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¡Mafalda te adoro!

I finally could download a huge Mafalda comic strip collection  (is it illegal? No copyright was held anyway) that I had fun reading and re-reading.
Mafalda is a 6-year-old prodigious girl who is always worried about Humanity and Peace.
Mafalda was “born” in the 60’s by the Argentine cartoonist Quino who used the character to express his political and social thoughts; no wonder that Quino was the most read Argentinian.
Mafalda was often drawn with her friends and parents, she hates soup, loves the Beattles and takes everything politically; in addition to the excellent drawing and original ideas, the Argentinian accent made it more pleasant.
Since then, Quino still drew Mafalda a few times, mostly to promote human rights. For example, in 1976 he made a poster for the UNICEF illustrating the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (Wikipedia)
Below are some strips with my translation. If you want more, just request it
(Click on the picture to enlarge it)
 

Mafalda: In radio, they told milibars. What are millibars dad?
Father: I explain: Millibars are a mean of pressure
Father: According to the atmosphere, we say there’s a pressure of a number of milibars….
Mafalda: Excuse-me dad … I asked you about millibars, not militaries

 

Mafalda : Are you good, Mr. Cop?
Officer: All the cops are good
Mafalda: I start to understand how does the goodness work.

 

Father: But Mafalda, although I will explain what’s happening in Viet-Nam, you won’t understand
Mafalda: Sure, because I’m stupid
Father: Not because you are stupid, the point is that it’s not a problem for children
Mafalda: Really?
Mafalda: And if you explain me it without the pornographic parts?

 

Father: To answer straightforward and clearly the childrens’ questions increases their communication and confidence with their parents
Father: Straightforward and clearly, so I will answer Mafalda’s questions
Mafalda: Dad, can you explain to me why does humanity work so bad?
Mafalda: Did he fall asleep?

 

Teacher: My mom loves me
Mafalda: Congratulations miss, you have an excellent mother
Mafalda: And now, please, teach us things really important

 

Mafalda (writing): I love my mom.
Mafalda: Choose one, mom
Mafalda: Either you stop cooking soup, or I stop writing hipocrisies.

 

Mother: Take, Mafalda, read Le Petit Poucet, it’s better for your age.
Mafalda (reading): And in the obscurity, thinking he got Le Petit Poucet and his brothers, the Ogre killed his daughters.
Mafalda: I wonder if it’s good; I thought that for any age, it was better a kiss than a crime.

 

Mafalda: What are you cutting, mummy?
Mother: A recipee
Mafalada: Something interesting?
Mother: Soup with fish
Mafalada: Damn that Freedom of Press!

 

Mafalda: The soup for childhood is like communism for democracy

 

Mafalda (4th strip): And then they talk about a better compensation between orient and occident.

 

Mafalda: What’s that dad? What did you bring?
Mafalda: Ah, the Monument of the International Situation?

 

Mafalda: Curious, I have always been thinking that Jazz was more interesting.

 

Mafalda: We have seen that you have a young teacher, Felipe; how is her?
Mafalda: Your teacher, how is your teacher?
Susanita: We missed that this stupid moved to the patronal sector.

 

Father: I got tickets for all of us to the children theatre
Father (while Mafalda was entering): I think Mafalda will like it, they are good actors and they say that the show is very funny
Father: Mafalda, guess where we are going to take you?
Mafalda: I have already heard: to the Congress.

 

Susanita: He is winning me
Susanita: According to rules, is there any possibility that allows to move more than 1 piece at once?
Felipe: Only when casteling.
Susanita: The regulation should envisage other cases.

 

Miguelito: Did you find it here?
Miguelito: Let’s see
Miguelito: Could we find the one of Esso?

 

Panel: We don’t accept flies
Mafalda: Illiterate!

 

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10 Responses to “¡Mafalda te adoro!”

1. Mavi Says:
   July 28th, 2006 at 5:55 pm

   Excelente recopilación de caricaturas, seria genial que publicaras mas, soy fanática de mafalda y de quino, lo que puedas colocar de él será una obra maestra

2. Swobodin Says:
   July 28th, 2006 at 6:00 pm

   Cuestión de copyright

3. l'exilée Says:
   August 16th, 2006 at 7:36 pm

   Enfin un fan de Mafalda….

   eih oui Le Quino et sa Mafalda me chatouillent…

   Felipe too

   ( j’ai un numéro ou 2 que je peux scanner check my profil)

4. Swobodin Says:
   August 16th, 2006 at 7:56 pm

   Cool! I’m not alone!!
   Well, I have it too as PDF, I also have several other books but their size is too big, I won’t be able to send then by e-mail

5. Mafalda Says:
   August 30th, 2006 at 1:11 pm

   Mafalda T-Shirts: http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=21139

6. Luis Hernandez Says:
   November 2nd, 2007 at 6:04 pm

   I’m a huge fan of Mafalda, and I’m wondering where did you found the complete comics of Mafalda so I can download them.

   Regards,
   Luis

7. Jirafitus Says:
   February 5th, 2008 at 4:20 am

   Hola!!
   Dónde encontraste la colección completa de Mafalda?? Yo tenía un libro, pero me lo secuestraron y no pude recuperarlo… Te agradecería mucho que me contaras, así podré volver a leerla toda de nuevo!! gracias desde Guate’!!

8. ryta Says:
   February 15th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

   hey, where did you find it? i’ve been searching for one with no luck whatsoever .. would be great if you could help.

9. sandra Says:
   May 12th, 2008 at 5:49 am

   Hi!
   I used to have the whole collection but I lent it and never got it back!

   Do you have that comic where she says “mama amasa la masa y sala la masa” (she speaks in cursive) And then says “the good thing about going to school is that one can speak with literary sense.

   There is another one that says that she thanks people that write children’s reading books instead of writing real stuff.

   If you have them, Id love to have them!!

   s.

10. Swobodin Says:
    May 12th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Temporarily ploaded the book Toda Mafalda in cbr format.
    To view the episodes, Google for a cbr viewer, or simply uncompress the book with rar.
    If there are copyright issues, please let me know.

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