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33-565: The award's name pays homage to Angelo Agostini , considered at the time the pioneer artist of Brazilian comics . The event also seeks to take place, whenever possible, on Dia do Quadrinho Nacional ("National Comics Day", in January 30), the same date in which, in 1869, the first episode of the Agostini's sequential art series As Aventuras de Nhô Quim ou Impressões de Uma Viagem à Corte was published. The first edition of Prêmio Angelo Agostini

66-493: A comics reader, could vote for any artist or work that met the criteria for each category. In 1993, the trophy given to the winners became a bronze plaque with the AQC-ESP "mascot" parrot, designed by Rodrigo Leão and produced by the company Inarco. In the same year, the category "Best Fanzine" was created, to award fanzines that bring information, news, reviews or notes about comics (independent comic books remained being voted in

99-530: A sculptor and painter. Andrade had a second son with Agostini, Angelo, who died of tuberculosis after birth. She died a year later of the same illness. Named in honour of Agostini, the Prêmio Angelo Agostini is a Brazilian comics prize awarded by Associação dos Quadrinhistas e Caricaturistas do Estado de São Paulo since 1985. Colorist In comics , a colorist is responsible for adding color to black-and-white line art. For most of

132-550: A sequential image story serialised in Vida Fluminense titled As Aventuras de Nhô Quim ( The Adventures of Nhô Quim ). The first chapter published on 30 January 1869, the story involved themes of conflict between the agricultural and urban culture, and political commentary through visual storytelling capable of reaching a largely illiterate population. During the 1880s Agostini started the periodical Revista Illustrada , which became noted for its illustrated coverage of

165-421: A superhero who appeared in a 1997 album in honor of Gibiteca de Curitiba 's 15 years. They said in the book that the character was inspired by Captão Gralha, a 1940s super-hero created by Iwerten (which, according to the authors, they believed would be clearly understood as a joke). However, over time, many people came to believe that the story was real, even though there was no other reference to this artist before

198-538: A total that hardly exceeded 500 in previous editions. As of the 2016 edition, AQC-ESP started to use the Google Forms system to increase security against double votes. In 2015, AQC-ESP published an official statement apologizing for adding Francisco Iwerten in the 2007 list of "Masters of the National Comics in memoriam ". Iwerten's existence had been a joke by the creators of the character O Gralha ,

231-421: Is to honor a person or institution that has supported the national comics in the year prior to the award ceremony. The same year, the trophy design was changed to a small glass statue with an Angelo Agostini image. To increasing the number of people voting, the ballot with the categories was distributed in fanzines and could be sent by mail to AQC-ESP headquarter. Anyone interested, whether professional or just

264-539: The COVID-19 pandemic , the awards ceremony for the 36th Prêmio Angelo Agostini, which was originally scheduled for June 2020 at the Latin America Memorial , has been suspended (as have most of the country's cultural activities). Because of this, the event organizers chose to wait for a new date to start voting, which only took place in January 2021. This problem reoccurred in the next edition, focused on

297-406: The 2013 edition, the award's organizing committee changed the way they receive the votes, which are now made directly on the AQC-ESP's official blog, which was created in 2010. The list of eligible publications was also published directly on the blog. The main reflection of this change was in the number of votes: 14,937 (of which around 12,000 were considered valid by the electoral commission), against

330-482: The 20th century this was done using brushes and dyes which were then used as guides to produce the printing plates. Since the late 20th century it is most often done using digital media, with printing separations produced electronically. Although most American colorists work directly for comics publishers (either as employees or freelancers ), there are a few coloring studios which offer their services to publishers. American Color , Olyoptics , Digital Chameleon were

363-548: The album's publication. The story was only "officially" disproved in the afterword of O Gralha's second album, released in September 2014. In the statement, the Angelo Agostini organizers apologized for not having done a deeper research on Iwerten real existence. Since 2017, the category " Master of National Comics " was chosen by the organizing committee and no longer by voters. The only exception to this new criterion

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396-481: The annual Carnival . On 27 January 1883, the first chapter of As Aventuras do Zé Caipora ( The Adventures of Zé Caipora ) was published, starting a successful publication run of 35 episodes spread out over many years,. Achieving a multimedia impact, the series was printed in four editions, and inspired a popular song and two silent films. Agostini established the magazine Don Quixote in 1895, which lasted until 1906, and with Luiz Bartolomeu de Sousa e Silva founded

429-500: The ballot. From then on, each person could choose up to two names, which would have different "weight" if placed in first or second (with the exception of the category "Master of National Comics", which awards three people and, therefore, had space for three names with the same "weight"). The aim was to increase the number of names being voted on and decrease the chances of "combined" votes. The 18th edition, in 2002, exceptionally awarded 13 people as " Master of National Comics " instead of

462-436: The category "Best Editorial Cartoonist" was renamed "Best Editorial Cartoonist / Caricaturist", expanding its original scope. The 2019 edition also brought the biggest change in voting: from this year, instead of the traditional open vote on any eligible person or work, the organizing committee started to present a list of ten nominees in each category, defined by a group of professionals specially invited for this task. Due to

495-401: The category (that is, who had dedicated themselves at least in the last 25 years to Brazilian comics) were automatically defined by the commission organizer as "Masters in memoriam ". In 2011, there was created a new category: "Best Independent Release". The eligibility was the same of "Best Release" category (a publication by Brazilian artists whose first edition, special issue or single issue

528-577: The category of "Best Release"). From 1994, Angelo Agostini's trophies ceremony also included the Nova award, from the Brazilian Society of Fantastic Art (SBAF), which had begun awarding the best science fiction comics the previous year. However, this happened only to the categories linked to comics, as the others remained in the SBAF's own event. For the award's 1995 edition, there was a change in

561-473: The choice of winners was made by open vote for members of AQC-ESP and comics artists associations from other states. In 1987, a special trophy was awarded to the Union of Journalists of São Paulo for supporting the struggles of comics artists. The following year, this trophy was officially renamed Jayme Cortez Trophy, in honor of the artist of the same name who died the previous year. The purpose of this category

594-417: The companies notable in this field. Originally, comics were colored by cutting out films of various densities in the appropriate shapes to be used in producing color-separated printing plates. The typical colorist worked from photocopies of the inked pages, which they colored with special dyes. Dr. Martin's Dyes was a brand notable in this field within the comic strip industry. CMYK codes were written on

627-681: The first Brazilian cartoonist . Agostini was born in Vercelli , Italy, but following adolescence and art studies in Paris , he arrived in Brazil in 1859 with his mother the singer Raquel Agostini, and settled. At an early age, he published drawn work in the São Paulo publication Diabo Coxo on 17 September 1864. Following more work published in Cabrião and Revista Arlequim , Agostini produced

660-463: The first to use computers to do color separations. Although other companies at the time were experimenting with computers, Oliff and his crew were the first to blend the color guide artist with the separator. In 1987, the Japanese manga Akira was in preparation to be translated and published by Marvel Comics 's Epic Comics line. Oliff was chosen as the colorist, and he convinced Marvel that it

693-480: The following year, only the category of "Best Editorial Cartoonist" became regular. Also in 2005, the Hermes Tadeu Special Prize was awarded in honor of the artist of the same name , who was murdered on December 21, 2003 after suffering an attempted robbery. The award, for best colorist , was given by Tadeu's sister to Diogo Saito . In 2006, votes could also be sent by e-mail, in addition to

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726-457: The influential youth magazine O Tico-Tico for publisher O Malho in 1905. During his final years he worked for the magazine O Malho , until his death in 1910. Agostini was married and he and the painter Abigail de Andrade 's relationship caused a scandal in Rio de Janeiro society. The couple left Brazil in 1888 for Paris , with their daughter Angelina Agostini (1888-1973), who also became

759-403: The mid-1990s, Digital Chameleon's facility with Adobe Photoshop helped make that program the industry standard. The improvements in the technology used for coloring have had a great impact on the way comics are drawn. Before the use of computers, artists would often use the pen or brush to put in detailed shading effects; now the artist is more likely to leave the drawing open and leave it to

792-412: The organizing committee awarded an incentive medal to personalities and institutions linked to comics: friends of the national comics, classic publishers, current publishers, entities, schools and shopkeepers. In 2004, once again the awards ceremony took place into Fest Comix. The four special categories included in the previous year were then maintained, but this time each awarding two professionals. From

825-438: The page to indicate the final printed colors, and these hand-colored pages were used as guides by the engraver. Tatjana Wood was the main colorist for DC Comics ' covers from 1973 through the mid-1980s. More recently, colorists have worked in transparent media such as watercolors or airbrush, which is then photographed, allowing more subtle and painterly effects. Colorist Steve Oliff and his company Olyoptics were one of

858-407: The possibility of sending the voting ballot by regular mail. The following year, an important change occurred in the " Master of National Comics " category: 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

891-464: 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. Angelo Agostini Angelo Agostini (8 April 1843 – 23 January 1910) was an Italian-born Brazilian illustrator , journalist and founder of several publications, and although born in Italy, is considered

924-633: 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. The following year, Angelo Agostini took place together with the fifth edition of Fest Comix, a comics event held regularly by Comix Book Shop . Due to the greater space and audience, the Angelo Agostini's organizing committee decided to add four special categories: Best inker , best technical art ( colorist and letterer ), best editorial cartoonist and best editor . Each special category awarded five professionals. In addition,

957-501: Was held on January 30, 1985 and had only the Master of National Comics category. The four honorees of this first edition (artists who have been dedicating themselves to Brazilian comics for at least 25 years) were chosen by the AQC-ESP board and received as a trophy a plate in cliché of the first episode of Nhô Quim . The following year, three new categories were added: "Best Penciller", "Best Writer" and "Best New Release". In addition,

990-525: 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. In 2019, was created the "Best Colorist" category. Colorists had only been awarded in 2003 and 2004, within the "Best Technical Art" category (which also included letterers ), and in 2005 with the Special Prize Hermes Tadeu (exclusive to them). In addition,

1023-637: Was invented and written by "Pixel Craft", the first company to create software that used a personal computer that could output files for a digital image setter to make negatives for color printing. Pixel craft was a small company in Long Island, New York, created by Kenneth Giordano and Khouri Giordano. The father and son team went on to accomplish many first in the computerization of color print. In 1993, Image Comics ' use of computer color and more advanced color separation technology propelled DC and Marvel to further upgrade their coloring techniques. Finally, in

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1056-475: Was released in the previous year), but it was exclusively aimed at comics published by the author himself or by small publishing houses with low circulation. Another category was created in 2015, "Best Webcomic", open to "virtual magazines or fanzines (available in PDF, CDR or similar format), internet pages, comic strip's or characters' blogs", being the main criterion that the publishing was exclusively virtual. For

1089-543: Was time to try computer color. After the publication of Akira in 1988, computer coloring became increasingly prevalent in the comics industry. By the early 1990s, even though the larger comics publishers were using computers, there were variations within the field. DC Comics allowed only a 64-color palette, while Marvel had expanded it to 125 colors. Dark Horse Comics allowed even more variations. The dominant programs in use during that time were Color Prep and Tint Prep, both originally implemented by Olyoptics. This software

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