The World of Comics (El Condorito and Garfield)

El Condorito

This comic is mostly meant to be only funny and not deal with major issues of society. Instead it parodies some well-known situations by adding a twist to an otherwise ordinary story. In this comic strip, Condorito is scolded by his boss for falling asleep on the job and his boss tells him that he is fired. Condorito responds by asking his boss not to fire him, but only because his chair at work is more comfortable than his bed at home.

Garfield

This comic strip is very light-hearted and funny. Instead of dealing with major issues in the world it simply tells a short funny story. In this comic strip, Garfield talks about stalking prey. At first, because he is a cat, it seems like he is talking about mice or other small animals as his prey. However, the last image shows us that he was actually talking about hunting cookies.

Comparison
Both of these comics are more playful than serious. In general, they will both be about short funny stories with a twist ending that are meant to make people laugh. They are not like some other comics that have the purpose of drawing the readers' attention to something that is wrong in the world. These comics exist simply for entertainment.

The World of Comics (Mafalda and The Peanuts)

Mafalda

This comic uses a classroom setting as a metaphor for politics. The teacher represents the politicians and the class represents the people. The teacher is teaching the class overly simple things. Mafalda goes up to the teacher to tell her that they want to learn more useful and important things. This means that the politicians are not telling people what they really need to know and instead wasting their time with unimportant things.

The Peanuts

This comic is about the misinformation people are given through the media. Lucy represents the media while Charlie represents the general public. Lucy ignores what Charlie is trying to tell her and instead makes up her own story. Charlie responds by telling her that she would make "a good political columnist" implying that the political columnists are unreliable.

Comparison
Both of these comic strips deal with information that is available to the public. The first one is saying that people should not be babied by politicians and told the important things rather than simple lessons that they already know. The second one is about how media does not accurately represent how are in the world of politics. Both of them seem to be pushing for a change to fix these problems, or they are at least trying to warn people the dangers of believing that everything you are told is important or true.