February 1977 - Dona Flor e seus dois Maridos, film based on Jorge Amado's book, huge international success
Brazil has been – to put it mildly – a challenging market for the publishers of MAD, the longest-running humor magazine of the US. It had to change publishers halfway due to bankruptcy and faced all sorts of economic troubles. Initially, the Brazilian version had 103 issues published between 1974 and 1983. A second series, with 158 issues, was published between 1984 and 2000. The third series, with only 46 issues, lasted from 2000 and 2006, and the last series began in 2008 and is still going on.Some great cartoonists, such as Ota, Jaguar, Caulos and Nani worked during some of these phases.
You can learn more about its history in the (predictably) un-official homepage, the source of all covers published here.
April 1977 - Maurício de Souza's cartoon characters, such as Mônica and CebolinhaMay 1977 - comic group Os TrapalhõesJune 1977 - Beth Faria, soap opera actressAugust 1977 - Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, TV program based on children's books by Monteiro LobatoMay 1978 - O Astro, popular soap opera whose remake is under productionJune 1978 - World Cup editionJuly 1984 - Paulo Maluf, synonym of corrupt politicianSeptember 1984 - Indiana Jones hunts Roberta Close, the most beautiful transexual of Brazilian history.August 1985 - president José Sarney's moustache was a character in its own rightDecember 1985 - Roque Santeiro, memorable soap operaAugust 1986 - President José Sarney and his Plano Cruzado for economic stabilizationJune 2001 - funk from RioFebruary 2002 - Xuxa released one of her many moviesApril 2004 - Carnival diva Luma de Oliveira divorces from Eike Batista, one of the richest mans in the world after an affair with a firefighterOctober 2009 - Xuxa, the ex-top model, ex-children TV program host, has trouble with ENEM, the exam all high school students have to passDecember 2009 - Ivete Sangalo, Ana Maria Braga and other artists that perform the end-of-the-year TV shows are a Greek presentJune 2010 - Ready for the World Cup in JohannesburgSeptember 2010 - Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad) movieOctober 2010 - Tiririca, the clown elected congressmanNovember 2010 - A Fazenda (The Farm), reality showDecember 2010 - Silvio Santos, the TV mogul, lost most of his fortuneJanuary 2011 - the year retrospective makes fun of TV and sports characters
