Rapha Pinheiro

Rapha Pinheiro, born Raphael Câmara Pinheiro on 1 September 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian comics creator, illustrator, editor and professor. He studied architecture and urbanism at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and comics at the École européenne supérieure de l'image in Angoulême, and he is director and a teacher at Inko Criativo, a creative media school and studio; from 2019 to 2024 he was editor-in-chief of Universo Guará. His comics include Os Tomos de Tessa (2015), Silas (2018), Rua (2022) and O Mago e a Tempestade (2023), and he has won the HQMix Trophy and the Prêmio Minuano. He teaches and makes art on social media, and his YouTube channel had about 78,900 subscribers in November 2025.