Almost exactly a year ago I posted on the Endicott blog about a terrific Portuguese comic book artist João Lemos who recently sent me a copy of his limited edition {Portfolio} a collection of sketches, comic book art, drawings from a twelve part series he has been working on, short story illustrations (below), and just all around gorgeous stuff. (And many, many thanks for this lovely volume!)
João has done some beautiful work for Marvel's "Avenger Fairy Tales" series, including an homage to "Peter Pan." He has also been working with author C.B. Cebulski on a twelve part series, Shiki, an ecological/magical journey, a sample of which can be seen in the teaser video below. And finally, I am looking forward to seeing a new illustrated anthology of Portuguese fairy tales which is due out later this year.
Stop by Sete-Estrelo, João's blog to see more of his work -- including pages from the "Peter Pan," more sketches of Shiki, a short story illustration of "Dance," (which appeared in Actor Comics Presents) and all sorts of cool bits, like pages from his sketchbook/journal. The blog is in Portuguese, but art is universal so I think you will find it compelling. (And I just realized, he translates much of it into English below the Portuguese!) There's a lovely elegance to Lemos's work which strikes me as similar to some of art-deco designer Erte and his sylph-like figures. (Right side is "High Priestess of Food of the Gods Cult" and left is "Autumn.")
