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"Growing up, all I could see were shadows of the past, you know? My work is, in a sense, recreating something that I feel I lost, even if I didn’t live it." Marcello Quintanilha spoke to Publishers Weekly about the inspiration behind The Lights of Niterói! https://ow.ly/WtjR50Y4tPN
Brazil Is What I Am: PW Talks with Marcello Quintanilha
A disastrous fishing trip in 1950s Guanabara Bay tests the bond between friends in the Brazilian cartoonist’s ‘The Lights of Niterói’ (Fantagraphics, Mar.).
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January 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
"Growing up, all I could see were shadows of the past, you know? My work is, in a sense, recreating something that I feel I lost, even if I didn’t live it." Marcello Quintanilha spoke to Publishers Weekly about the inspiration behind The Lights of Niterói! https://ow.ly/WtjR50Y4tPN
Reposted by Chris Burkhalter
“The Brazil that’s in my stories, it’s not the Brazil in front of me. It’s the Brazil that is inside me. Whether I’m in Brazil or not in Brazil, Brazil is what I am.”
Marcello Quintanilha entrevistado pela Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Marcello Quintanilha entrevistado pela Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Brazil Is What I Am: PW Talks with Marcello Quintanilha
A disastrous fishing trip in 1950s Guanabara Bay tests the bond between friends in the Brazilian cartoonist’s ‘The Lights of Niterói’ (Fantagraphics, Mar.).
www.publishersweekly.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“The Brazil that’s in my stories, it’s not the Brazil in front of me. It’s the Brazil that is inside me. Whether I’m in Brazil or not in Brazil, Brazil is what I am.”
Marcello Quintanilha entrevistado pela Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Marcello Quintanilha entrevistado pela Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Really happy that I got to participate in Publishers Weekly’s annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll — and always interested to see the results. Plenty of memorable reads this year!
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‘Do Admit’ and ‘Spent’ Top PW’s 2025 Graphic Novel Critics Poll
For the third consecutive year, it's a tie for the top spot on PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll, highlighting the breadth of this category.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Really happy that I got to participate in Publishers Weekly’s annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll — and always interested to see the results. Plenty of memorable reads this year!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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