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Toon History
Monica’s Gang: it all started 50 years ago....
In July 1959 Maurício de Sousa published his first cartoon in a São Paulo State newspaper. The first character he created was a cute little dog called Blu (Bidu)
The first comic was published in 1970
The first characters created by Maurício de Sousa were boys. After Blu and Franklin came Jimmy Five (Cebolinha), Pitheco (Piteco), Smudge (Cascão) and Chuck Billy (Chico Bento). In the years that followed, Maurício was inspired by his young daughters, Mônica and Magali, to create them as his first girl characters. In the 1960s Maurício’s stories were published in newspapers. The first comic with Monica’s Gang was published in 1970 (see picture). Later the cartoon characters appeared in films, on TV and in educational projects. Global soccer stars also inspired Maurício to create two characters: Pelezinho (1976) and Ronaldinho Gaúcho (2005).
Áudio – Aasita Muralikrishna
Na edição impressa da revista Maganews você poderá conferir mais sobre a trajetória de Maurício de Sousa e ainda, o sucesso da Turma da Mônica Jovem e a homenagem que o quadrinista paulista está preparando para Michael Jackson
Imagens – Litera / Maurício de Sousa Produções
Vocabulary
1 gang – turma
2 cute – simpático
3 boom – fase favorável
4 to set out – iniciar
5 meanwhile – enquanto isso
6 cartoon strips – tiras em quadrinhos
7 soon afterwards – pouco tempo depois
8 full-time – tempo integral
9 comics - gibis
10 toon-history – história em quadrinhos (toon = forma abreviada de “cartoon”)