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Menino Maluquinho – Wacky boy

Ziraldo’s “Menino Maluquinho” is a famous Brazilian cartoon. He is a little frolicker boy who has an indescribable imagination and a pan over his head. He likes wearing his father’s blue jacket, playing soccer with his friends and going to grandma’s home longing to eat a lot of cake and goodies. It marked my childhood as well as every child mind in Brazil for a long time and it is still alive somehow.




Ziraldo was an active political journalist, though writing story for children also. He is one of the founders of a political resistance journal during the Military Dictatorship from 1964 to 1984 called “O Pasquim”.

In 1968 a new law ruled Brazil, AI-5 (Institutional Act number five). It gave an end to all the civil rights and every little gap for democracy was put out. Everyone against the Regime had to hide themselves or run away. One day after this Ziraldo was taken by the military police to the prison, accused of being a dangerous element.

One year later he won the International Oscar of Humor in the 32nd International Exposition of Caricatures in Brussels and nowadays he’s acclaimed as one of the most important graphic artist in Brazil.

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