[DeepL Translation - needs review] From Book 1:
EVERYTHING IS IN MAFALDA
Have fun with the adorable Mafalda and other characters from the incomparable Quino.
"Mafalda is a heroine of our time."
Umberto Eco
Mafalda is, together with her friends Felipe, Susanita, Manolito, Miguelito and Libertad, a symbol of our society. A nonconformist, supportive and sensitive girl who was born in 1964, as Quino said, as "a girl who tries to solve the dilemma of who are the good guys and who are th...
There are lots of reasons to read this, no matter how far along you may be, such as the self-portrait it offers of Argentina in the 60's or as a low key, easy to manage introduction to "vos".
But the best reason is that it is very, very funny.
This is an old fashion comic strip like Pogo, Calvin and Hobbes or Peanuts rather than a comic book, so it's easy to pick up and put down whenever you have even a minute or two free as most story lines are just a few panels long.