Mafalda is the name of an Argentine newspaper strip created by the cartoonist Quino from 1964 to 1973, starring the girl of the same name, «a mirror of the Argentine middle class and progressive youth», who is concerned about humanity and world peace and rebels against the world bequeathed to her by her elders. and rebels against the world bequeathed by her elders.
Mafalda was born on March 15, 1960 or March 15, 1962, into a
typical Argentine middle-class family of the 1960s.
Enthusiastic about The Beatles, the Mad Bird and pancakes,
she hated soup
(according to Quino himself, Mafalda's hatred of soup
was a metaphor for the militarism and political
imposition of the time). She frequently makes adults uncomfortable with her
questioning of the socially established and her questions
about the political management of the world.
She imagines herself studying languages and working as an
interpreter at the United Nations to contribute to world
peace.