Flavio Soares Explained

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A Vida com Logan had three books published, one with unpublished stories and two with compilations of the strips.[4]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

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palestra com Flávio Soares sobre edição de arte para quadrinhos. October 16, 2013. UNIVERSO HQ.
  2. Web site: Meu filho, meu herói. VEJA SÃO PAULO.
  3. Web site: Pai retrata em quadrinhos o cotidiano do filho com síndrome de Down - 06/10/2013 - Equilíbrio e Saúde. Folha de S.Paulo.
  4. Web site: A Vida com Logan | Webtiras vão virar livro com apoio de fãs. Érico. Assis. October 22, 2013. Omelete.
  5. Web site: As Aventuras do MorsaMan é destaque no Papo de Gordo. September 17, 2009. UNIVERSO HQ.
  6. Web site: Meninos e Dragões, de Lúcio Luiz e Flavio Soares, já está nas bancas. November 8, 2013. UNIVERSO HQ.
  7. Web site: Papo de Quadrinho escolhe as melhores HQs de 2016 « Papo de Quadrinho. January 2, 2017.
  8. Web site: Série Short Cuts, de Flavio Soares, em campanha no Apoia.Se - UNIVERSO HQ . September 25, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925100212/https://universohq.com/noticias/serie-short-cuts-de-flavio-soares-em-campanha-no-apoia-se/ . 25 September 2020 . dead.
  9. Web site: Zico vira tema de revista em quadrinhos comemorando seus 50 anos de carreira. March 2, 2021.
  10. Web site: Editora de HQs curitibana lança conto de Oscar Wilde em quadrinhos - Bem Paraná. Jornal Bem. Paraná. www.bemparana.com.br.
  11. Web site: Divulgados os vencedores do 30º Troféu Angelo Agostini. January 27, 2014. UNIVERSO HQ.
  12. Web site: Ocupação Laerte ganha Troféu HQMix de Melhor Exposição. Itaú Cultural.
  13. Web site: Premiados - 42° Prêmio Vladimir Herzog.
  14. Web site: Painel: Cartunistas se unem em defesa de chargista e fazem ação contra governo Bolsonaro. June 16, 2020. Folha de S.Paulo.
  15. http://guiadosquadrinhos.com/artista/gibis-com/arte/flavio-soares/16/2579 Guia dos Quadrinhos