Prêmio Al Rio

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.[1][2]

Prêmio Al Rio
Awarded forBrazilian comics
Sponsored byGeekExpo
LocationFortaleza
CountryBrazil
First awarded2015
Last awarded2018

The award was associated with GeekExpo, then the main geek event in Ceará, 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.[3][4]

Winners

2015[3]

2016[5]

  • Revelation: Talles Rodrigues
  • Regional Prominence: Daniel Brandão
  • National Prominence: Lu Cafaggi
  • International Prominence: Ed Benes

2017[6]

  • Revelation: Blenda Furtado
  • Regional Prominence: Geraldo Jesuíno
  • National Prominence: Vitor Cafaggi
  • International Prominence: Geraldo Borges

2018[4]

  • Revelation: Ise Nishi
  • Regional Prominence: JJ Marreiro
  • National Prominence: Fabio Coala
  • International Prominence: Dijjo Lima

References
  1. "Inspirado na Comic-Con, evento geek pretende colocar Fortaleza no mapa das grandes convenções" (in Portuguese). Tribuna do Ceará. September 11, 2015.
  2. "Fortaleza sedia segunda edição da Geek Expo" (in Portuguese). Rádio Universitária FM. May 20, 2016.
  3. "GeekExpo 2015" (in Portuguese). Multiversos. September 16, 2015.
  4. "Sana Fest 2018 transformará Fortaleza na capital do mundo pop e geek de 14 a 16 de dezembro" (in Portuguese). Tribuna do Ceará. December 12, 2018.
  5. "GeekExpo traz quadrinistas, dublador e ídolos da Internet para Fortaleza" (in Portuguese). O Estado. May 14, 2016.
  6. "Evento anima público nerd e geek no shopping Iguatemi" (in Portuguese). O Estado. October 28, 2017.
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