''Graphic MSP'' is a series of

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s published by

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based on the characters of

Monica and Friends ''Monica and Friends'' (), previously published as ''Monica's Gang'' in Anglophone territories and as ''Frizz and Friends'' in London, is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa. The series originated in a c ...

Development

In November 2011, during the Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos held in

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, Sidney Gusman, editor of Mauricio de Sousa Produções (Monica and Friends studio) announced that in 2012, it would be released the ''Graphic MSP'', a series of graphic novels, that unlike the MSP 50 series, it would bring unique stories in about 72 pages each. The comic artist

Danilo Beyruth Danilo Beyruth (born 1973) is a Brazilian comics artist. Life and career Beyruth was born in São Paulo. He got a degree in industrial design, and started his career doing advertising illustrations. In 2006, he did classes on perspective and co ...

was chosen to create a story for the Bubbly, in 2009, Beyruth had already written and drawn characters of

Mauricio de Sousa Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (; born October 27, 1935), known artistically as Mauricio de Sousa or mononymously just as Mauricio, is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's co ...

for the MSP+50 album and produced a story for

Bug-a-Booo ''Bug-a-Booo'' ("Turma do Penadinho") is a Brazilian comic strip, created in 1963 and part of the Monica's Gang series. All of the characters are monsters or other supernatural creatures, none of them being a human being. The main location for the ...

. In October 2012, is released the first graphic novel of the series, entitled '' Astronauta - Magnetar'', with script and drawings by Beyruth and colors by

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Publications

References

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