Troféu Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics

Master of National Comics () is one of the categories of Troféu Angelo Agostini, the most traditional Brazilian award dedicated to comics that has been held since 1985 by Associação dos Quadrinhistas e Caricaturistas do Estado de São Paulo (AQC-ESP).

History

The "Master of National Comics" category has been part of Prêmio Angelo Agostini since its first edition, in 1985. It is aimed to reward artists who have been dedicated to Brazilian comics for at least 25 years. The four honorees of this first edition were chosen by AQC-ESP board. The following year, the winners were elected by open vote for members of AQC-ESP and comics artists associations from other Brazilian states (and, later, for any interested person, whether comics professionals or readers).

The Angelo Agostini's 18th edition, in 2002, exceptionally awarded 13 people as "Master of National Comics" instead of the traditional three names. This would be a tribute to the "majority" of the event (it was "turning 18 years old"). It was the largest number of winners in this category in the same edition.

As of the 2006 edition, the sending of voting ballots, which until then could only be done by mail, also started to occur by e-mail. A new change was made in the 2013 edition: votes were now registered directly on the AQC-ESP's official blog, which resulted in a large increase in the number of votes (14,937 in this edition against a total that hardly exceeded 500 in previous editions).

In 2007, only living artists became eligible for the award (until the previous year, the trophy was awarded posthumously several times). Due to this change, all deceased artists who were part of the list that AQC-ESP published annually of people eligible for the category were automatically defined by the organizing committee as "Masters in memoriam".

Since 2017, the winners of this category became chosen by the organizing committee and no longer by voters. The only exception to this new criterion was in the 2019 edition (when that was chosen by open voting), but in the following edition the definition of the winners in this category was again made by the organizing committee.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 36th Angelo Agostini Award, which should have taken place in 2020, was held in January 2021. This problem reoccurred in the next edition, focused on the production of 2020 comics, but which had its vote postponed to early 2022. The schedule was regularized in 2022 with the 38th edition of the award being held in the second half of the year.

Winners and nominees

Year Winners NomineesRef.1985Eugenio ColonneseElected by the organizing committeeJayme CortezMessias de MelloRodolfo Zalla1986Gedeone MalagolaOpen voting, no list of nomineesJulio ShimamotoNico Rosso1987Flavio ColinOpen voting, no list of nomineesHenfilSérgio Lima1988Cláudio SetoOpen voting, no list of nomineesJoão Batista QueirozLuiz Sá1989Álvaro de MoyaOpen voting, no list of nomineesJaguarRubens Francisco Lucchetti1990Miguel PenteadoOpen voting, no list of nomineesWalmir AmaralZiraldo1991Aylton ThomazOpen voting, no list of nomineesPrimaggio MantoviReinaldo de Oliveira1992André LeBlancOpen voting, no list of nomineesIsmael dos SantosIzomar Camargo Guilherme1993Carlos ZéfiroOpen voting, no list of nomineesMauricio de SousaWaldir Igayara1994Ely BarbosaOpen voting, no list of nomineesGetulio DelphimLyrio Aragão1995Ivan SaidenbergOpen voting, no list of nomineesPaulo FukueRoberto Fukue1996Antonio DuarteOpen voting, no list of nomineesHelena FonsecaPaulo Hamasaki1997Fernando IkomaOpen voting, no list of nomineesMaria Aparecida GodoyOscar Kern1998Carlos Arthur ThiréOpen voting, no list of nomineesManoel Victor FilhoZezo1999Deodato BorgesOpen voting, no list of nomineesLuiz Antônio SampaioPéricles2000Adolfo AizenOpen voting, no list of nomineesMoacy CirneRenato Silva2001Edson RontaniOpen voting, no list of nomineesIvan Wasth RodriguesRenato Canini2002Antônio CedrazOpen voting, no list of nomineesClaudio de SousaEdmundo RodriguesIgnácio JustoIonaldo CavalcantiJosé DelboLuis SátiroLuiz SaidenbergLuscarNaniOsvaldo TaloRubens CordeiroZaé Júnior2003Antônio EusébioOpen voting, no list of nomineesLaerte CoutinhoMoacir Rodrigues SoaresOtacilio D'AssunçãoTony Fernandes2004AngeliOpen voting, no list of nomineesAngelo AgostiniCarlos EstêvãoChico CarusoRivaldo2005Luiz GêOpen voting, no list of nomineesMinami KeiziPaulo Caruso2006Jorge BarkinwelOpen voting, no list of nomineesLorSônia Luyten2007Gutemberg MonteiroOpen voting, no list of nomineesLuiz Teixeira da Silva (Tule)Xalberto2008Aníbal Barros CassalOpen voting, no list of nomineesAntônio Luiz CagninDiamantino da SilvaFernando Dias da SilvaOfeliano de AlmeidaSalatiel de Holanda2009Deodato FilhoOpen voting, no list of nomineesEmir RibeiroMozart CoutoSebastião SeabraSergio MorettiniWatson Portela2010Franco de RosaOpen voting, no list of nomineesHenrique MagalhãesRodval Mathias2011Dag LemosOpen voting, no list of nomineesEduardo VetilloE.C. NickelElmano SilvaNovaes2012Bira DantasOpen voting, no list of nomineesFernando GonsalesLourenço MutarelliMoacir Torres2013Jô FevereiroOpen voting, no list of nomineesJúlio Emílio BrazMarcos Maldonado2014ByrataOpen voting, no list of nomineesLourenço MutarelliPaulo Paiva Lima2015Carlos Edgard HerreroOpen voting, no list of nomineesGustavo MachadoMurilo Marques Moutinho2016Carlos PatatiOpen voting, no list of nomineesChristie QueirozMarcatti2017Arthur GarciaElected by the organizing committeeJoão Gualberto CostaSérgio GracianoSidney L. Salustre2018JalElected by the organizing committeeJosé MenezesFlorealMarcelo Cassaro2019Ciça PintoMarcelo CamposOctavio Cariello2020Aparecido NorbertoElected by the organizing committeeDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 editions had their award ceremonies held online in the respective following years. ()Crau da IlhaMaria da Graça MaldonadoYkenga2021Anita Costa PradoElected by the organizing committeeEdgar FrancoEdgar VasquesRenato Aroeira2022José Márcio NicolosiElected by the organizing committeeLilian MitsunagaSantiagoSergio Macedo2023Adriana MeloElected by the organizing committeeÉrica AwanoLaudo FerreiraNilson Azevedo2024Ana Luiza KoehlerElected by the organizing committeeAndré DinizLúcia NóbregaRogério de Campos2025Adão IturrusgaraiElected by the organizing committeeGian DantonMárcia D’HaeseZélio Alves Pinto2026Alice RuizElected by the organizing committeeAtaíde BrazGilmarPaula Mastroberti

See also List of Prêmio Angelo Agostini winners

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