Julia Bax

{{Short description|Brazilian comics artist}}

{{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL|awards=Troféu HQ Mix for best new talent (2006, Kaos!, Quebra-Queixo)}}

Julia Nascimento Bacellar, known as Julia Bax (Belém, February 26, 1981), is a Brazilian comics artist. Her first comic book work was published in the Brazilian magazine Kaos!, recommended by Roger Cruz (who was her professor in the comic anatomy course at Quanta Academia de Artes). After that, she made the drawings of a 12-page story on the album Quebra-Queixo Technorama Volume 2, published by Devir.{{cite web |url=http://www.bigorna.net/index.php?secao=biografias&id=1131016758 |title=Julia Bax |publisher=Bigorna.net |date=November 3, 2005 |language=pt}}{{cite web |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/diversao-e-arte/2010/02/17/interna_diversao_arte,174051/veja-integra-da-entrevista-com-julia-bax.shtml |title=Veja íntegra da entrevista com Julia Bax |publisher=Correio Braziliense |date=February 17, 2010 |language=pt}} By these two works, in 2006 Julia won the Troféu HQ Mix, the main Brazilian comic book prize, in the category "Revelation Penciller".{{cite web |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u62312.shtml |title=Troféu HQMix premia hoje melhores dos quadrinhos |publisher=Folha de S. Paulo |date=July 11, 2006 |language=pt}} She started working for publishers in other countries, especially Marvel Comics, in which she participated in the magazine X-Men: First Class.{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/09/27/x-men-first-class-vol-2-4-review |title=X-MEN: FIRST CLASS VOL. 2 #4 REVIEW |publisher=IGN |date=September 26, 2007 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.omelete.com.br/quadrinhos/quadrinista-brasileira-julia-bax-concorre-com-hq-no-zuda-comics |title=Quadrinista brasileira Julia Bax concorre com HQ no Zuda Comics |publisher=Omelete |date=April 15, 2010 |language=pt}} Julia also has published works for publishers like Boom! Studios, Devil's Due and Le Lombard, among others.{{cite web |url=http://www.ilustrarmagazine.com/uploads/2/3/8/4/23842541/ilustrar_35.pdf |title=Sketchbook: Julia Bax |publisher=Ilustrar Magazine |date=2013 |language=pt |access-date=2018-07-08 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103102/http://www.ilustrarmagazine.com/uploads/2/3/8/4/23842541/ilustrar_35.pdf |url-status=dead }} Some of her published works are Histórias (which compiles the comic strips she published in Folha de S. Paulo), Remy (in partnership with writer Diogo Bercito) and Pink Daïquiri (written by Mélanie Théry and Laurent Habart, with drawings by Julia and Amanda Grazini).{{cite web |url=http://www.universohq.com/noticias/le-lombard-lancou-pink-daiquiri-com-arte-das-brasileiras-julia-bax-e-amanda-grazini/ |title=Le Lombard lançou Pink Daïquiri, com arte das brasileiras Julia Bax e Amanda Grazini |publisher=Universo HQ |date=February 21, 2013 |language=pt}} In 2016, the Belgian publishing house Le Lombard published the graphic novel Princesse Caraboo (written by Antoine Ozanam), based on the true story of the notorious impostor Mary Baker.{{cite web |url=https://www.ligneclaire.info/ozanam-bax-34795.html |title=Princesse Caraboo, le destin d’exception d’une jeune anglaise |publisher=Ligne Claire |date=March 2, 2016 |language=fr}}{{cite web |url=http://www.9emeart.fr/post/critique/franco-belge/princesse-caraboo-la-critique-5341 |title=Princesse Caraboo, la critique |publisher=9eme Art |date=March 28, 2016 |language=fr}}