Prêmio Al Rio (''Al Rio Award'') was a Brazilian award to honor Brazilian comic book artists with prominence in the national and international comics industry. The name was a tribute to the
cartoonist of the same name. The laureate artists received trophies of revelation and of regional, national and international prominence.
The award was associated with GeekExpo, then the main geek event in
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
, whose first edition took place in 2015. Trophies for Al Rio winners were handed out during the event. The last edition of the award took place in 2018, when happened also the last edition of GeekExpo, which was "absorbed" by the Sana Fest event this year.
Winners
2015
* Revelation: Sirlanney
* Regional Prominence: Mino
* National Prominence:
Adão Iturrusgarai
* International Prominence:
Cris Peter
Cris Peter (June 15, 1983) is a Brazilian colorist. She works mainly in the American comics market for publishers like DC Comics and Marvel Comics. She was nominated for the Eisner Award for her colors in comic series ''Casanova''. She also did th ...
2016
* Revelation: Talles Rodrigues
* Regional Prominence: Daniel Brandão
* National Prominence: Lu Cafaggi
* International Prominence:
Ed Benes
2017
* Revelation: Blenda Furtado
* Regional Prominence: Geraldo Jesuíno
* National Prominence: Vitor Cafaggi
* International Prominence: Geraldo Borges
2018
* Revelation: Ise Nishi
* Regional Prominence: JJ Marreiro
* National Prominence:
Fabio Coala
Fabio Coala is a Brazilian comics artist. After five years of working as a firefighter, he created the website ''Mentirinhas'' (''"Little Lies"'') in which he publishes, starting in 2010, webcomics with different characters. One of the main charac ...
* International Prominence: Dijjo Lima
References
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Comics awards in Brazil