Rafael Grampá is a Brazilian comic book artist and film director, best known for his creator-owned graphic novel Mesmo Delivery and DC Comics' The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child. At the age of 14, Grampá drew flags for Rio Grande do Sul municipalities, made t-shirt prints, store logos and children's party decorations. In 2001, he became art director of RBS TV, a subsidiary of Rede Globo in southern Brazil. In 2004, Grampá moved to São Paulo, where he worked as animation director and concept designer for the animation studio Lobo (Vetor Zero), developing animation films and special effects. In 2007, Grampá decided to leave the field of animation and focus exclusively on comics. In 2008, he published Mesmo Delivery, which won the HQ Mix Awards for Best Artist and Best Special Graphic Novel. That same year, Grampá, along with Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, received an Eisner Award for their self-published anthology 5, which marked the first time the award has been presente...
Illustrators Archive from the Scuola di Fumetto e Scrittura di Siena, to use as companion guide in Illustration Class.