Authors
Liliana Gaito
Creator and Screenwriter
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 with "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.
Carlos Rafael
Illustrator
He is 37 years old, born in Montemor-o-Novo, and an unconditional fan of comics, animation and cinema. Graduated in Multimedia at the Professional School of the Alentejo Region, he has always managed to keep the arts close to his professional life. He took classes in drawing, character design and environment creation with teacher Nazaré Conceição. He currently works at Vendas Novas City Hall.
In 2018, inspired by his family, friends, 90s pop culture, and authors like Filipe Melo and Frank Miller, he decided to create his own comic book story: “As Aventuras de Máti” (The Adventures of Máti), a project that has been working on, as an author and Illustrator.
In 2021, he was invited by Liliana Gaito, to start the project “The Mystery of Cepheus”.
In 2022, he started the adaptation of the story “Ismael - E Se Fosses Tu A Sofrer” created by the author Sílvia Mota from Associação 29 de Abril de Montemor-o-Novo.