Lourenço Mutarelli is a Brazilian comic book artist

Comic Book Artist

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 who became well regarded in the Brazilian underground comics scene in the late 1980s and 1990s.

In addition to comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

s, Mutarelli has also created plays

Play (theatre)

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...

, books, and all the illustration and animated sequences of the 2004 motion picture Nina, which was based on the novel Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his...

by Dostoyevsky.

Drained (original title: O Cheiro do Ralo)

O Cheiro do Ralo

O Cheiro do Ralo is a movie based in a novel by Lourenço Mutarelli directed by Heitor Dhalia, starring Selton Mello. The film was produced by Geração Conteúdo, Primo Filmes & RT Features.- Plot :...

, released in 2006, is a movie adaptation of Mutarelli's first literary work; and he plays a minor role in the film.