Rafael Grampá is a Brazilian

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and

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, best known for his creator-owned graphic novel '' Mesmo Delivery'' and

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' '' The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child''.

Career

At the age of 14, Grampá drew flags for

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municipalities, made t-shirt prints, store logos and children's party decorations. In 2001, he became art director of

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, a subsidiary of

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in southern Brazil. In 2004, Grampá moved to São Paulo, where he worked as animation director and concept designer for the animation studio Lobo (Vetor Zero), developing animation films and special effects. In 2007, Grampá decided to leave the field of animation and focus exclusively on comics. In 2008, he published ''Mesmo Delivery'', which won the HQ Mix Awards for Best Artist and Best Especial Graphic Novel. That same year, Grampá, along with

Gabriel Bá Gabriel Bá (born 5 June 1976) is a People of Brazil, Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on ''The Umbrella Academy'', ''Casanova (comics), Casanova'', and ''Daytripper (DC Comics), Daytripper''. He is the twin brother of fellow co ...

and

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 ...

, received an

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for their self-published anthology '' 5'', which marked the first time the award has been presented to Brazilian comic book artists.Floro, Paulo (2008, July 26
"Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon e Rafael Grampá vencem o Eisner Awards"
OGrito! Retrieved December 15, 2019. Since then, Grampá's wrote and drew a number of short stories for

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and

, such as " Dear Logan", which appeared in the '' Strange Tales II'' anthology series, and a

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story for the '' Batman: Black and White'' series. Grampá has also directed several short films, including '' Dark Noir'' (2014), an animated film sponsored by

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and released simultaneously in 21 countries, and '' Romeo Reboot'' (2015), a live-action film inspired by

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's classic story. In 2017, Grampá and his partners started Handquarters, a content development studio and production company, where Grampá directed the live-action film '' A Geek Punk Story''. Grampá other credits include '' The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child'', a sequel to the 1986 DC Comics mini-series ''

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'', written by

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.Gomes, Bruno (November 3, 2018
"Batman , Frank Miller e Rafael Grampá estão trabalhando em nova HQ do herói"
O Vício. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

Bibliography

Interior art

*'' Gunned Down'': "Lao Family's Fish Market" (script and art,

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, Terra Major, 2006) *'' 5'' (with

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and

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, self-published anthology, 2007) *'' Mesmo Delivery'' (script and art,

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, 2008) *''

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'' #250: "All I Goat for Christmas" (with

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, co-feature,

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, 2009) *'' Strange Tales II'' #1: " Dear Logan" (script and art, anthology,

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, 2010) *'' Batman: Black and White'' vol. 2 #2: "Into the Circle" (script and art, anthology,

, 2013) *'' The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child'' (with

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, 2020)

Cover work

*'' Dead of Night featuring Werewolf by Night'' #4 (

, 2009) *''

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'' #6 (

, 2010) *'' The Unexpected'' #1 (Vertigo, 2011) *''

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'' #19 (

, 2012) *'' The Massive'' #1–3 (

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, 2012) *'' Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child'' #1–7 (Vertigo, 2012) *'' TMNT: The Secret History of the Foot Clan'' #1 (

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, 2012) *'' Bloodshot and the H.A.R.D. Corps'' #14 (

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, 2013) *''

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'' #1, 4, 7 (Dark Horse, 2013) *'' Shadowman'' vol. 4 #5 (Valiant, 2013) *''

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'' #25 (Marvel, 2014) *'' Head Lopper'' #1 (

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, 2015) *''

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'' vol. 2 #50 (

, 2016) *''

'' vol. 3 #1 (DC Comics, 2016) *'' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' #6 (DC Comics, 2016) *'' Gotham City Garage'' Chapter 5 ( DC Digital, 2017) *''

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'' vol. 2 #15 (DC Comics, 2018) *''

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'' #11 (Image, 2018) *''

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'' #2 (Image, 2018) *'' Kick-Ass'' vol. 2 #7 (Image, 2018) *''

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'' #4 (Image, 2019) *''

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'' #3 (Image, 2019) *''

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'' #754 (DC Comics, 2020) *''

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'' #8 (DC Comics, 2020) *'' Dark Nights: Death Metal — Infinite Hour Exxxtreme!'' #1 (DC Comics, 2021) *''

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'' #1028 (DC Comics, 2021) *''

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'' #1–4 (

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, 2021) *''

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'' vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2021)

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External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grampa, Rafael Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Brazilian comics artists Brazilian comics writers Brazilian film directors Brazilian animators