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Sculpture of sitting Mafalda (accompanied by staying statues of her close friends Susanita and Manolito), leading character of one of the most popular comic strips in Argentina, is located at the corner of Chile and Defensa streets in San Telmo district in Buenos Aires downtown.

The statue, unveiled in August 30, 2009, is one of many Argentinian comic statues scattered over Buenos Aires downtown in the frame of cultural program "Paseo de la Historieta (Cartoon walk)". Mafalda is sitting only a few meters from the building where its creator, Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino lived...

Mafalda is an Argentine comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino. The strip features a 6-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentinian middle class and progressive youth, is concerned about humanity and world peace, and has serious attitude problems but in an innocent manner. The strip ran from 1964 to 1973 and was very popular in Latin America, Europe, Quebec and Asia, leading to two animated cartoon series and a book.

The comic strip is composed of the main character Mafalda, her parents and a group of other children. However, the group was not created on purpose, but was instead a result of the development of the comic strip. The other children were created one at a time, and worked by countering specific aspects of Mafalda. The exception was Guille, Mafalda's brother, who was introduced during a period when the author did not have other ideas.

Mafalda, a six-year-old girl,[5] with a great concern for the state of humanity and a noted hatred for soup. She often leaves her parents at a loss by asking about mature or complex topics. As an example, she gets chided to concern herself with childlike things instead of asking about China's communism; in response, she pretends to play with bubbles in soapy water only to promptly proclaim that she is done and then restate the China question once more. Her incisive observations often leave the adults at a loss. Although she uses her intelligence to manipulate her parents into letting her do what she wants at times, she is shown to be very benevolent and righteous, and does what she can for her family and friends. Mafalda is generally a pessimist to the point of being accused of being so by her friends; to this she responds that things are not so bad as to stop discussing them. [wiki]

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