Mafalda Veiga (born December 24, 1965) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter, born in Lisbon.
Mafalda is an Argentine comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino. The strip features a 6-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentinian middle class and progressive youth, is concerned about humanity and world peace, and has serious attitude problems but in an innocent manner. The strip ran from 1964 to 1973 and was very popular in Latin America, Europe, Quebec and Asia, leading to two animated cartoon series and a book.
The comic strip artist Quino created Mafalda in 1963. He had received a proposal by fellow artist Miguel Brascó, and the comic strip would be a covert advertisement for the "Mansfield" line of products of the Siam Di Tella company. The characters would use their products, and all of them would have names starting with "M". The name "Mafalda" was selected as an homage to one of the characters of the 1962 Argentine film Dar la cara. The comic strip was conceived as a blend of Peanuts and Blondie. Quino and Brascó offered the comic strip to the newspaper Clarín, but they noticed the advertisement nature and did not publish it. Brascó published portions of those comics at the magazine Leoplán.
Mafalda is an Argentine comic strip that ran from 1964 to 1973
Mafalda may also refer to:
several members of the Italian Savoy royal family
Mafalda is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Campobasso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,308 and an area of 32.6 square kilometres (12.6 sq mi).
Mafalda borders the following municipalities: Dogliola, Fresagrandinaria, Lentella, Montenero di Bisaccia, San Felice del Molise, Tavenna, Tufillo.
No plaino abandonado
Que a morna brisa aquece
De balas trespassando
- Duas, de lado a lado -,
Jaz morto, e arrefece.
Raia-lhe a farda o sangue.
De braços estendidos,
Alvo, louro, exangue,
Fita com olhar langue
E cego os céus perdidos.
Tão jovem! que jovem era!
(Agora que idade tem?)
Filho único, a mão lhe dera
Um nome e o mantivera:
«O menino da sua mãe»
Caiu-lhe da algibeira
A cigarreira breve.
Dera-lhe a mão. Está inteira
É boa a cigarreira.
Ele é que já não serve.
De outra algibeira, alda
ponta a roçar o solo,
A brancura embainhada
De um lenço... Deu-lhe a criada
Velha que o trouxe ao colo.
Lá longe, em casa, há prece:
"Que volte cedo, e bem!"
(Malhas que o Império tece!)
Jaz morto, e apodrece,
O menino da sua mãe
Nota: adaptação do poema "O Menino da sua mãe" de Fernando Pessoa