Julio Shimamoto

{{Short description|Brazilian comic artist}}

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Julio Yoshinobu Shimamoto (born Borborema, May 13th, 1939), better known as Julio Shimamoto or Shima, is a Brazilian comic artist of Japanese descent. He started his career in the 1950s in the superhero comic book Capitão 7.{{cite web |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/shimamoto_julio.htm |title=Julio Shimamoto |publisher=Lambiek Comiclopedia}} He has worked in almost all comic book publishers in Brazil in 1960s and 1970s, such as La Selva, Taika, Outubro, Ebal, Vecchi, Grafipar, Abril, among many others.{{cite web |url=https://www.metropoles.com/zip/cidade-de-sangue-e-novo-trabalho-genial-da-lenda-julio-shimamoto |title=Cidade de Sangue é novo trabalho genial da lenda Julio Shimamoto |publisher=Metrópoles |date=May 24, 2018 |lang=pt}}{{cite web |url=https://redepara.com.br/Noticia/204812/julio-shimamoto-e-o-homenageado-na-ccxp19 |title=Julio Shimamoto é o homenageado na CCXP19 |publisher=Rede Pará |date=November 6, 2019 |lang=pt}} His main works are Musashi I and Musashi II (2003), about the samurai Miyamoto Musashi, and Subs (2006). One of the main themes of his comics is the samurai (in fact, Shimamoto claims to be descended from samurai), having made the first story on the subject in Brazil: Os Fantasmas do Rincão Maldito, published in 1961.{{cite web |url=https://universohq.com/noticias/os-samurais-de-julio-shimamoto-em-lancamento-da-editora-criativo/ |title=Os samurais de Julio Shimamoto em lançamento da Editora Criativo |publisher=Universo HQ |date=November 9, 2017 |lang=pt}} Shimamoto continues to produce new comics even with more than 80 years old, having received several tributes and exhibitions about his work.{{cite web |url=https://obarquinhocultural.com/2019/11/11/o-mestre-dos-quadrinhos-de-terror-julio-shimamoto-e-o-homenageado-do-artists-alley-na-ccxp19/ |title=O mestre dos quadrinhos de terror Julio Shimamoto é o homenageado do Artists' Alley na CCXP19 |publisher=O Barquinho Cultural |date=November 11, 2019 |lang=pt}}{{cite web |url=https://vitralizado.com/hq/papo-com-julio-shimamoto-autor-de-o-ditador-frankenstein-sinto-muito-orgulho-de-ter-exercido-meu-papel-de-cidadao-servindo-da-arte-como-minha-arma-de-protesto/ |title=Papo com Julio Shimamoto, autor de O Ditador Frankenstein: "Sinto muito orgulho de ter exercido meu papel de cidadão, me servindo da arte como minha arma de protesto" |publisher=Vitralizado |date=June 29, 2020 |lang=pt}} In 1986, he was awarded with the Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics, an award that aims to honor artists who have dedicated themselves to Brazilian comics for at least 25 years.{{cite web |url=https://www.bigorna.net/index.php?secao=artigos&id=1134708984 |title=Tudo sobre o Dia do Quadrinho Nacional e o Troféu Angelo Agostini |publisher=Bigorna.net |date=December 16, 2005 |lang=pt |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031131527/https://www.bigorna.net/index.php?secao=artigos&id=1134708984 |url-status=live }}