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Walmir Amaral
BornWalmir Amaral de Oliveira Edit this on Wikidata
2 December 1939 Edit this on Wikidata
Rio de Janeiro Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationComics artist, editor Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
  • RGE Edit this on Wikidata
Awards

Walmir Amaral (born Rio de Janeiro, December, 1939) is a Brazilian comic artist.[1] He worked at the publishing house Rio Gráfica Editora (RGE) from 1957 to 1986, where he produced covers and illustrations for several licensed characters, especially for Lee Falk's The Phantom (some of the stories he produced for the character were also published in Sweden).[2][3] In the 1960s, Amaral began writing and drawing the comics for O Anjo, a radio character previously drawn by Flavio Colin. Amaral drew some western comics like Straight Arrow and Black Rider.[4]

Amaral was also one of the creators of the project Gibi Semanal, in which he worked as editor and writer.[5][6] The comic book featured weekly publication of comic strips and stories of characters such as Beetle Bailey, Popeye, Peanuts, Frank and Ernest, Tarzan, Rip Kirby (known in Brazil as Nick Holmes), The Cisco Kid, The Spirit, Dick Tracy, Lucky Luke, among many others.[7]

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[8] and the series Alex and Cris, published in Revista Crás.[9]

In 1990, he was awarded with the Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics, an award that aims to honor artists who have dedicated themselves to Brazilian comics for at least 25 years.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Walmir Amaral de Oliveira". Lambiek Comiclopedia.
  2. ^ "Walmir Amaral, herói da era de ouro dos quadrinhos" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Beltrão. October 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Editora Criativo resgata HQ rara com arte de Walmir Amaral" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. November 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Walmir Amaral fala sobre sua carreira no Instituto dos Quadrinhos". UNIVERSO HQ (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  5. ^ "Walmir Amaral" (in Portuguese). Editora Criativo.
  6. ^ "Walmir Amaral fala sobre sua carreira no Instituto dos Quadrinhos" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. September 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "Gibi Semanal" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. December 1, 2001.
  8. ^ Heitor Pitombo (2009). "Entrevista: Walmir Amaral". Fantasma: A Biografia Oficial do Primeiro Herói Fantasiado dos Quadrinhos. Opera Graphica. pp. 105–108. ISBN 9788589961981.
  9. ^ Crás! A hora e a vez dos quadrinhos nacionais
  10. ^ "Tudo sobre o Dia do Quadrinho Nacional e o Troféu Angelo Agostini" (in Portuguese). Bigorna.net. December 16, 2005. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.


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