My name is Lucio Luiz. I’m a journalist, writer, researcher, podcaster and comics scriptwriter. I hold a degree in Social Communication (Journalism) and a Master’s and PhD in Education. I started my career as a press officer and producer of institutional newspapers and magazines, and today I work across several fronts, including as a freelance translator and copy editor.
In 1999, I began working as a comics scriptwriter, initially on institutional comics. Together with Flavio Soares, I created the children’s series Meninos e Dragões, and I have several comics and webcomics published with various artists, such as Flávio Luiz, Laudo Ferreira, Mario Cau, among many others (a detailed list of works and collaborations can be found in the Comics section of this site).
Alongside comics, also starting in 1999, I began working in education, moving through roles as a press officer, teacher and educational coordinator, eventually becoming vice-principal at Colégio Gonçalves Dias, in Rio de Janeiro, where I stayed for nearly two decades. After that, I continued in educational management (MoveEdu/Ensina Mais Turma da Mônica, in Curitiba) and as a language teacher in Switzerland (Interlangues, Biel/Bienne). That background feeds directly into my research on comics in education and digital literacy, bridging the classroom and academic work.
Since 2007, I’ve worked in academic research, focusing mainly on participatory culture, education, comics and podcasting. I was, in fact, among the first Brazilian researchers to write about participatory culture, at a time when Henry Jenkins’s books had not yet been translated in Brazil. More details on this work can be found in the Research & Education section of this site.
In 2008, I co-founded the Papo de Gordo portal, focused on health and wellbeing, and actively took part in the podcast of the same name, aimed at building self-esteem for overweight people, in particular fighting fatphobia.
In 2013, I founded the independent publishing house Marsupial, focused on publishing theoretical books on Communication and Education, as well as graphic novels and comics in general under the Jupati Books imprint. As an editor, I was responsible for works such as Pétalas (by Gustavo Borges and Cris Peter), Mako (by André Diniz) and O Santo Sangue (by Laudo Ferreira and Marcel Bartholo), among dozens of other Brazilian comics, as well as the Brazilian editions of authors such as Scott McCloud, Peter Kuper and Christophe Arleston.
In literature, although I had earlier activities in the field, I started more seriously in 2015 with the publication of the children’s books A Mamãe Tamanduá (illustrated by PriWi) and Palavras, Palabras (illustrated by Bianca Pinheiro). A complete list of works, as well as several short stories and chronicles available to read, can be found in the Literature section of this site.