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BRAZIL NUT
Gidalti Jr. combines brilliant, colorful painting with expressive, fluid drawing to bring this urban tale to life, capturing the playful, rhythmic nature of life alongside the harshness of reality.
Brazil Nut, the debut graphic novel from Gidalti Jr., tells an all-too-common story of contemporary Belém as a modern fable. Castanha (or Nuts), the title character, is a vulture boyhis adventures bring us into and through the traditional public market, Ver-o-Peso. Living on the street, he survives through theft and on the crumbs and scraps left over by the world around him, dodging violence and abuse. Gidalti Jr. combines brilliant, colorful painting with expressive, fluid drawing to bring this urban tale to life, capturing the playful, rhythmic nature of life alongside the harshness of reality.
Gidalti Jr. is an artist, writer, and teacher. Born in Belo Horizonte, he lived a good part of his life in Belém do Pará, the city that inspired his graphic novels: Brazil Nut, winner of the 2017 Jabuti Prize for Comics, and Brega Story, winner of Best Comic at CCXP 2022, Brazil's Comic-con. In 2019, he was honored at the Children's Literary Fair of Belém., and has participated in fairs, events and exhibitions in French Guiana, Colombia, and throughout Brazil. He teaches drawing and painting at the School of Visual Arts-Atelier Miriti and comics at the British School of Creative Arts-EBAC, in São Paulo.
Brazil Nut, the debut graphic novel from Gidalti Jr., tells an all-too-common story of contemporary Belém as a modern fable. Castanha (or Nuts), the title character, is a vulture boyhis adventures bring us into and through the traditional public market, Ver-o-Peso. Living on the street, he survives through theft and on the crumbs and scraps left over by the world around him, dodging violence and abuse. Gidalti Jr. combines brilliant, colorful painting with expressive, fluid drawing to bring this urban tale to life, capturing the playful, rhythmic nature of life alongside the harshness of reality.
Gidalti Jr. is an artist, writer, and teacher. Born in Belo Horizonte, he lived a good part of his life in Belém do Pará, the city that inspired his graphic novels: Brazil Nut, winner of the 2017 Jabuti Prize for Comics, and Brega Story, winner of Best Comic at CCXP 2022, Brazil's Comic-con. In 2019, he was honored at the Children's Literary Fair of Belém., and has participated in fairs, events and exhibitions in French Guiana, Colombia, and throughout Brazil. He teaches drawing and painting at the School of Visual Arts-Atelier Miriti and comics at the British School of Creative Arts-EBAC, in São Paulo.
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Published 2023-05-10 by Sesi |