MAFALDA In English , the Argentinian comic strip : creativity with sense of humour .

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Mafalda is a beloved character of an Argentine comic strip of the same name. It is the creation of “Quino“Joaquín Lavado. Quino created Mafalda to criticize the dictatorship and avoid the rigid censorship during the '60s and '70s.

The main character is MAFALDA, an Argentine girl around five or six years old who is very smart with strong political views.

Mafalda challenges people to think, reexamine their values and stereotypes ,questions their vision of society with the use of irony, creativity and intelligence.

She is a fan of The Beatles, and very concerned about war, poverty, and the state of humanity and the world, and is often reading the newspaper, listening to the news on her radio, or consulting her globe.

She lives with her family:
Her father works for an insurance company, loves plants, and sympathizes with Mafalda's world view and her mother, a housewife, who is dedicated to her family and Mafalda's questions put her to think.

And also, Guille, her baby brother. He loves soup and is a fan of Bridgett Bardot. He shares a pet with his sister Mafalda, a turtle called "bureaucracy."  Guille is a rebellious boy, very opinionated and straightforward. He represents the hippie generation and he makes every once in a while the Peace and Love symbol.

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Also, she is   surrounded by her friends: 

Felipe, a dreamy boy with huge insecurity problems and huge teeth. He is about a year older than Mafalda. He is shy, nervous, bright, and loves reading comic books, especially those from “El llanero solitario” (The lone ranger).

Manolito, a shopkeeper's son obsessed with money and business. His father (who comes from Spain) owns a little store, and he (Manolito) is very involved in that.

Miguelito, is the youngest of the gang, somewhat of a rebel with a heart of gold, who gets into philosophical debates. He is known for his lettuce shaped hair. He is the son of Italian parents.

Susanita, a gossipy and frivolous girl. She is the opposite of Mafalda and her only interest in life is getting married with a rich man and becoming a housewife.

Libertad is a very short girl, she jokes with her name (Libertad means “Freedom” in English). The daughter of left-wing parents, her mother works as a French translator.
Sometimes she gets in trouble because of her very strong political points of view and also because she tells what she thinks.

With a combination of a rich sense of humor and sharp social commentary, Quino used the characters of the comic strip to question values, ideals and stereotypes of society and challenge people to think.

Answer these questions

Who is  Mafalda?

When did Quino publish it?

What does  Mafalda love and hate?

Who are  her friends and the member of her family?


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Comic Books : MAFALDA by Quino 

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Wouldn’t be beautiful the world if libraries were more important than banks?

Look out! irresponsables  working!

A
Man: Change the world! Ja! Things of the youth!
B
Man:When I was young, I also had those ideas, and now see....

D
Mafalda: Let's make some noise , Kids! It turns out that if you don't hurry to change the world, it' s the world who changes you!

    A 
Mafalda: Your ideas are very commendable Felipe, but a little naive.
B 
Felipe: Is naive to pretend that people appreciate more culture than money? 
C 
Felipe: Wouldn’t be beautiful the world if libraries were more important than banks?
D 

Manolito: No! piece of extremist!

A
Miguelito: What does a tortoise have to do to live? Be a tortoise!

B
Miguelito: What does a cat have to do to live? Be a cat!

C
Miguelito: What does a bear  have to do to live? Be a bear!

D
Miguelito: What does a guy  have to do to live? Be a bricklayer, lawyer, turner, clerk or I don' t know!

E
Miguelito: Why did we  humans get the stupid part of being superior animals?

A
 Radio: Once more our microphones bring the country the emotion of our most popular sport.
B 
Mafalda: complaining? 
C 
Radio: Football!

B
Miguelito: Yes, well, work for earning a living, of course.

C
Miguelito: But why that living you earn has to be wasted in working for earning that life?

                        Comic Book : MAFALDA by Quino 

A Felipe: Did you watch on tv that advertisment of a new game?
Mafalda: Which? 
B
Felipe: That one that says ... Children! It's here! Happiness for all!
C
Mafalda: Ah, yes. 
D
Felipe: Well, look the happiness that it is sold by tv.

A
Mafalda: "use" " buy " "take" "eat" "test "! Eeeeeeh! What do they think we are? 
B
Mafalda: And what are we?
D
Mafalda: the damn know that we already don't  know.

D 

Mafalda: is that we do not want to start spring bitter.

A 

TV: Ma'am, buy a washex, the new automatic washing machine!

B 

TV: So simple that even a child can handle it!

C

Mafalda: And to hint that even clumsy ladies can handle it they have to use us?

Mafalda: So small, and in front of the television he already reasons the same as older people!

A Prohibited  turn left (No turn left)
B Prohibited to post banners (No banners posting)
C Prohibited  parking (No parking) 

D
Mafalda: it gives me  comfort to see how little by little humanity has achieved to unleash its freedom to limit itself 

A
Mafalda: I have to do my homework.    
  Manolito: I have to make a delivery for the shop.   
Susanita: I have to watch my Tv programme.

B
Mafalda: So we have only time to play nuclear war.
Right? 
Manolito y Susanita: Yes 

BOOMMMMM!

E
Mafalda: This modern life makes games shorter .....

A
Libertad: My dad  thinks that we should be  more compassionate and have a foreign president.

Mafalda:  A foreigner. …Didn't you tell your dad 

that he is crazy?

B
 Libertad: I told him, yes.

C
Libertad: But he still thinks that is a cruelty to give to someone born in this country a job from which the poor one can’t protest against the government. 

A

Mafalda: But Libertad, you are putting it upside down!

B

Libertad: Upside down regarding what?

Earth is  in space and space  has

no up or down.

C

Libertad: That the North hemisphere is above

is a psichological trick invented 
by those who  believe

they are  above so that

those who believe we are below

continue to believe that we are  below

and the bad thing is that if we continue to believe

that we are below we will continue to be down .

But from today it is over!

D

Mum: Where were you?

Mafalda: I don't  know but something it has become over!

                         Comic Book : MAFALDA by Quino 

B 
 Mafalda: Searching the roots of the national ?
Man: No, girl, a gas escape.
C 
Mafalda: Like always the urgent doesn 't leave time for the important

A

Salesman: Good morning, girl. Is  the head of the family here?

B

Mafalda: There are no bosses in this family; we are a cooperative society. 

[Closes the door]

D

Salesman: So ... in that sales course there were not all the answers.

A

Mafalda: Mum, is this beach also our homeland?

Mum: And very our homeland!    Why?

B

Mafalda : Because it seems that some believe that the only thing to keep clean of the homeland is the historical past and those things

A

Felipe: Finally! Finally classes are over!

B

Felipe: Finally the anguish of studying lessons and doing homework is over!

C

Felipe: My God and now what will we do with all that freedom?

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A
Mum: Now, that you are helping  me , pass the duster to the globe.
B
Mafalda: Do I clean all the countries or only the ones that have bad government?

A
Mum: I am going to the dry cleaner's , Mafalda , take care of your little brother that I' m coming right away. 
Mafalda: Ok 
D
Guille: Uuaaa
Mafalda: Ehh, well, take it.
E
Mafalda: If the people  knew to use the lungs like 
you, the dictators  would have it hard!

                    Comic Book : MAFALDA by Quino 

 

 

STOP CENSORSH...
Mafalda: either  it run out of painti..., 
or couldn.. finis... fo.. reaso...that are public domain.

A
Felipe: That we live upside down? Where did you get that stupid idea?

B
Mafalda: You just have to look at a terrestrial sphere. 
The ones living on the north hemisphere live heads up and we live upside down.

C
Felipe: Absurd!

Mafalda: No! Don´t you see that the developed countries are the ones that live heads up?

D
Felipe: And what does that show?

Mafalda: That, because we live upside down, ideas  fall out from our heads.



B
Mafalda: Hello! You are so short! What is your name?
C
Libertad: Libertad (Freedom)

E
Libertad: Did you figure out your stupid conclusion? Everybody figures out their stupid conclusion when they meet me. (her name)

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A

Libertad: In my home always the same story: every once in a while the washer breaks down.

B 

Libertad: The man comes, fixes it, my mum says How awful, every time you charge me more and the other answers What do you expect, madam, how things are going on and the two end  talking about how awful is everything.

C 

Libertad: The issue is that every time I put on clean clothes I feel like I ' m around all dressed of crisis. 

B 

Mafalda: Good morning , sir I come   to make me the key of happiness.

C 

Locksmith:

With pleasure little girl,  can I see the model? 

D 

Mafalda: Smart the old man !

Quino and the statue of MAFALDA

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A 
Mafalda: Norway, nobody talks about Norway.
B
Mafalda: People talk about countries 
where there are bombs, strikes, assaults,
 gunshots, crimes, racism, revolutions.
C 
Mafalda: but not A of Norway.
D

Mafalda: It is seen that violence has more raiting than cod.




A
Mafalda: When I grow up, I will work as an interpreter for the United Nations.

B
Mafalda: That way, I´ll help countries understand each other.

C
Mafalda: I´ll study English, Russian…

D
US rep to the Soviet Union rep: Tell him to go to $#&(

E
Mafalda: And I´ll learn some judo just in case.



A 
Guille: Dad?
Mafalda: Dad is working.
B 
Guille: Why?
Mafalda: Because when you are a grown up you have to work.
C 
Guille: Why?
Mafalda: Because if not he can't buy food, clothes, nothing.
D
Guille: Why? 
Mafalda: Because in this way the world is organized. 
E 
Guille: Why?
F 

Mafalda: A year and a half and he is a candidate for tear gases. 

A 

Libertad: The newspapers invent half of what they say!

C 

Libertad: If we add what newspaper don't say half of what happens, it results that the newspapers do not exist!

                            The book MAFALDA 

                                      by Quino 

A 

 

Mafalda: What are your plans for this spring, Miguelito?

B

Miguelito: Living.

D

Mafalda:  So small and already so organized!

   
A
Mafalda: Would you lend me a part of the newspaper?
Dad : Take it 
Mafalda: Thank you. 

B
The quote of the day:
The more I know humans the more I love my dog by Diogenes. 

C
Mafalda: But ...

D
Mafalda: What kind of journalism is this?
Where is the opinion of the dog ?


A

Miguelito: Hello , Susanita told me that

 you have a tortoise and I come to know her.

 What name did you put her?

Mafalda: Bureaucracy.

B
Miguelito: Bureaucracy? But, look to put her 

 bureaucracy! Why bureaucracy? Why ?

C
Miguelito: Well, and?

Mafalda: and she is enclosed may be 

 if you had come before ……

D
Miguelito: How! And today not? It ‘s nonsense,

 I came  specially!

Mafalda: I am sorry. It has to be tomorrow. 

 Today is impossible.

E
Miguelito: And tomorrow, what work timetable,

 more or less?

Mafalda: And, I couldn’t inform you.

Miguelito: Aja, Well I come tomorrow.

F
Miguelito: And, In the end, I didn't know why 

did she put her  that name ….

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B

Lady :How! Died? but ... how old was he?

C

Mafalda: What do  years matter? What really matters is to verify that in the end the best age of life is to be alive....

First step: I will not do it.
Second step: I can not do it. 
Third step: I want to do it.
Fourth step: How could I do it?

Fifth step: I will try to do it.
Sixth step: I can do it.
Seventh step: I will do it.

Eighth step: I did it!

*Este es el mensaje de Mafalda, que para llegar a un éxito hay que pasar por varios pasos y en cada uno se aprende a ser mejor .

                                                 Best regards 

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*This is the message of Mafalda, that to achieve success you have to follow several steps and in each one you learn to be better.

                                                  Best regards 

                                                   Carol .  

***Y A los Guipuzcoanos de corazón
         Re gracias
por siempre estar ahí.

Con todo cariño de Carol.