Luiz Gê

• Name — Luiz Gê • Birth Name — Luiz Geraldo Ferrari Martins • Born — 1951 • Birthplace — São Paulo • Education — University of São Paulo • Occupation — Illustrator, comics artist • Website — http: luizge.com.br/

He graduated in architecture from the University of São Paulo in 1977. In 1987, he went on to do postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art in London. Luiz Gê is currently a professor of comics in the Industrial Design Course at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo.

He was one of the founders of Balão magazine (1972–1975), art editor of Status magazine (1985–1986), and editor of Circo magazine (1986–1987). He worked at the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper from 1976 to 1984 as an editorial cartoonist. He also contributed to the country's leading publications, such as the newspapers O Estado de S. Paulo, Jornal da Tarde, Jornal do Brasil, Jornal da República, O Pasquim, and Movimento, and the magazines Veja, Visão, Isto É, and Placar, among others. He has published and exhibited in Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, the US, Italy, and England. He also contributed to Arrigo Barnabé's LPs Clara Crocodilo and Tubarões Voadores, and was one of the screenwriters for Chico Botelho's film Cidade Oculta.

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