Walmir Amaral
Walmir Amaral de Oliveira (2 December 1939 – 10 January 2024) was a Brazilian comic artist. Walmir Amaral was born in Rio de Janeiro, he worked at the Rio Gráfica Editora from 1957 to 1986, where he produced covers and illustrations for several licensed characters including Lee Falk's The Phantom. In the 1960s, Amaral began writing and drawing the comics for O Anjo, a radio character previously drawn by Flavio Colin.
Walmir Amaral
- Name
- Walmir Amaral
- Birth Name
- Walmir Amaral de Oliveira
- Born
- 2 December 1939
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Died
- 10 January 2024
- Occupation
- Comics artist, editor
- Awards
- Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics (1990)
- Honours
- Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics.
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Walmir Amaral de Oliveira (2 December 1939 – 10 January 2024) was a Brazilian comic artist. Walmir Amaral was born in Rio de Janeiro, he worked at the Rio Gráfica Editora from 1957 to 1986, where he produced covers and illustrations for several licensed characters including Lee Falk's The Phantom. In the 1960s, Amaral began writing and drawing the comics for O Anjo, a radio character previously drawn by Flavio Colin.
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Amaral drew some western comics like Straight Arrow and Black Rider. Amaral was also one of the creators of the project Gibi Semanal, in which he worked as editor and writer. The comic book featured weekly publication of strips such as Beetle Bailey, Peanuts, Frank and Ernest, Tarzan, Rip Kirby, Dick Tracy, and Lucky Luke, as well as characters including Popeye, The Cisco Kid, and The Spirit. At Editora Abril, he illustrated Zorro stories based on the Disney TV series, The Herculoids from Hanna-Barbera in the comic book Heróis da TV and the series "Alex and Cris" published in Revista Crás!. In 1990, he was awarded the Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics. Amaral died on 10 January 2024, at the age of 84.
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• Name — Walmir Amaral • Birth Name — Walmir Amaral de Oliveira • Born — 2 December 1939 • Birthplace — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Died — 10 January 2024 • Occupation — Comics artist, editor • Employer — RGE • Awards — Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics (1990)
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1939
Walmir Amaral born at Rio de Janeiro.
2024
Walmir Amaral died on 10 January 2024.
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Walmir Amaral was born in Rio de Janeiro.
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- 1.The Phantom. 2024-01-11.
- 2.UNIVERSO HQ. 2024-01-16.
- 3.Bigorna.net: Arquivos Incríveis: Assombrações nacionais na revista "X-9". Bigorna.net. 2019-12-03.
- 4.Marcelo Naranjo. Walmir Amaral fala sobre sua carreira no Instituto dos Quadrinhos. 23/09/2014.
- 5.Nobu Chine. Primaggio Mantovi - O mestre de estilo versátil.
- 6.Editora Criativo resgata HQ rara com arte de Walmir Amaral
- 7.Heitor Pitombo. (julho/agosto de 2014) O Espírito que desenha. Mundos dos Super-Heróis (5). Editora Europa.
- 8.Os implacáveis quadrinhos de faroeste
- 9.Da Transilvânia para os trópicos: Drácula nos quadrinhos brasileiros
- 10.Zhor - O Atlanta: mitologia e ficção científica
- 11..Inducks
- 12.Heitor Pitombo. Fantasma: A Biografia Oficial do Primeiro Herói Fantasiado dos Quadrinhos.
- 13.Crás! A hora e a vez dos quadrinhos nacionais
- 14.Bigorna.net.
- 15.Ática lança adaptação em quadrinhos de Noite na taverna, de Álvares de Azevedo
- 16.Tudo sobre o Dia do Quadrinho Nacional e o Troféu Angelo Agostini.
- 17.Walmir Amaral: conheça esse autor.
- 18.Conheça os premiados do 20° troféu HQMIX e anteriores. 2008.
- 19.Walmir Amaral fala sobre sua carreira no Instituto dos Quadrinhos. 23 de setembro de 2014.
- 20.Walmir Amaral, o eterno herói da era de ouro dos quadrinhos. 13 de outubro de 2014.
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