Radius Volume 2: the fall of Aruanda and Pituco's turn
In the second volume, Major Pimã invades Aruanda and an unlikely hero takes center stage. Here is what the issue brings.
The second volume of Radius has a subtitle that sets the mood right away: A queda de Aruanda, the fall of Aruanda. War reaches the resistance's territory. And in the middle of it, the story gains an unexpected lead.
The synopsis
Radius and the Tapanhumas face the invasion led by Major Pimã, dictator of Marília Metropolitana, and his horde, the Tomorrow Troops. In that turmoil, the official synopsis says, an unlikely hero emerges: Pituco, the anthropomorphic dog.
A beacon of hope in the middle of the storm of uncertainty.
Official synopsis of Radius Volume 2
While Radius fights alongside Peregrino and the Tapanhumas to defend Aruanda, Pituco lives his own journey in parallel. That journey goes through the Kennel, Major Pimã's arena.
Who arrives in this volume
- Jack: the ally Pituco meets inside the Kennel and nicknames "Chimney".
- Millennium: one of the most feared fighters in the arena, introduced as "The Devourer".
- Limbo: Major Pimã's henchman, owner of a laugh that never stops, even at the worst moments.
The issue in numbers
- Release
- March 2024
- Pages
- 40
- Format
- 17 x 26 cm, full color, print and digital
- ISBN
- 978-65-00-90099-6
- Story
- Tiago de Moraes das Chagas
- Script and art
- Tony Pessanha
- Colors
- Felipe Felix
- Lettering
- Lorde Lobo
- Publisher
- Mustache Comics
Launch and awards
The volume was launched on March 22, 2024, with a night of celebration at Pizzaria Rock Way. On July 20, 2024, it won the Prêmio Oscar Schrappe Sobrinho, in a posthumous tribute to Pituco. In October of the same year, it was recognized by the Popular Jury of DSHBR 2024, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro.
The issue is on Amazon, in print and digital, and can also be ordered through WhatsApp. The full synopsis and sample pages are on the Volume 2 website.
