La Pimpa! created by Francesco Tullio Altan began as a comic strip in Italy about a little white and red dog learning about the world around her. Pimpa and her comic was featured in a children's magazine soon after its creation and has since wandered into the hearts of many Italian children as the comic strip, in the 80s and later again in the early 2000s, was turned into an animated series. Targeted towards preschoolers, La Pimpa! teaches Italian children about colors, objects, phrases, counting, and the ground necessities to learning Italian. Not to mention Pimpa is an awfully cute character!
We happen to have a television in the apartment. We hadn't turned it on once since the first night we arrived in Italy, though without internet, we were a bit desperate in the evenings for some entertainment that didn't involve wine (it eventually involved wine) and turned towards children's programming in hopes to pick up a word or two, as any other channels were far too advanced for any of us to understand anything in the language. We discovered Italian Spongebob (which is much more entertaining then English Spongebob) and Hamtaro (a favorite from my childhood!) as well as a few Italian shows such as La Pimpa!
I've asked my Italian friends if they watched Pimpa as kids and they all (after reminding them what exactly it is) melt into a grin and a chorus of "aww!" Most kids my age grew up with Pimpa here as American children grew up with Spot or Clifford. Since Pimpa's been teaching me a few words in Italian when I get the chance to watch the show, I felt I needed to dedicate a bit of art to her in my own style!
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