The name refers to the television show about comics that Gual and Jal had in the 1980s: "HQ" is abbreviation of "História em Quadrinhos" ("Comics" in Brazilian Portuguese) and "Mix" comes from the name of the show ("TV Mix 4").
Nazwa odnosi się do programu telewizyjnego o komiksie, który Gual i Jal mieli w latach 80.: "HQ" to skrót od "História em Quadrinhos" ("Komiksy" w języku portugalskim), a "Mix" pochodzi od nazwy spektaklu ("TV Mix 4").