Jorge Kato

Jorge Kato joined the publisher Abril in the mid-1950s, when he started out doing several covers for the Disney magazines Mickey and Pato Donald. Other artists that drew for the company's Disney magazines at the time were the Argentine artist Luis Destuet and cover artist Álvaro de Moya.

From 1959, Kato was the first to illustrate Brazilian 'Jose Carioca' stories, that were published in the magazine Zé Carioca from 1961. He was also involved in the reworking of American material to 'Ze Carioca' stories. Kato was soon accompanied by Waldyr Igayara De Souza and Izomar Camargo Guilherme, when Abril got its own production center.