The Cavern Clan

The Cavern Clan ("Turma do Piteco") is a Brazilian comic strip, created in 1961 by Mauricio de Sousa and part of the Monica's Gang series. It centers around a prehistoric tribe in the Stone Age, but also anachronistically depicts them living in the presence of dinosaurs. Most of the stories feature Piteco hunting dinosaurs, running away from Tooga, or even he and his friends fighting against other village’s people. Ironically, the characters would always refer to things which did not exist at that time yet, for example, if a character needs to walk a long distance, he or she would say “Too bad they didn’t invent the car yet, ‘cause otherwise I would go faster”. Mauricio de Sousa was inspired by the American comic strip Alley Oop [1] strips and named the village of Piteco is Lem (which in Alley Oop refer to Lemuria).[2]

Characters

Media

In 1975 Pitheco had a picture book released by publisher FTD, who was part of a series of books inspired the Mauricio de Sousa's characters.[4] The series also had two special comic books in the '90s by Editora Globo, and currently has an almanac with classic stories published by Panini Comics, the latter starring alongside Horacio's World. The characters are also featured in the Monica's Gang's 2007 animated film: Uma Aventura no Tempo.

In November 2013, it was published the first graphic novel starring Pitheco, Piteco - Ingá, produced by comic artist Shiko, the title refers to the inscriptions of the Ingá Stone, located in Paraíba, the author, Shiko is originating from Paraíba.[5]

References

  1. Dume, Paula (26/06/2009). Mauricio de Sousa comemora 50 anos de carreira com documentário e atrações Folha de S.Paulo
  2. Sm Ramasamy, N.R.D.M.S. Project (India), Bharathidasan University. Centre for Remote Sensing. Geomatics in Tsunami. [S.l.]: New India Publishing, 2006. 5 p.
  3. de Sousa, Mauricio (2008). "Malmequer... Bem-me-quer...". Mônica - Romance (in Portuguese) (6 ed.). São Paulo: Panini Comics. pp. 150–153.
  4. "Os primeiros livros que escrevi". Mônica.com.br.
  5. Samir Naliato (September 19, 2013). Graphic MSP do Piteco ganha título oficial. Universe HQ.

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