Senninha was launched in 1994 by the publisher Abril, some months before the accident that caused Senna's death. After Senna's death, the comics became very popular and remained this way until 1999, when began to publish the comics. However, the series was cancelled in 2000 after only a few new issues. In 2008 the comic was restarted by the publisher HQM, but due to poor sales and poor marketing it was cancelled again.