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.