Marcelo Cassaro

Marcelo Cassaro (born August 15, 1970) is a Brazilian writer of comic books, role-playing games and the science-fiction book Sword of the Galaxy (Espada da Galáxia).

Early career In 1985, at age 15, Cassaro became a design assistant and in-between artist for animated cartoons in the Maurício de Sousa studios. In 1989, he was hired as an artist and screenwriter by Abril Jovem for television shows like Joe Carioca, Os Trapalhões, and Jaspion. But going against the standard practice of printing manga so that it read right-to-left, which conformed with Japanese reading practices, Holy Avenger was printed to be read left-to-right instead. It was the first Brazilian manga book to sell 30,000 copies each month. Forty issues were published from 1995 to 2004. Victory, the first comic book with Brazilian script and art published in the United States, by Image Comics Lua dos Dragões (Moon of Dragons), one of the most awarded miniseries in Brazilian comics The Dragon Bride, also with Erica Awano

In 1995, Cassaro started Dragão Brasil, the first Brazilian monthly magazine specialized in RPG games, and the only one to complete more than 100 editions. He left that position and worked as an author of RPGs based on licensed video games such as Street Fighter, Final Fight, Darkstalkers and Megaman. He is also one of the authors of Tormenta, the most successful RPG in Brazil; and 3D&T, an RPG game based on manga and anime.

Awards Together with artist Erica Awano, finalist in the First International Manga Contest (Japan, 2007), for Holy Avenger, 2018 Ângelo Agostini Award as “Mestre do Quadrinho Nacional”, 2018