ANTÓNIO JORGE GONÇALVES

António Jorge Gonçalves (Lisbon, Portugal, 1964) is a Portuguese comic book author, cartoonist, visual performer, illustrator, set designer and teacher. He is the author of several Graphic Novels, and has collaborated with different writers – such as Rui Zink, Ondjaki or Mário de Carvalho – in creating books where text and image relate in an exploratory way. He has received in 2013 the National Prize for Illustration (Portugal) for the book A Beautiful Darkness (with Ondjaki). He also wrote and directed the film/show Lisboa, Who Are You? to be projected on the walls of São Jorge Castle in Lisbon.