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For millions of readers across Latin America and Europe, ‘Mafalda’ requires no introduction. She is the six-year-old who worries about war, interrogates adults about democracy and capitalism, hates soup and refuses to accept that the world must remain as foolish as she finds it. Yet for many English-language readers, one of the most recognisable characters in global comics is only now becoming properly accessible. That imbalance says as much about publishing as it does about ‘Mafalda.’