Eugenio Colonnese (Fuscaldo, 3 September 1929 – Santo André, 8 August 2008) was an Italian-born Brazilian comic artist.[1]
Eugenio Colonnese | |
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| Born | Eugenio Antonio Colonnese  3 September 1929 Fuscaldo |
| Died | 8 August 2008 (aged 78) Santo André |
| Occupation | Comics artist |
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Son of a Brazilian mother (who is African, Portuguese and Indigenous) and Italian father, Colonnese moved to Argentina as a child, where he began his career in 1949, working for several Argentine magazines.[2] He moved to Brazil in 1964. Three years later, he created the Estúdio D-Arte with Rodolfo Zalla, with whom he produced several comic books for several Brazilian publishers.[3]
In 1967, Colonnese created his main characters: Mirza, a Mulher-Vampira ("Mirza, the Vampire Woman") and O Morto do Pântano ("The Swamp Dead"), which, although they have similarities, respectively, to Vampirella and Swamp Thing, were created some years before these characters.[4][5]Colonnese worked mainly with horror comics, but he also worked with other genres and did illustration for educational and advertising comics.[6]
In 1985, he was awarded 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.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Morreu Eugênio Colonnese, mestre dos quadrinhos brasileiros" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. August 11, 2008. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "Morre o quadrinista Eugênio Colonnese" (in Portuguese). Omelete. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "Eugênio Colonnese". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ "Eugenio Colonnese expõe na Gibiteca" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. January 31, 2002.
- ^ "Nem ele dominava a voluptuosa Mirza" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. August 15, 2008.
- ^ "Entrevista: Eugênio Colonnese" (in Portuguese). Bigorna.net. September 1, 2010. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "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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