I’m writing this post late into the night because I’ve only recently finished my economics paper. I’m suffering from a huge head ache and reading the eternaut on my computer screen is causing me to much pain so I’ll only be able to discuss mafalda. Growing up my mother would always make references to mafalda and though I can’t really remember the exact context I do remember the general theme of the comic strip. Reading over these few sections I quickly realized that the general style of Mafalda consists of a child remarking upon something that is well beyond the childs stage of maturity. This sort of dry ironic humor was pretty funny and I definitely thought about the implications of this style. Specifically, it certainly made me think about the transition between childhood into adulthood and the jaded cynical perspectives an adult usually has compared to a child. Mafalda did a great job of questioning this using the motif of parenthood and school to question positions of authority in the life of I child. I sincerely hope that somewhere out there a parent is regularly showing these strips to their child and indoctrinating them with some real angsty and pessimistic (but humorous) tendencies because it really reminds me of myself when I was around 13. In terms of Latin American pop culture its hard for me to pick up any glaring themes of the comic strips related to latin america as a whole although im sure they’re in there somewhere. The only obvious one I could pick up was the strips critique of telenovelas evading any level of intelligence. This posed a question in my head that made me wonder if a certain level of intelligence was required in order to fully grasp the content of mafalda. Too add to this I wonder how accessible this publication is and whether or not theres a cost to picking up the news paper I believe this would be found in. Similarly, this made me question whether or not children would have different interpretations of each strip compared to adults and how age plays into understanding this form of media. Thanks for tuning in and keep on rocking in the free world doot