Expressa is a collection of anthologies of Brazilian comics, cartoonists, and illustrators, winner of the important HQMix 2021 award in the Best Editorial Project category. J. Carlos (1884-1950) is one of the greatest Brazilian illustrators of all times, considered the great modernizer of our cartoonism. The present issue of Expressa brings a wide panorama of his work, from his first drawings, at the beginning of the 20th century, to the last covers he did for Careta magazine.