Marcelo D'Salete
Marcelo D'Salete (born 1979) is a Brazilian comic book writer, illustrator and professor. He holds a master's degree in art history from the University of São Paulo. During his adolescence, he studied graphic design at Carlos de Campos College and worked as an illustrator for publishers.
Also recorded as Marcelo de Salete Souza
Marcelo D'Salete
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- Awards
- Eisner Award for Best U.S.
- Born
- 1979 · São Paulo.
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Occupation
- comics artist · teacher · comics writer · illustrator
- Education
- University of São Paulo
- Known for
- Angola Janga: uma história de Palmares · Run for it: Stories of Slaves who Fought for Their Freedom
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Marcelo D'Salete (born 1979) is a Brazilian comic book writer, illustrator and professor. He holds a master's degree in art history from the University of São Paulo. During his adolescence, he studied graphic design at Carlos de Campos College and worked as an illustrator for publishers.
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He premiered as a comic book artist in 2001, publishing in the magazines Quadreca and Front. His first graphic novel, Noite Luz, was published in 2008. In 2011, he published the comic book Encruzilhada. His most acclaimed works deal with the history of resistance to slavery in Brazil from the perspective of the Afro-Brazilian peoples: Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom, from 2014, and Angola Janga: Kingdom of Runaway Slaves from 2017. Kingdom of Runaway Slaves, is a story about the Palmares quilombo, took eleven years of research and work by the author.
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Key facts
• Cartoonist — y • Website — http: www.dsalete.art.br • Notable Works — Cumbe Angola Janga • Awards — Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Background
Background
He became interested in comic books when he was four years old. D’Salete began his career as an illustrator in 1997. Some of his inspirations were Alberto Breccia and Flavio Colin, as well as their works that use black and white. His first comic book publications appeared in 2001 in independent newspapers.
Works
Works
• 2008 - Noite Luz • 2011- Encruzilhada • 2014- Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom, Fantagraphics, 2017. • 2017- Angola Janga: Kingdom of Runaway Slaves. Translated by Andrea Rosenberg. Fantagraphics, 2019. • 2022- Tiodora's Letters. Translated by Andrea Rosenberg. Fantagraphics, 2026.
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Awards
His work Encruzilhada was nominated for the Troféu HQ Mix in 2012 in the category Edição Especial Nacional. Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom (Cumbe, in the original Portuguese edition) was published in English in 2017 by Fantagraphics. It was nominated for and won the 2018 Eisner Awards, in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material category.
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- 1.‘Angola Janga’, graphic novel de Marcelo D’Salete, é um épico que refaz a trajetória de Palmares - Cultura - Estadão.
- 2.Como me tornei quadrinista. E a vida entre ilustrações.
- 3.Cumbe, da Editora Veneta, mostra a resistência negra contra a escravidão no Brasil - UNIVERSO HQ.
- 5.'Mukanda Tiodora', nova HQ de Marcelo D'Salete, mostra a escravidão em São Paulo.
- 6.HQ Mix 2012 - Trip.
- 7.Conheça os indicados ao Troféu HQMIX 2015.
- 8.Troféu HQ Mix anuncia lista de vencedores; Marcelo D'Salete vence como melhor HQ, roteirista e desenhista - Revista O Grito! — Cultura pop, cena independente, música, quadrinhos e cinema.
- 9.Confira os vencedores do Prêmio Jabuti 2018 - Cultura - Estadão.
- 11.Marcelo D'Salete.
- 12.Marcelo D’Salete.
- 13.Marcelo D’Salete, una entrevista en blanco y negro.
- 14.Entrevista Com Marcelo D'salete - Interview with Marcelo D'salete. 41. 0161-2492.
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