Claim: André Diniz' publishing house Nona Arte, winner of the Troféu HQ Mix, the most important Brazilian comic book award in the category "best comics' website" from 2002 to 2006, provided its comics in digital format through PDF files free of charge, even those that were sold printed.
Evidence: In 2000, Diniz created the publishing house Nona Arte, initially destined to publish his own works, but that later began to publish books of other independent Brazilian artists. Nona Arte provided its comics in digital format through PDF files free of charge, even those that were sold printed. The publishing house won the Troféu HQ Mix, the most important Brazilian comic book award, in the category "best comics' website" from 2002 to 2006 and in the category "publisher of the year" in 2003, dividing the award with Panini Brasil.