Turma do Pererê

Turma do Pererê
The protagonists of the Turma do Pererê.
Publication information
PublisherEditora Abril (1975-76)
Editora Globo (2010)
ScheduleMonthly
FormatComic book
GenreComedy
Publication date1959 – 1976
Creative team
Created byZiraldo Alves Pinto
Written byZiraldo Alves Pinto

Turma do Pererê, or just Pererê, was a Brazilian comic book series created by writer and cartoonist Ziraldo in 1959. The series was originally launched in single-panel cartoons originally published in the pages of magazine O Cruzeiro that through their popularity eventually earning his own comic book in 1960 then called only "Pererê", one of the first children's comic books series in Brazil. The comics tagged generation among many Brazilians, but were eventually canceled in 1964, only returning to be published in 1975 by Abril with the current title "Turma do Pererê" which was canceled the following year and shall have only republications in subsequent years, until 1980 when he dedicated to the comics of the Menino Maluquinho.

The stories showed the adventures of Saci Pererê (a character of Brazilian folklore) and his friends who live in the Brazilian interior forest known as Mata do Fundão.