I'm sorry you had that experience at such a young age, OH. Physical or emotional cruelty to children is the very worst imo.
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Today, Argentinian cartoonist Joaquin Lavado died at age 88 "como consecuencia de un accidente cerebrovascular". He's better known as "Quino", creator of a strip cartoon called Mafalda. In Latin America Mafalda has the same status as Peanuts does in the US:
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Small boy: That's unusual for you, Mafalda! Are you playing dolls?
Mafalda: Well, yes...Sometimes it's a good idea to take your instincts out for a little stroll.
If the drawing style looks familiar, it may be because my avatar is how Quino once drew himself: squeezed into a box that he himself is drawing.