Universo HQ ("Comics Universe") is a Brazilian
website about
comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
and considered the most important Brazilian information source on comics-related news.
History
Universo HQ was created by Samir Naliato and first aired on January 5, 2000. After six months, he invited the journalist
Sidney Gusman
Sidney Gusman (born August 29, 1966, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian journalist and editor. Gusman graduated in journalism at the Methodist University of São Paulo and started writing professionally about comics in 1990, with articles published i ...
to become the website's editor. Gusman also invited Sérgio Codespoti and Marcelo Naranjo to work with them, followed by many different collaborators during the years. The first journalistic highlight to Universo HQ was in 2000, when artist
Jerry Robinson had an
infarction during a visit to
São Paulo. The Universo HQ's coverture become the main source for the non-specialized press.
Book
In 2015, the Brazilian
publishing house Nemo launched the book ''Universo HQ Entrevista'' ("Universo HQ Interviews", ), with a compilation of 23 interviews made in the first 15 years of the website, with comic artists as
Will Eisner,
Ivo Milazzo
Ivo Milazzo (born 20 June 1947) is an Italian comic book artist.
Born in Tortona, Milazzo worked mainly for Sergio Bonelli Editore. He debuted in 1971, drawing some ''Tarzan'' stories for the French market. Together with his friend, writer Gianc ...
,
Joe Kubert,
Mark Waid
Mark Waid (; born March 21, 1962) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on DC Comics titles ''The Flash'', '' Kingdom Come'' and '' Superman: Birthright'' as well as his work on ''Captain America'', ''Fantastic Four'' and '' Dar ...
,
Lourenço Mutarelli
Lourenço Mutarelli (born April 18, 1964) is a Brazilian comic book artist, writer and actor who became well regarded in the Brazilian underground comics scene in the late 1980s and 1990s.
In addition to comic books, Mutarelli has also created ...
,
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...
,
John Byrne,
Giancarlo Berardi,
Don Rosa, etc., including two new interviews made specially for the book, with
José Luis García-López
José Luis García-López (born March 26, 1948) is a Spanish-Argentine comics artist who works in the United States, particularly in a long-running relationship with DC Comics. In addition to his storytelling art, he has been responsible for produ ...
and
Mauricio de Sousa
Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica's Gang (Currently known as: M ...
.
Podcast
On August 21, 2015, Universo HQ aired the first episode of the
podcast Confins do Universo ("Confines of the Universe") with a discussion about the new
Fantastic Four movie. The podcast is published periodically each two weeks with a main theme discussed by Naliato, Gusman, Codespoti and Naranjo, with participation of different guests.
Awards
Universo HQ won
Troféu HQ Mix
Troféu HQ Mix is a Brazilian comics award. The prize was created in 1989 by João Gualberto Costa (Gual) and José Alberto Lovetro (Jal), members of the Association of the Brazilian Cartoonists.
The name refers to the television show about comics ...
, the most importante comic-related Brazilian award, ten times in the categories "Best Website About Comics" (from 2001 to 2008) and "Best Media About Comics" (2010 and 2011). The editor Sidney Gusman also won Troféu HQ Mix from 2001 to 2007 in the category "Best Specialized Journalist" and the
Jayme Cortez Trophy (destined to reward great contributions to Brazilian comics) in 2004 and 2014.
References
External links
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{{Comics information sources
Brazilian news websites
Websites about comics