Louren?o Mutarelli (born April 18, 1964) is a Brazilian comic book artist,writer and actor who became well regarded in the Brazilian underground comics scene in the late 1980s and 1990s. In addition to comic books, Mutarelli has also created plays, books, and all the illustration and animated sequences of the 2004 motion picture Nina, which was based on the novel Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. Drained, released in 2006, is a movie adaptation of Mutarelli's first literary work, O Cheiro do Ralo; and he plays a minor role in the film. He also made a guest appearance in the 2014 film Quando Eu Era Vivo, based on his novel A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa. He also starred in The Second Mother, in 2015.
