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| Mafalda appeared 50 years ago. |
Mafalda is a comic strip written and drawn by Argentine cartoonist Joaquín
Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino. The strip features a
6-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentinian middle class and
progressive youth, which is concerned about humanity and world peace and rebels
against the world bequeathed by their elders. The strip ran from 1964 to 1973
and was very popular in Latin America, Europe, Quebec, and in Asia, leading to
two animated cartoon series and a book.
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| Quino with his character's statue. |
In 2009, a life-sized statue of Mafalda was
installed in front of Quino's old home in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos
Aires.
A passageway in Angoulême, France, is named
after Mafalda.
In 2010, it was announced that the city of Gatineau, in the province of Quebec, had sought and obtained permission to name or rename a street after Mafalda, as part of a project to establish a neighbourhood named after famous comic strips and bande dessinée characters.
In 2010, it was announced that the city of Gatineau, in the province of Quebec, had sought and obtained permission to name or rename a street after Mafalda, as part of a project to establish a neighbourhood named after famous comic strips and bande dessinée characters.
