Brazilian comic book artist
Gabriel Bá (born 5 June 1976) is a Braziliancomic book artist best known for his work onThe Umbrella Academy ,Casanova , andDaytripper . He is thetwin brother of fellow comic book artistFábio Moon .
Gabriel Bá has been writing comics for almost 15 years, and has been published in France, Italy, Spain, the US, and Brazil.[ 1] He began self-publishing comics with his brother in 1993; their first mini-series, "Sunflower and the Moon", from 1997 was released by a Brazilian publisher as a graphic novel in 2000.
They published in the United States for the first time in 1999, with the mini-seriesROLAND – days of wrath , written and self-published by Shane Amaya. In the US, they have contributed on theDark Horse anthologyAutobiographix , published in 2003, alongside such comic book greats asFrank Miller andWill Eisner .
Their independent comic bookROCK'n'ROLL was picked up byImage Comics and published in November 2005.
In 2006, they releasedDe:TALES with Dark Horse, elected by Booklist as one of the 10 best Graphic Novels of that year and nominated for anEisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material . Bá was the artist forMatt Fraction 'sCasanova , published byImage Comics .
In 2007, Bá worked onThe Umbrella Academy with writerGerard Way , which is being published byDark Horse , and his brotherFábio Moon took over the art onCasanova .[ 2]
In 2008, Bá self-publishedPIXU , ahorror comics anthology , withFabio Moon ,Becky Cloonan andVasilis Lolos .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Gunned Down: "Indian Face" (with Shane Amaya, anthology, Terra Major, July 2005) Casanova #1–7 (withMatt Fraction ,ongoing series ,Image Comics , June 2006 – February 2007)Becky (script and art, in5 , self-published, 2007)PIXU (withBecky Cloonan ,Vasilis Lolos , andFábio Moon , 2-issue mini-seriescomics anthology , self-published, July–November 2008, hardcover,PIXU: The Mark of Evil ,Dark Horse Comics , July 2009,ISBN 1-59582-340-9 )[ 6] The Umbrella Academy :Apocalypse Suite (withGerard Way , 6-issuelimited series ,Dark Horse , September 2007 – February 2008)The Umbrella Academy: Dallas (with Gerard Way, 6-issue limited series, Dark Horse, November 2008 – April 2009)B.P.R.D.: 1947 (with Fábio Moon; #s 1–5, 2009–2010; collected: July 20, 2010,ISBN 978-1-59582-478-3 )Daytripper (with Fábio Moon, 10-issuelimited series ,Vertigo Comics , February–November 2010)[ 7] Two Brothers (with Fábio Moon, based on a novel byMilton Hatoum , hardcover, Dark Horse 2015,ISBN 978-1616558567 )Ursula (with Fábio Moon, softcover, AIT/Planetlar 2004,ISBN 978-1932051223 )The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion (with Gerard Way, 6-issue limited series, Dark Horse, October 2018 – June 2019)"I Hate Gert!" by (with Fábio Moon, based onI Hate Fairyland :Good Girl bySkottie Young ,Substack 2021)[ 8] The Umbrella Academy: Sparrow Academy (with Gerard Way, 6-issue limited series, Dark Horse)At the 2008Eisner Awards ,The Umbrella Academy won for "Best Limited Series" and5 won for "Best Anthology".[ 10]
De:TALES was nominated for the 2007 Eisner Award for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material".[ 11]
Bá is nominated for two 2009 Eisner Awards in the categories "Best Penciller/Inker" and "Best Cover Artist".[ 12] The Deluxe Edition ofThe Umbrella Academy is nominated for "Best Graphic Album — Reprint".
PIXU was nominated for the 2009 "Best Anthology"Harvey Award .
Daytripper (withFabio Moon ) won the Best limited series Will Eisner Prize in 2011.
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