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Monica's Gang is a series of comic books created by Mauricio de Sousa in 1959.
It is the main series (called "classes") created by cartoonist, still having a series of mini groups, in which the characters go through various adventures everyday. The term can also refer to all characters ever created by Mauricio, but that, strictly speaking, not part of "Monica's Gang" characters such as Mata's Gang or Gang of Penadinho.
The first characters of Monica's Gang Bidu and Franklin were published by Editora Continental in 1960. [2]
Monica's Gang was published in April by publishers and Globe [3] and has been published since 2007 Panini Comics, [4] and the publication of strips in pocket format by the Panini [5] and the L & PM. [1]
The recent news of Monica's Gang are Monica's Gang Young, released in August 2008, Monica y su pandilla and Monica's Gang.

Son of Anthony and Mauricio de Sousa Araújo de Sousa Petronilla [1]. Mauricio de Sousa began designing posters and illustrations for newspapers and radio Mogi das Cruzes, where he lived. [2] sought employment in São Paulo, as a designer, but only managed a wave of crime reporter at the Morning Sheet. He spent five years writing this kind of story, illustrated with drawings that well accepted by readers. [2] Her character was the most successful Monica.
Mauricio de Sousa began drawing comics on July 18 [3] of 1959, when a story of Blu, his first character was approved by the newspaper. The comic strips with the dog and its owner Bidu, Franklin, gave rise to the first known characters of Monica was.
Currently Blu, who is the pet of Franklin, both with his master participates in stories like that is the main star, dialoguing with other dogs and even with stones (!). Bidu is the symbol of the company Mauricio, Mauricio de Sousa Productions. In magazines Lostinho-Perdidinhos in Comics and the first issue of the magazine Learn More, however, it is revealed that the first creation of Mauricio was a superhero character