Lionel's Kingdom


Lionel's Kingdom is a Brazilian comic strip created in 1961 and part of the Monica's Gang comic strips.
The series is a Funny animal comic strip, with mostly anthropomorphic animals who almost all walking on two feet, wear clothes, and obviously, are able to speak. Their home is a forest, presumably in Brazil, although featuring mostly African animals. Originally the strips began with the protagonist character McFox, but over the years with the popularity and constant protagonism of other characters, comics have gone untitled for many years until being renamed to the current title.

Characters

Besides the TV commercials, Thunder also appears in films like :pt:As Novas Aventuras da Turma da Mônica|As Novas Aventuras da Turma da Mônica, O Natal de Todos Nós and ' usually along the Monica's Gang characters. In 1971 a song to Thunder was composed for the album "A Bandinha da Turma da Mônica", in 1987 another song for Thunder was composed for the album "Turma da Mônica", entitled O Elefante mais Amado do Brasil.
The series also had two special comic books in the '90s by Editora Globo, and also a almanac with classic stories that was published by Panini Comics between 2010 and 2014, the latter starring alongside The Tribe. The characters have also appeared in the fourth issue of Monica Teen; redesigned in a manga-esque style being part of a dimension called Tchalu, represented at first as a feudal Japanese people, but in later issues the characters make cameos with a design more similar to original version.
In 2015 a graphical novel based on the characters titled: Turma da Mata: Muralha, was published as part of the Graphic MSP, being illustrated and written by Roger Cruz, Davi Calil and Artur Fujita. Thunder, Ant Rita and McFox also appears in some episodes of the webcartoon Monica Toy, with one of the episodes under the title Jotalhão Toy.
Thunder is also playable character in the 2018 game Mônica e a Guarda dos Coelhos.
In the live-action movie
' Thunder has a cameo as a plush in Jimmy Five's room.