Manoel Messias de Mello (
Maceió, August 16h, 1904 -
São Paulo, October 18th, 1994), better known as Messias de Mello, was a Brazilian illustrator and painter. Born in
Alagoas, he moved to São Paulo in the 1930s. He started working as designer of posters and shop windows, until he got a job as an illustrator at Gazeta Juvenil, a children's supplement for the newspaper A Gazeta.
At Gazeta Juvenil, where he worked between 1936 and 1939, Messias de Mello created comic book characters and illustrated several classics of literature, such as
The Three Musketeers,
The Man in the Iron Mask,
Robinson Crusoe, among others. In the following years, he worked for several Brazilian comic book publishers, creating comics of his own and also based on personalities such as clowns Arrelia and Pimentinha and actors
Oscarito
Oscarito, stage name of Oscar Lorenzo Jacinto de la Inmaculada Concepción Teresa Diaz (August 16, 1906 – August 4, 1970) was a Spanish-Brazilian actor, considered to be one of the most popular comedians of Brazil.
Life
Born in a family of c ...
and
Grande Otelo, as well as comics about
Spiritism.
In 1985, he was awarded 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 Carica ...
, 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.
Messias de Mello was work with
oil and
acrylic paintings, having participated in several exhibitions and won several awards.
References
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Brazilian comics artists
Prêmio Angelo Agostini winners
Brazilian cartoonists
Brazilian painters
Brazilian illustrators