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Flavio Soares

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Flavio Soares is a Brazilian comics artist.[1]

He started working as art editor in the 1990s at Franco de Rosa's studio.[1]

In 2005, Soares started to publish the blog A Vida com Logan, in which he shared his daily life with his son Logan, who has Down syndrome.[2]

In 2009, he began publishing a comic strip of the same name, in which he and his son were the main characters.[3]

A Vida com Logan had three books published, one with unpublished stories and two with compilations of the strips.[4]

Also in 2009, he began publishing the strip As Aventuras do MorsaMan, with scripts by Lucio Luiz, for the podcast Papo de Gordo.[5]

In 2012, Soares created the comic book series Meninos e Dragões with scripts by Lucio Luiz, which was published by Editora Abril.[6]

In 2016, Soares published his first graphic novel, A Lei de Murphy.[7]

As of 2020, Soares began to publish the series of political cartoons Short Cuts, criticizing mainly the actions of the Brazilian government during the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

In 2021, he returned to release new graphic novels: O Crime de Lorde Arthur Savile, based on the eponymous tale by Oscar Wilde, and Zico: 50 Anos de Futebol (Em Quadrinhos), which tells the life of football player Zico.[9][10]

Awards

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In 2014, Soares won the Prêmio Angelo Agostini, the oldest Brazilian comic book award, as Best Release by the Meninos e Dragões comic book.[11]

In 2015, he won the Troféu HQ Mix, the main Brazilian comic book award, as Best Comic Strip publication for the first compilation of A Vida com Logan.[12]

In 2020, Soares won the Vladimir Herzog Award, the main Brazilian journalistic award, alongside 109 other cartoonists who participated in the "Charge Continuada" movement, which consisted of hundreds of artists recreating a political cartoon by Renato Aroeira that had been subject of an investigation by the Brazilian government for associating President Jair Bolsonaro with Nazism because his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]

Bibliography

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Source:[15]

  • A Vida com Logan (Panda Books, 2013)
  • Meninos & Dragões nº 1 (Abril Jovem, 2013) - script by Lucio Luiz
  • Gibi Quântico nº 1 (Quanta Estúdio de Arte, 2014) - "Uma nova onda", script by Liz Frizzine
  • A Vida com Logan: para ler no sofá (Jupati Books, 2014)
  • Café Espacial nº 13 (independente, 2014) - "Um último monólogo", script by Lucio Luiz
  • Feitiço da Vila: a poesia de Noel Rosa em quadrinhos (Jupati Books, 2014) - "Onde está a honestidade?", art by Doug Lira / "Riso de criança", script by Estevão Ribeiro / "João Ninguém", script by Lu Cafaggi
  • A Vida com Logan: o mundo em nosso quarto (Jupati Books, 2015)
  • Café Espacial nº 14 (independente, 2015) - "Futuro imperfeito", script by Sergio Chaves
  • A Lei de Murphy (Jupati Books, 2016)
  • Meninos e Dragões volume 1: o grande caçador (Jupati Books, 2018) - script by Lucio Luiz and inks by Omar Viñole
  • Mestres do Terror nº 70 (Ink & Blood Comics, 2019) - "O lobisomem de Marapuporã", script by Lillo Parra
  • Histórias Passageiras (Qualidade em Quadrinhos, 2019) - "Obrigado" and "PQP", script by Eduardo Dieb
  • O Crime de Lorde Arthur Savile (Ultimato do Bacon, 2021)
  • Zico: 50 anos de futebol (em quadrinhos) (Ultimato do Bacon, 2021)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Palestra com Flávio Soares sobre edição de arte para quadrinhos". UNIVERSO HQ. October 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "Meu filho, meu herói". VEJA SÃO PAULO.
  3. ^ "Pai retrata em quadrinhos o cotidiano do filho com síndrome de Down - 06/10/2013 - Equilíbrio e Saúde". Folha de S.Paulo.
  4. ^ Assis, Érico (October 22, 2013). "A Vida com Logan | Webtiras vão virar livro com apoio de fãs". Omelete.
  5. ^ "As Aventuras do MorsaMan é destaque no Papo de Gordo". UNIVERSO HQ. September 17, 2009.
  6. ^ "Meninos e Dragões, de Lúcio Luiz e Flavio Soares, já está nas bancas". UNIVERSO HQ. November 8, 2013.
  7. ^ "Papo de Quadrinho escolhe as melhores HQs de 2016 « Papo de Quadrinho". January 2, 2017.
  8. ^ "Série Short Cuts, de Flavio Soares, em campanha no Apoia.Se - UNIVERSO HQ". September 25, 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Zico vira tema de revista em quadrinhos comemorando seus 50 anos de carreira". March 2, 2021.
  10. ^ Paraná, Jornal Bem. "Editora de HQs curitibana lança conto de Oscar Wilde em quadrinhos - Bem Paraná". www.bemparana.com.br.
  11. ^ "Divulgados os vencedores do 30º Troféu Angelo Agostini". UNIVERSO HQ. January 27, 2014.
  12. ^ "Ocupação Laerte ganha Troféu HQMix de Melhor Exposição". Itaú Cultural.
  13. ^ "Premiados - 42° Prêmio Vladimir Herzog".
  14. ^ "Painel: Cartunistas se unem em defesa de chargista e fazem ação contra governo Bolsonaro". Folha de S.Paulo. June 16, 2020.
  15. ^ http://guiadosquadrinhos.com/artista/gibis-com/arte/flavio-soares/16/2579 Guia dos Quadrinhos