - art by Akira Sanoki and Rogê Antônio * ''La Dansarina'' (Quadro a Quadro, 2015) - art by

* ''Fome dos Mortos'' (Draco, 2017) - "Anhangá", art by Val Deir Rocha * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 67 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2017) - "Anya, a filha de Drácula", art by Laudo Ferreira Jr. * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 68 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2018) - "Levando doces para a vovózinha", art by Laudo Ferreira Jr. * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 69 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2018) - "Sua pequena Niedja", art by Laudo Ferreira Jr. / "Meio passional", art by Chris Ciuffi * ''Undeadman: edição especial'' (Quadrinhópole, 2018) - "No teatro", art by Gico * ''Frankestein 200'' (Sebo Clepsidra, 2019) - "O raio, o sol, suspende a lua", art by PriWi * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 70 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2019) - "O lobisomem de Marapuporã", art by

Flavio Soares Flavio Soares is a Brazilian comics artist. He started working as art editor in the 1990s at Franco de Rosa's studio. In 2005, Soares started to publish the blog ''A Vida com Logan'', in which he shared his daily life with his son Logan, who has ...

* ''O Cramulhão e o Desencarnado'' (independente, 2019) - art by Gilmar Machado * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 72 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2020) - "Encontro de família", art by Laudo Ferreira Jr. * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 73 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2020) - "Curtindo a night!", art by Will Sideralman * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 75 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2021) - "Esse cara", art by Laudo Ferreira Jr. * ''Mestres do Terror'' nº 76 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2021) - "Jingobéu", art by Laudo Ferreira Jr. * ''O Corcunda de Notre Dame'' (Principis, 2021) - art by Samuel Bono

References

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