André Ruivo's bug.
In Portuguese, Hardcover, in Portuguese, edition: Bedeteca de Lisboa, 2010, Dimensions - 16 x 21.2 cm, 60 pages,
"On February 1, 1999, the Computers supplement of the Público newspaper began a series of illustrated articles on the millennium bug , echoing the world computer community about the End of the World that was approaching. The articles by journalist Rita Hasse Ferreira humorously dissected the beliefs and panics of American nerds , digging anti-nuclear shelters in the backyard and hoarding canned food by the ton. In Portugal, tropical sleepiness was not enough to be scared, then it would be seen... The humor of the texts called for drawn satire. It was the ideal challenge for the corrosive line of André Ruivo (Lisbon, 1977), invited by José Vítor Malheiros, editor of the supplement. The series continued through the first months of the year 2000, making fun of the millions spent on useless prevention measures.
Ruivo brought his human circus, clownesque, already trained in illustration and politicized comic strip for the newspaper Combate. The figures are grotesque, in nervous pencil strokes and flat Photoshop colors. He manipulated the icons and commonplaces of popular culture with extreme effectiveness, as in one of the most expressive illustrations of the series, where on the subject of forced vacations in schools, the bug embodies the typical snowman. Maintaining collaboration with Combate, Ruivo became resident illustrator of the supplement Computers until its extinction, continuing to parody computer ailments, which were common during those years. A selection of images from the bugseries was published by the Bedeteca de Lisboa in 2000 in the second volume of the collection Pocket Images."
Almanak Silva
