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Monica and Friends, previously published as Monica's Gang in Anglophone territories, is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa.
Maurício Araújo de Sousa is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica's Gang".
Jimmy Five, known as Cebolinha in Portuguese, is one of Monica and Friends' main characters. He was created in 1960, at first as a support character for Franklin and Blu who the following year became the protagonist of his own series of newspaper strips, which was later replaced by the character Monica in the 70s. Currently Jimmy Five has his own printed comic book, called Cebolinha, which was first released in 1973.
Chuck Billy 'n' Folks is a Brazilian comic strip and part of the Monica's Gang comic book series, created by Mauricio de Sousa.
Maggy, is a character of the popular Brazilian comic book series Monica and Friends. She was created by Mauricio de Sousa, who based the character on one of his daughters, Magali Spada e Souza. Monica, Mary Angela and Marina were also based on Mauricio's daughters. Maggy has her own comic book, in which there are also stories of her cat, Vanilla.
Bug-a-Booo is a Brazilian comic strip, created in 1963 and part of the Monica's Gang series. All of the characters are monsters or other supernatural creatures, none of them being a human being. The main location for their stories is a cemetery. However, their stories are not intended to be scary, they are sometimes classified as “Terrir”, which is a Portmanteau of the Portuguese words "Terror" (horror) and "Rir" (to laugh). In some of the stories, they have to deal with the fact that vampires, ghosts, zombies and mummies are no longer appreciated as characters of horror films. People instead are opting for assassins, psychopaths, serial killers, etc.
The Cavern Clan (Piteco) is a Brazilian comic strip created in 1961 by Mauricio de Sousa. It is part of the Monica's Gang series.
Tina's Pals is a Brazilian comic strip series, part of the Monica's Gang series, created in 1970. The stories are aimed at a more teenage group of readers, rather than the kids who would read other Mauricio de Sousa's works and thus center around teenagers. However, Mauricio prefers not to mention drugs, sex, alcoholic drinks, or other similar subjects, which are very popular among teenagers. Instead, the strips are written with themes related to school or university, dating, problems with parents, etc.
The Tribe is a Brazilian comic strip, part of the Monica's Gang series. It centers around a tribe of indigenous people from the Amazon. Their tribe was once named "Tribo do Rio" (River's Tribe). Although the only characters are Tom-Tom, Tamoyo, Papaya and the Pajé, their stories feature a large range of themes, going from environmental concerns to the shock between indigenous and non-indigenous cultures. People from outside the jungle are called "Caras-pálidas" or simply "Caraíbas". When one of the Caraíbas approaches Tom-Tom's tribe, the encounter can be either friendly or unfriendly, the latter always happening when the Caraíba attempts to hunt, deforest, burn, or in any other way harm the environment. Tupã, the God of the Guarani people, and Jaci, the Moon, are occasionally mentioned.
The Funnies, also known as Bubbly the Astronaut, is a Brazilian comic strip series, created in 1963 and part of the Monica's Gang comic strips. It centers around Bubbly, an astronaut, whose parents and ex-girlfriend Rita appear very rarely, making him the only recurring character. The comic strip can be defined as a science fiction adventure strip.
Lionel's Kingdom is a Brazilian comic strip created in 1961 and part of the Monica's Gang comic strips.
Monica is a Brazilian fictional character and Mauricio de Sousa's best-known creation. Introduced in 1963, she serves as the main protagonist and title character of the Monica and Friends comic book series and media franchise.
Blu (Bidu) is a character in the Brazilian comic strip Monica's Gang, created in 1959. He was the first character created by Maurício de Sousa, along with his owner Franklin (Franjinha). The character appears in the logo and is the mascot of Mauricio de Sousa Produções, the company founded by Sousa to release his works.
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo was a Brazilian comic book series based on the eponymous novel series Sítio do Picapau Amarelo by Monteiro Lobato. It was originally released in 1977 on the success of the TV series produced by Rede Globo, comic books were published by the publisher RGE who would later become Editora Globo. It continued to be sold until 1979 when the characters Emília, Pedrinho and Visconde now has his own comics replacing the Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, but the comics only lasted two years being sold, and in 1981 the Sítio do Picapau Amarelo returned to be published. The comics being published remained until 1984, two years before the TV series is no longer in production.
Parque da Mônica is a amusement park themed with the characters created by Maurício de Sousa. The first park had been designed by Maurício in 1993 at the Shopping Eldorado Paulistano, having operated until February 2010 when it closed for good its activities due to contractual problems with the mall's administrators and debts. Since then, Maurício has been in negotiations to reopen it at another location. A new park opened at Shopping SP Market on July 4, 2015, in the location of the extinct O Mundo da Xuxa. In 17 years of activities, until 2010, the park received more than 9 million visitors.
Gibizinho was a title of a comic book created by Editora Globo that was published between 1991 and 1998, at first as a weekly magazine that often varied the character in each issue between characters by Mauricio de Sousa and other licensed characters who had comics published by Globo like the Mexican characters El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado or celebrities like Xuxa and Leandro & Leonardo. Starting in 1993, the title of the comic became monthly and started to focus only on Monica and Friends being renamed as Gibizinho da Mônica. The comic books were characterized by their pocket format in a small size of between 13.5 x 9.5 cm and short stories.
Pelezinho is a Brazilian comic book series created by Mauricio de Sousa based on soccer star Pelé in his childhood. The character was created in 1976 from conversations between Mauricio and Pelé to create a character to better promote the player who at the time had just become a phenomenon for the Brazil national team. The characters were suggested by Pelé himself, based on childhood memories.
Clássicos do Cinema - Turma da Mônica was the title of a series of comic books created by Mauricio de Sousa and published by Panini Comics between 2007 and 2020. The title became known because it is a series of stories involving the characters from Monica and Friends playing characters from popular films in parodies focused on comedy with a high use of pop references. Most of the issues had new stories, but some presented republications of old stories published in other comic books related to the issue's theme film. Starting in April 2007, the series was initially bi-monthly, but as of August 2014, it became quarterly.
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- ↑ ""Turma da Mônica" muda de editora pensando no exterior". G1 (in Portuguese). Editora Globo . Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ↑ Batboy Forever at Monica's Gang official website Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Horacic Park at Monica’s Gang official website Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Twelve Labors of Monica at Monica's Gang official website Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Romeo & Juliet at Monica's Gang official website Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Captain Hook at Monica's Gang official website Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Monica and the Barbarians at Monica's Gang official website Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Superpark at Monica's Gang official website Archived 2013-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Star Warp at Monica's Gang official website Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine