AUTHORS
Liliana Gaito
Creator and Writer
She is 31 years old, very versatile, and multifaceted.
She is a writer, audiovisual producer, comic book producer, content creator, social media manager, and art agent.She worked at the production companies Stopline Films and Lanterna de Pedra Filmes.
She was part of Zone Komics, an independent Portuguese comics publisher, as a writer, executive assistant, and comics producer.
She wrote the comics “Lone Wolf” and “Enforcer”, released by Zone Komics.
In 2020, she joined the project "Virar a Página-Antologia de BD", which brought together Portuguese screenwriters and designers in the creation of 41 comic stories, seeking to be an active part of supporting the CAIS Association's social action. She participated in "Dualidade" co-written with Diogo Almeida and illustrated by Patrícia Costa, and "Balão" co-written with Diogo Almeida and illustrated by Rodrigo Mota.
In the same year, she released her first solo comic with Diogo Almeida "Crianças da Terra" illustrated by Ricardo Robalo. It was launched in Brazil at CCXP'20 and later in Portugal at Amadora BD'21 by H-Alt magazine.
She is part of the group "Autores Lusófonos Unidos Pelo Planeta", a union between 12 authors and 4 independent comic studios from Brazil, Portugal, and Angola, whose objective is to co-publish works of various genres with the theme of environment.
In 2021, she launched her comic book "The Mystery of Cepheus - Prelude", with illustration by Carlos Rafael, which was launched in Brazil at CCXP'21 and in Portugal at the Beja International Comic Festival in 2022. In addition to the launch of the book at Beja Festival, her short story "What's Wrong?" with illustration by Danilo Aroeira was selected for the Avenida Marginal exhibition.
In 2021, she began working with the Brazilian production company Banana Filmes, as an agent, and shortly afterwards she became a producer and is currently one of the partners.
In 2022, she launched three projects: her artist agency Life is Golden Agency and LoGic Creative Designs, which works with graphic design and web design, and the LoGic Creative Solutions branch, which is focused exclusively on social media management and marketing.
In 2023, she was invited to join the Chroma Project, a group from Brazil, which produces stories focused on social causes, either environmental, economic, cultural, or among others. The Chroma Project offers free workshops for children and young people at events and in places to support the community with few financial resources.
In October 2023, she launched her publishing company, LeGado Editora, and the production company LeGado Studios. LeGado created the digital magazines LeiGo and LeiGo Kids.
Hugo Pouca Roupa
illustrator
At just 26 years old, he has already been teaching visual arts and digital arts, and has been a multimedia assistant, motion designer and graphic designer on productions for Seward Productions in London, as well as a product designer in Dublin.
Hugo grew up surrounded by fantasy and science fiction stories like any other child who grew up in the 2000s. In his illustration style we find both a tribute to the famous engravers of times past, as well as to the great black and white designers of modern times. Somewhere in his long list of titles that inspired him can be found great classics such as: Spiderwick, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Divine Comedy, Odyssey, The Extraordinary Travels of Jules Verne, Lovecraft's Best Tales, and much more. These works triggered a voracious need to make books and, above all, to illustrate them.
With artistic education in the area of graphic design and animation came the opportunity to develop his skills in illustration, book design, and animation. These studies provided the necessary tools to begin creating authorial material both in literature and editorial and in comics and animation.
Hugo also did logo design, animation, motion design, graphic design and UI/UX design projects for international companies. He currently has increased his knowledge in the area of interface and user design, areas in which he works most of the time. Hugo has more literary and animation projects in development and promises many more fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories to be revealed in the coming years. His work and development can be followed through his social networks and website.
