Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics

Master of National Comics (Brazilian Portuguese: Mestre do Quadrinho Nacional) is one of the categories of Prêmio 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).

The "Master of National Comics" category has been part of Prêmio Angelo Agostini since its first edition, in 1985.

[1][2][3][4][5] The Angelo Agostini's 18th edition, in 2002, exceptionally awarded 13 people as "Master of National Comics" instead of the traditional three names.

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".

This problem reoccurred in the next edition, focused on the production of 2020 comics, but which had its vote postponed to early 2022.

Self-portrait of Angelo Agostini , the artist who names the award and who posthumously received the title of Master of the National Comics in 2004.
Messias de Mello received the award in 1985.
Julio Shimamoto received the award in 1986.
Ziraldo received the award in 1990.
André LeBlanc received the award in 1992.
Mauricio de Sousa received the award in 1993.
Lyrio Aragão received the award in 1994.
Laerte Coutinho received the award in 2003.
Paulo Caruso received the award in 2005.
Mike Deodato , also known as Deodato Filho, received the award in 2009.
Fernando Gonsales received the award in 2012.
Lourenço Mutarelli received the award in 2012 and 2014.
Marcatti received the award in 2016.
Marcelo Campos received the award in 2019.
Edgar Franco received the award in 2022.