Sidney Gusman (born August 29, 1966) is a Brazilian journalist and editor. Gusman graduated in journalism at the

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and started writing professionally about comics in 1990, with articles published in newspapers such as Folha de S.Paulo,

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, among others, as well as magazines such as Imprensa,

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, Duas Rodas etc. Between 2003 and 2006 he was editor of the Brazilian version of

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. In 2006, he became responsible for the Editorial Planning area of

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, where, among several other projects, he was the creator of the

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series, which since 2012 has published several

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with reinterpretations of the classic characters created by

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by several Brazilian artists. He is also editor-in-chief of

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, the most important news portal about comics in Brazil. Gusman won the

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as best specialized journalist seven times (from 2001 to 2007). He also won the Troféu Jayme Cortez twice, in 2004 and 2014.

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1966 births Living people Comic book publishers (people) Comic book editors Methodist University of São Paulo alumni Journalists from São Paulo Brazilian journalists Brazilian magazine editors Prêmio Angelo Agostini winners {{LatAm-comics-creator-stub