Gibizinho

Gibizinho (lit. Little Comic Book) was a title of a comic book created by Editora Globo that was published between 1991 and 1998, at first as a weekly magazine that often varied the character in each issue between characters by Mauricio de Sousa and other licensed characters who had comics published by Globo like the Mexican characters El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado or celebrities like Xuxa and Leandro & Leonardo.^[1][2] Starting in 1993, the title of the comic became monthly and started to focus only on Monica and Friends being renamed as Gibizinho da Mônica.^[3] The comic books were characterized by their pocket format in a small size of between 13.5 x 9.5 cm and short stories.

Gibizinho
Cover of the first issue released in 1993 as Gibizinho da Mônica
Publication information
Publisher	Editora Globo
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Humor/comedy
Publication date	1991–1998
No. of issues	164
Creative team
Created by	Mauricio de Sousa

The series was discontinued in 1998, but in the same year republications in the form of almanacs (excluding the early comics unrelated to Monica and Friends) were started, lasting until 2006.

Inspirations

Previously, between December 1984 and January 1985, 6 mini-magazines were sold as gifts together with Monica and Friends' comics sold by Editora Abril, each one featuring a different character. Later, in 1988, other small comics were given away in partnership with Danone products, which also sold a few Os Trapalhões mini comics in the same year.^[3]

Titles

Characters that had their own titles in the early issues between 1991 and 1992.

• Monica - 8 issues (before 1993)
• Blu - 4 issues
• Angel - 3 issues
• Pitheco - 2 issues
• Jimmy Five - 5 issues
• Lionel's Kingdom - 2 issues
• Bubbly the Astronaut - 3 issues
• Tina - 4 issues
• Smudge - 6 issues
• Maggy - 6 issues
• Tom-Tom - 2 issues
• Curly - 4 issues
• Chuck Billy - 6 issues
• Horacio - 3 issues
• Franklin - 2 issues
• Bug-a-Booo - 3 issues
• Sergio Mallandro - 1 issue
• Leandro & Leonardo - 9 issues
• Turma do Arrepio - 9 issues
• Xuxa - 7 issues
• El Chavo del Ocho - 4 issues
• El Chapulín Colorado - 5 issues
• Paquitas - 1 issue
• Pelezinho - 2 issues
• Vanilla - 1 issue
• Puff - 1 issue