Mafalda

Mafalda, the beloved Argentine comic strip by Quino, made its French-language album debut with this three-issue series from JC Lattès in 1972–1973. Collecting the earliest adventures of the precocious, world-weary little girl and her friends—Manolito, Susanita, Felipe, and the rest—these volumes introduced European readers to Quino's sharp, humane satire of politics, society, and the absurdities of adult life. Though brief in its original French album run, this series cemented Mafalda's status as a global icon of comic strip artistry, with Quino's gentle yet incisive humor remaining as resonant today as it was half a century ago.