Fábio Moon is a Brazilian

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best known for his work on ''

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''. He is the

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brother of fellow comic book artist Gabriel Bá.

Career

Fábio has been writing comics for almost 15 years, and has been published in France, Italy, Spain, the US, and Brazil. 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-series ''ROLAND - days of wrath'', written and self-published by Shane Amaya. In the US, they have contributed on the Dark Horse anthology ''Autobiographix'', published in 2003, alongside such comic book greats as

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and

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. Their independent comic book ''ROCK'n'ROLL'' was picked up by

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and published in November 2005. In 2006, they released ''De:TALES'' with Dark Horse, elected by Booklist as one of the 10 best Graphic Novels of that year and nominated for an

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. In 2007, Moon took over the art on ''

'' from his brother. In 2008, Bá self-published '' PIXU'', a horror

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, with Fabio Moon,

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and Vasilis Lolos.

Bibliography

* "Vasilis" (script and art, in '' 5'', self-published, 2007) * ''

'' #8-14 (with

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, August 2007 - May 2008) * '' PIXU'' (with

, Vasilis Lolos, and Gabriel Bá, 2-issue mini-series

, self-published, July–November 2008, hardcover, ''PIXU: The Mark of Evil'',

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, July 2009, ) * '' Daytripper'' #1-10 (with Gabriel Bá, 10-issue

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, February–November 2010) * '' B.P.R.D.: 1947'' (with Gabriel Bá; #s 1–5, 2009–2010; collected: July 20, 2010, ) * '' Serenity: Firefly Class 03-K64'' (written by

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; May 5, 2012) * ''Two Brothers'' (with Gabriel Bá, based on a novel by Milton Hatoum, hardcover, Dark Horse 2015, ) * "Ursula" (with Gabriel Bá, softcover from AIT/Planetlar 2004, )

Awards

At the 2008

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s, ''5'' won for "Best Anthology" and ''Sugarshock'' won for "Best Digital Comic". ''De:TALES'' was nominated for the 2007 Eisner Award for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material". '' PIXU'' was nominated for the 2009 "Best Anthology"

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References

External links

* * Living people People from São Paulo 1976 births Brazilian comics artists Brazilian twins Prêmio Angelo Agostini winners {{LatAm-comics-creator-stub