37th Troféu HQ Mix

Entries for the 37th Troféu HQ Mix were open from January 15 to March 15, 2025. Artists, publishers, and authors could submit comic book publications, events, academic works, and other productions related to comics that were released in Brazil during 2024 (in the case of academic works, based in the defense's date). Registration of works and authors was done through the award's official website, and the finalists were announced on September 4.^[1][2]

On October 3, it was announced that this year's trophy would represent the character Tiodora, from the graphic novel Mukanda Tiodora, by Marcelo D'Salete, who was also announced as one of the winners of the grand master of national comics award, alongside Maurício Pestana. The trophy design changes each year to honor different Brazilian comics artists and characters, and this time it was developed by artist Bruno Neves Braga, founding partner of the Instituto Impressão 3D from Pernambuco.^[3][4]

The list of nominees for Troféu HQ Mix was released on November 8th after analysis by a technical jury composed of comics journalists and critics. There were more than 1,500 entries and five months of evaluation by the jury members. With the exception of the categories of graphic design, editorial design, international relevance, grand master, and grand tribute, whose winners are determined by the organizing committee, the other categories had their voting open to approximately 2,000 comics professionals registered as voters from September 10 to 25, 2025. The judging committee was composed of Anne Quiangala, Nara Bretas Lage, Thiago de Barros Carneiro, Natania Aparecida da Silva Nogueira, José Alberto Lovetro, and Daniela Baptista (committee president).^[5][6]

The categories related to academic research (thesis, dissertation, and final course work) also had a specialized judging committee, coordinated by Sonia Bibe Luyten and with the participation of Ricardo Jorge, Waldomiro Vergueiro, Carlos Alberto Machado, and Nobuyoshi Chinen.^[7]

The results were announced on November 8, 2025, on the official Troféu HQ Mix website. The awards ceremony took place on December 10, 2025, at the Raul Cortez Theater, SESC 14 Bis, in São Paulo, hosted by Serginho Groisman and featuring DJ MZK, and was broadcast on the official HQ Mix YouTube channel.^{[8][9][10][7]}

One of the main highlights of the HQ Mix Trophy this year was the number of nominations and wins for artists from the North region of Brazil, respectively 14 nominations and 4 trophies, won by comics artists Luiz Andrade (for the exhibition Sangue, Suor e Nanquim), TAI and NIL (both in three categories for the graphic novel Onde Habita o Medo).^[11][12]