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Hector German Oesterfeld and Francisco Solano Lopez’s comic Eternaut had me hooked, especially with its cliff-hanger. Maybe because I am in the international relations program, the micro and macro political aspects portrayed in this comic I thought were very intriguing. At least in what we can generalize as the Global North, the Cold War would… read full post >>

  Mafalda condensed two main themes  generational and gender. In terms of gender, Mafalda presented in style  androgynous apart from traditional gender role physique. She was drawn in a skirt, however her female attire failed to soften her boyish features and personality says Cosse. This character framing of a young girl hadn’t been previously seen […] read full post >>

I’ve never been much of a comic fan, in fact i don’t think I’ve ever really read or paid attention to comics other than the ones at the back of news papers as a kid. Which were always based around current pop culture events mostly based on politics. In this weeks Reading Mafalda: Middle Class, […] read full post >>

What. A. Cliff-hanger! I know this was only a selection from the whole comic, and I do appreciate that, as... read full post >>

I’m really grateful for this refreshing read for this week because when I was a kid I did have a thing for graphic novels and comic books. I also spent my first two years of uni in an international relations program, so it was nice to come back to the topic of the Cold War. […] read full post >>

I was excited to start looking into comics this week. As a kid, my parents would read me Turma da Monica every night before I went to bed. Although Turma da Monica doesn’t compare to Mafalda, it will always hold a special place in my heart. I really liked how each comic is very distinct from one another; forContinue reading "Week 12: Comics" read full post >>

I really enjoyed Isabella Cosse’s writing in “Mafalda: Middle Class, Everyday Life, and Politics in Argentina, 1964-1973.” I especially enjoyed the way that exploring Mafalda, this pretty adorable and seemingly innocent cartoon, was a way to better understand the Argentinian middle class and the political circumstances in that time period. At first, I was worried […] read full post >>

I remember discussing some of Mafalda’s cartoons in high school. Sometimes I did not understand them because I was not used to irony or did not relate to the context, but at other times I pretty much enjoyed reading them. Still, I did not imagine it is the “voice of vast segments of society’s middleContinuar lendo "Comics: Mafalda and Eternaut" read full post >>

Ever since I was little, my mom has been sharing Mafalda comics with me! We have entire books in our house full of Mafalda comics. This weeks’ readings on Mafalda and other Argentine comics are especially interesting to me because I have never realized how significant comics are to Argentinian society as a whole – …

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While reading the Isabella Cosse article titled “Mafalda: Middle Class, Everyday Life, and Politics in Argentina, 1964-1973” it made me draw comparisons to popular comics that I might have read growing up such as Betty and Veronica, and the Archie comics. What drew me to these comics was seeing similar in nature characters displayed throughout. […] read full post >>