![]() This comic book promoted and also satirized Brazilian traditional values. In 1960, he launched the first Brazilian comic book made by a single author, Turma do Pererê, featuring the Saci of Brazilian folklore, which was also the first comic book produced entirely in color in Brazil. His characters (including Jeremias o Bom, the Supermãe and Mirinho) won readers. ![]() Ziraldo gained national notoriety when he worked at the magazine O Cruzeiro in 1957 and subsequently at Jornal do Brasil in 1963. He began working at the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo in 1954, with a column dedicated to humor. ![]() This was a drawing printed in the newspaper A Folha de Minas in 1938. Ziraldo first published his work when he was six years old, a year before he started going to school. His children's books, such as the popular O Menino Maluquinho, have also been the basis of successful films and television series in Brazil. ![]() His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to many foreign languages and adapted to the theater and cinema. ![]() Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born October 24, 1932), usually referred to mononymically as Ziraldo, is a Brazilian author, painter, comic creator, and journalist. ![]()
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