Rafael Albuquerque

Lis (aka Lisa), Lu (aka Luciana) and Leco (aka Leandro)—three friends bonded by their love for Brazil’s unique street art “pixo”, also known as pichação or pixação, a distinctive style of tagging unique to Brazil—strive to be good in a place where corruption still thrives.

From Eisner, Harvey, and Inkpot Award-winner Rafael Albuquerque and Rafael Scavone, the co-creators of American Vampire and Hit-Girl in Rome, comes a story about the power of pop culture idols and overcoming guilt.

Rafael Albuquerque is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning co-creator of Crimeland(Image Comics, 2007), Mondourbano (Oni Press, 2010), and the New York Times best selling series, American Vampire (DC Comics/Vertigo, 2010). Having been in the industry since 2003, Rafael has worked with all major publishers in the business. He has illustrated popular books such as Batman, for DC Comics, Uncanny X-Force for Marvel Comics, and many more.
Ei8ht is a creator-owned illustrated by Rafael and co-written by Rafael and Mike Johnson.