Butcher Billy

Not to be confused with Billy Butcher.
Butcher Billy
Born
Billy Mariano da Luz

Curitiba, Brazil
EducationGraphic Design PUCPR
Known forPop Art
Notable workThe Post-Punk / New Wave Super Friends Series

Tales From The Smith Comic Book Series

Butcher Billy Changes Bowie Project
MovementPop Art

Butcher Billy (born Billy Mariano da Luz,[1] in Curitiba, March 14, 1978) is a Brazilian artist and graphic designer known for his art pieces and illustration series based on the contemporary pop art movement. His work has a strong vintage comic book and street art influence while also making use of pop cultural references in music, cinema, art, literature, games, history and politics. Often crossing reality and fiction, his projects promote creative concepts that reference fictional characters with real life personalities such as musicians, artists, historical figures and politicians.

His work started going viral on the internet in 2012 via social media and since then he has been getting attention online and offline from newspapers, books, magazines and vehicles such as The Guardian/Observer,[2] Rolling Stone,[3] The Huffington Post,[4] NME,[5] Wired,[6] Elle,[7] Maxim,[8] Vanity Fair,[9] Yahoo!,[10] and MTV.[11]

His body of work has since been leading to exhibitions in contemporary art galleries in cities like London,[12] San Francisco,[13] Chicago, Miami, Lisbon[14] and Dubai, and has attracted collaborations with companies such as ESPN,[15] Michael Jordan, Foot Locker,[16] E.Leclerc, British Gas, Billboard and Winsor & Newton.

In 2019, he started making cover for famous novels for Editora Aleph: A Clockwork Orange, Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump and Planet of the Apes.[17] In 2020, he made covers for a box dedicated to science fiction by H. G. Wells for the publisher Pandorga.

  1. ^ "Artista brasileiro é convidado a ilustrar nova temporada de "Black Mirror"". Revista Glamour (in Portuguese). 2017-01-05.
  2. ^ Bromwich, Kathryn (4 April 2015). "Superheroes of rock'n'roll – in pictures". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Butcher Billy: Post punk y súper héroes". Rolling Stone Colombia.
  4. ^ "And Here Are You Favorite Post-Punk Rock Stars As Marvel Superheroes". The Huffington Post. 20 March 2015.
  5. ^ "6 Rockstars Reimagined As Superheroes". NME. 16 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Butcher Billy, icone post-punk come supereroi - Wired". Wired (in Italian). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  7. ^ "#PrêtàLiker : quand les rock stars deviennent des super-héros - Elle". www.elle.fr (in French). 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  8. ^ "17 INCREDIBLY COOL MASH-UPS OF COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES AND ROCK GODS". MAXIM. 23 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Les légendes du rock des années 1980 revisitées façon super-héros Marvel". Vanity Fair. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  10. ^ "Pitch-Perfect Parody of Banksy Appears on Brazil's Street: Why You Wascawwy Graffiti Artist!". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  11. ^ "When Nolan Met Burton: Two 'Batman' Franchises, One Mash-Up!". MTV.com.[dead link]
  12. ^ "Winsor & Newton/AOI London Exhibition Opening 16 Nov 2015". www.theaoi.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  13. ^ "Gauntlet Gallery Exhibit". gauntletgallery.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  14. ^ "Exposição: Charivari Vol. I – Antologia de Arte Digital e Cultura Pop (até 8 de novembro)". Charivari. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  15. ^ "ESPN Magazine | Natural Born Rivals by Butcher Billy". www.behance.net. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  16. ^ "5 Illustrators Recreate the Magic of Michael Jordan's Most Legendary Moment". Complex UK. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  17. ^ às 10:00, byVíctor Aliaga Publicado 1 de Dezembro de 2019 (2019-12-01). "Editora Aleph relança livros clássicos com capas de Butcher Billy". IGN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)