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Monica (Monica And Friends)
Monica de Sousa (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Mônica'') is a Brazilian fictional character and Mauricio de Sousa's best-known creation. Introduced in 1960, she serves as the main protagonist and title character of the ''Monica and Friends'' (''Turma da Mônica'') comic book series and media franchise. Mauricio based the character on his second daughter, also named Mônica Sousa, Monica, with whom the fictional character shares some physical characteristics. In her first appearances, she was a supporting character to Jimmy Five, but was gradually made the main character. An eponymous comic book series began publication from 1970. Concept and creation Monica was based on Mauricio de Sousa's daughter in childhood. The reason for her creation was due to a complaint of the lack of female characters in Mauricio comics. At that time, newspaper strips of Blu (comic strip character), Blu and Jimmy Five were produced. When Monica made her first appearance was in a strip of Jimmy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica's Gang
''Monica and Friends'' (), previously published as ''Monica's Gang'' in Anglophone territories and as ''Frizz and Friends'' in London, is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa. The series originated in a comic strip first published by the newspaper Folha da Manhã in 1959, in which the protagonists were Blu (comic strip character), Blu (''Bidu'') and List of Monica's Gang characters#Minor characters, Franklin (''Franjinha''), however, in the following years the series was shaped towards its current identity with the introduction of new characters such as Monica (Monica's Gang), Monica (''Mônica'') and Jimmy Five (''Cebolinha'') who became the new protagonists. The stories revolve around a group of children who live in a fictional neighborhood in São Paulo known as Lemon Tree District (''Bairro do Limoeiro'') which has a street with the same name called Lemon Tree Street (''Rua do Limoeiro'') where Monica and her several friends live, inspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mônica Sousa
Mônica Spada e Sousa (Bauru, September 28, 1960) Pags: 67-92 is an entrepreneur, executive director of Mauricio de Sousa Produções (MSP) and inspiration of her father, Mauricio de Sousa, for the creation of the character Monica, of the Monica and Friends. Childhood Mônica Sousa was born in Bauru, daughter of designer and entrepreneur Mauricio de Sousa and Marilene Spada. She is the second daughter of the couple, who were also parents of Mariângela, Magali and Mauricio Spada, who died in 2016. In 1963, when she was two and a half years old, her father created the character for Folha de S. Paulo, inspired by some traits of personality and the daughter's appearance: slightly toothy, short, fat and quarrelsome, besides carrying a stuffed rabbit, but of yellow color. The idea of creating a female character came after a journalist colleague of Mauricio said that the creator was misogynist, because he created only male characters. The character's debut took place on March 3, 1963, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxillary Central Incisor
The maxillary central incisor is a human tooth in the front upper jaw, or maxilla, and is usually the most visible of all teeth in the mouth. It is located Commonly used terms of relationship and comparison in dentistry, mesial (closer to the midline of the face) to the maxillary lateral incisor. As with all incisors, their function is for Shearing (physics), shearing or cutting food during mastication (chewing). There is typically a single cusp (dentistry), cusp on each tooth, called an Commonly used terms of relationship and comparison in dentistry, incisal ridge or incisal edge. Formation of these teeth begins at 14 weeks in utero for the deciduous teeth, deciduous (baby) set and 3–4 months of age for the permanent teeth, permanent set. There are some minor differences between the deciduous maxillary central incisor and that of the permanent maxillary central incisor. The deciduous tooth appears in the mouth at 8–12 months of age and shed at 6–7 years, and is replaced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panini Comics
Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, which also produces collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy. The company publishes comic books in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as manga in several non-English-speaking countries through the Planet Manga publishing division. In the United Kingdom, Panini Comics prints its Collectors' Edition (CE) line, which consists of reprints of American Marvel Comics. These are usually 76 pages long (with occasional 100-page specials). Each comic is published every 28 days, with the exception of ''Astonishing Spider-Man'' which has been published fortnightly since volume 2. Since 2013, Panini Comics has been publishing digest size Comics anthology, comics magazines featuring Disney comics, Disney characters. History Italy and international Panini Comics started as an evolution of Marvel Italia, an Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggy (Monica's Gang)
Maggy (original "Magali") 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 (Jimmy's sister) 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. She received her own comic book in 1989 and is being published uninterruptedly since then. Characteristics Maggy is seven years old, although in older stories she was described being six. Her most notable feature is her voracious appetite. She eats nearly everything she sees, usually at high speed, and claims to be hungry anytime, even after eating. Her stories are always centered on food, or at least have her appetite as a recurring gag. Despite this, she never gains weight (a fact which makes Monica intrigued). Her favorite food is watermelon - just like the real-life Magali. Maggy is Monic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smudge (Monica's Gang)
Smudge, known as Cascão in Portuguese, is a fictional character of ''Monica and Friends'' comic series created by Mauricio de Sousa. He is a 7-year-old boy who lives on the fictional Lemon Tree Street (Rua do Limoeiro), located in São Paulo, characterized by being a dirty child and having a strong fear of water.Smudge in Turma da Mônica's Official website Originally introduced as just a random friend to Jimmy Five in newspaper strips published in 1961, the character became popular enough to become one of the most relevant and popular characters over the years appearing in several products, animations, films, in addition to becoming the protagonist of his own comic book released in 1982, which has remained in publication ever since. Mauricio says he based the char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
