[1] He studied fine arts in the early 1920s, at the same time he started making humorous drawings for several magazines in Rio de Janeiro, such as Vida Doméstica, Vida Nova and A Maçã.

[2] In 1930, Silva left humor drawing and began to do literary illustration, collaborating with O Cruzeiro and O Jornal.

[1] In the same year, he debuted his most successful character, A Garra Cinzenta ("The Gray Claw" in free translation), created in partnership with Francisco Armond (a pseudonym whose true identity, to this day, has never been revealed).

[3][4] A Garra Cinzenta, a villain without powers but with great knowledge of science, was produced between 1937 and 1939 for the newspaper A Gazeta, totaling 100 pages.

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