Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born October 24, 1932), usually referred to mononymically as Ziraldo, is a Brazilian author, painter, comic creator, and journalist. His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to many foreign languages and adapted to the theater and cinema. His children's books, such as the popular ''

O Menino Maluquinho O Menino Maluquinho (''The Nutty Boy'') is a comic book and comic strip series created by Brazilian writer and cartoonist Ziraldo. It was based on the eponymous children's book published in 1980 which for many years was regarded as a classic of ch ...

'', have also been the basis of successful films and television series in Brazil.

Biography

Ziraldo first published his work when he was six years old, a year before he started going to school. This was a drawing printed in the newspaper ''A Folha de Minas'' in 1938. He began working at the newspaper ''

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'' in 1954, with a column dedicated to humor. Ziraldo gained national notoriety when he worked at the magazine ''

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'' in 1957 and subsequently at ''

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'' in 1963. His characters (including Jeremias o Bom, the Supermãe and Mirinho) won readers. In 1960, he launched the first Brazilian comic book made by a single author, ''

Turma do Pererê Turma do Pererê, or just Pererê, was a Brazilian comic book series created by writer and cartoonist Ziraldo in 1959. The series was originally launched in single-panel cartoons originally published in the pages of magazine ''O Cruzeiro'' that ...

'', featuring the

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of Brazilian folklore, which was also the first comic book produced entirely in color in Brazil. This comic book promoted and also satirized Brazilian traditional values. Although it reached one of the largest runs of the season, ''Turma do Pererê'' was canceled in 1964, shortly after the start of the military regime in Brazil. In the 1970s,

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relaunched the magazine, this time, however, without the same success. Together with other progressive artists, Ziraldo also created the non-conformist comic newspaper ''

O Pasquim ''O Pasquim'' was a Brazilian weekly newspaper published in Rio de Janeiro from 1969 to the mid 1970s. It was critical of the military dictatorship and it is considered the founding periodical of Brazil's alternative press. The idea for the peri ...

'' during a period of military dictatorship in Brazil. This tabloid, which was based in Carioca, became popular for its humorous critique of the military government. Ziraldo is the father of the film director

Daniela Thomas Daniela Thomas (born 1959) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and editor. Early life In 1959, Thomas was born as Daniela Gontijo Alves Pinto in Brazil. Thomas' father is Ziraldo Alves Pinto, a cartoonist. Thomas' brother is Antonio P ...

and the

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-nominated

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composer Antônio Pinto.

External links

Ziraldo at Google Cultural Institute
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References

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