Career
Antonio began his writer career on his 60s when he began writing short stories. He created a project to publish 1000 short stories, the "Milistórias" Project. Since then he released seven books in the collection "Milistórias".
And he also released a novel, "A Senhora das Coroas", or "Lady of the Crowns" in English.
Antonio was also an avid collector of comic books for much of his life, from childhood, around age 7, until in his 50s. His collection reached a peak or around 4800 items, and so he decided to create the "Biblioteca Nacional de Histórias em Quadrinhos"(National Library of Comic Books), which existed between 1987 and 1992 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
In 1992 Antonio decided to donate its entire collection of the National Library of Comic Books for the a Belo Horizonte"s Public Library. His collection was named as "" at the Belo Horizonte"s public library.
