A crowdfunding project has been launched by Brazilian based publisher Editora Noir, to produce a book featuring Lee Falk’s biography.

The book is titled ‘Lee Falk, A Lenda Dos Quadrinhos‘ which translates to ‘Lee Falk, The Comic Legend‘ is written by Gonçalo Junior. It will contain 318 black and white pages measuring 14cm x21cm and is limited to 300 copies. Text within the book will be in Portuguese.

The book is being offered on the Catarse website, a crownfunding platform that enables users to collaboratively raise money for creative projects in Brazil. Four tiers of options are available for supporting the project, which feature multi-book discounts, signed copies, discounted shipping and your name acknowledged within the book.

The books description found on the Catarse website reads:

THE FANTASTIC LIFE OF MANDRAKE’S FATHER AND THE GHOST!

Lee Falk had one of the most incredible and fascinating biographies in the world of comics.

This book by Gonçalo Junior, which you can support, tells the story of a genius who created two comic book legends – Mandrake and O Fantasma – and made himself a myth.

His story is finally revealed in this exclusive biography for Brazilian fans, written by an author who is a super fan of the masked hero who spent decades reading his stories and searching for details about his life!!

You will meet an unimaginable Lee Falk, who:

1 – He fought against racism!

2 – He was a spy during the Second World War!

3 – Denounced the fake Hitler biography!

4 – Proved the existence of concentration camps!

5 – Revolutionized American theater by placing black actors as protagonists!

6 – He fought for the civil rights of black people and against the Vietnam War in the 1960s!

7 – He was in Brazil and his trip is extensively documented in the book, with never-before-seen images!

8 – He wrote his characters’ stories for more than 60 years!

We see some of the books internal pages on the Catarse website, which display a nice mix of illustrations and text.

Lee Falk, A Lenda Dos Quadrinhos of course needs to reach the required financial target to be produced, due by the 5th of May 2024. We’re told that shipping of the book if the project is fully supported and funded is in June 2024. It’s unclear if international postage is available.

To read more about Lee Falk, A Lenda Dos Quadrinhos by Editora Noir on the Catarse website, click HERE

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