Pedro Cobiaco

Pedro Cobiaco is a comic artist, visual artist, and muralist. Born in 1996, he began publishing in 2010, at the age of 13. That same year, he was invited to create a weekly comic strip for Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil’s largest newspaper. Since then, he has published five graphic novels, including Harmatã, Aventuras na Ilha do Tesouro, and Haya e o Tempo (the latter in collaboration with Janaína de Luna). His work has received several awards, including the HQMix Award (Best New Talent – Writer, 2013) and the Grampo de Ouro (Best Comic, 2015), and has also been nominated for the Jabuti Prize. His works have been published in Europe and the United States, and he has participated in exhibitions at museums and festivals in Porto, Beja, and Paris.

More recently, he created the cover, interior artwork, and an original story for the BRABA project, developed by Rafael Grampá and produced by the publishers Fantagraphics and Mino, with a simultaneous release in Brazil and the United States during San Diego Comic-Con. Highly sought after as a visual artist, Cobiaco has produced covers, illustrations, and murals for companies such as WARNER/DC, Guaraná Antarctica, Chiaroscuro, and Saatchi & Saatchi.