Ioshua

Josué Marcos Belmonte (197725 June 2015), better known by the stage name Ioshua, was an Argentine punk poet, cartoonist and LGBT activist. He was known for being a non-conformist and irreverent character and he defined representation in literature for marginalized classes of Greater Buenos Aires. Besides writing, he ventured in musical composition and comics.

One of the principal themes of his work is the representation of the homosexual desire in the marginalized neighborhoods of Greater Buenos Aires.

Biography Born in 1977 in Haedo, Buenos Aires province, although at a young age he moved with his family to Libertad, Merlo.

He started his artistic career at the start of the 2000s, by writing fanzines and as a member and composer of the band Corazondeniñx. In 2005 he had his first publication in a publishing house, the plaquette , that was released by the publishing house Belleza y Felicidad, by the artists Fernanda Laguna and Cecilia Pavón, who also had an art gallery in which Ioshua had performed. was published in 2009 by the publishing house Nulú Bonsai. His other works featured the cartoon , about a group of antisocial, gay youths.

Ioshua died on 25 June 2015 in his home, located in the city of Mariano Acosta.

Works Among his works are: