Editing Marcelo Cassaro

{{Short description|Brazilian writer and game designer}}
'''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 [[Inbetweening|in-between artist]] for animated cartoons in the [[Maurício de Sousa]] studios.<ref name=rpgista>{{cite web | url =https://rpgista.com.br/2019/05/12/rpgista-entrevista-marcelo-cassaro/ | title =RPGista Interview - Marcelo Cassaro | date =2019-05-12 | website =RPGista | access-date =2020-01-27}}</ref> In 1989, he was hired as an artist and screenwriter by [[Editora Abril|Abril Jovem]] for television shows like ''[[Joe Carioca]]'', ''[[Os Trapalhões]]'', and ''[[Jaspion]]''.<ref name=rpgista />

==Award winning writer and artist== 
In 1999, Cassaro created with artist [[Erica Awano]] the [[manga]] book ''[[Holy Avenger]]''; it became the longest published non-child-oriented comic in Brazil. Like Japanese manga, the first three pages of each chapter were printed in color, while the remaining pages were black and white, and each issue had a two-page map showing the journey of the characters, a summary of previous events, and profiles of the main characters.<ref name=brienza>{{cite book | last =Brienza | first =Casey  | title =Global Manga: 'Japanese' Comics without Japan? | publisher =Routledge | date =2016 | pages =49–50 | isbn =9781317127666}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite book | last =King | first =E. | title =Virtual Orientalism in Brazilian Culture | publisher =Springer | date =2016 | isbn =9781137462190}}</ref> It was the first Brazilian manga book to sell 30,000 copies each month. Forty issues were published from 1995 to 2004.<ref name=brienza />

Cassara also worked as author and editor on:  
* ''Dungeon Crawlers'' <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.omelete.com.br/quadrinhos/omelete-entrevista-marcelo-cassaro-fala-sobre-idungeon-crawlersi/|title=Omelete entrevista: Marcelo Cassaro fala sobre Dungeon Crawlers > Quadrinhos |last=Borgo|first=Eric|date=31 March 2003|work=Omelete|language=Portuguese|accessdate=3 March 2011}}</ref>
* ''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.<ref name=rpgista />

In 2009, Cassaro started writing for ''Turma da Mônica Jovem'', the best selling comic book in South America.<ref name=comix>{{cite web | url =https://www.comixology.com/Marcelo-Cassaro/comics-creator/112149 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200128030630/https://www.comixology.com/Marcelo-Cassaro/comics-creator/112149 | url-status =dead | archive-date =January 28, 2020 | title =Marcelo Cassaro | website =Comixology | publisher =Amazon | access-date =2020-01-27}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Together with artist Erica Awano, finalist in the First International Manga Contest (Japan, 2007), for ''Holy Avenger'', 2018<ref name=rpgista />
* Ângelo Agostini Award as “Mestre do Quadrinho Nacional”, 2018<ref name=rpgista />

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{DeviantArt|captainninja|Marcelo Cassaro}}
*{{Inducks author|Marcelo+Cassaro|Marcelo Cassaro}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100503202143/http://blog.sfrpg.com.br/post/Marcelo-Cassaro.aspx Interview at Street Fighter RPG Brazil]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070324213929/http://www.holyavenger.com.br/materia/holly10/autores.htm Official Biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070324213929/http://www.holyavenger.com.br/ Official ''Holy Avenger'' site]
* {{imdb name|4073099}}
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