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Péricles (cartoonist)
Péricles de Andrade Maranhão (August 14, 1924 - December 31, 1961), who signed only as Péricles, was a Brazilian cartoonist and caricaturist. He moved to Rio de Janeiro around 1942, starting to work in Diários Associados magazines, where he published his first characters. Péricles also illustrated Millôr Fernandes' texts in the Pif-Paf section of ''O Cruzeiro''. His greatest success, however, was the gag cartoon ''O Amigo da Onça'', a character he drew for nearly 20 years, from 1943 until his death. ''O Amigo da Onça'' ("The Friend of the Jaguar" in literal translation) is a cynical man whose main objective in life is to harm or tease others. The name came from a joke that has some variations, but usually involves a hunter who tells a friend how he ran away from a jaguar, but his friend doubts him or creates complicated situations, to which the hunter concludes by asking: "Are you my friend or ''friend of the jaguar''?". The expression gained popularity with Péricles' char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diários Associados
The Diários Associados, or Associated Dailies, are a union of Brazilian communication media created by Assis Chateaubriand. Diários Associados owned Rede Tupi, the first Brazilian Television Network, television network, through its affiliate, the Rede de Emissoras Associadas, from 1950 to 1980. Today the group has 50 vehicles of communication, consisting of 15 newspapers, 12 Radio broadcasting, radio networks, 8 Television broadcasting, television networks, 9 Internet portals and 5 other sites, 1 foundation and 5 other companies. The corporation was once the largest in the history of the press in Brazil. Newspapers * Correio Braziliense (:pt:Correio Braziliense, pt) — Brasília — DF * Diário Mercantil (:pt:Diário Mercantil, pt) — Rio de Janeiro — RJ * O Diário de Natal (:pt:O Diário de Natal, pt) of Poti — Natal — RN * Estado de Minas (:pt:Estado de Minas, pt) — Belo Horizonte — MG * Diário de Pernambuco (:pt:Diário de Pernambuco, pt) — Recife — PE * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |