Mampato: Mata-ki-te-rangui

Mata-ki-te-rangui is the seventh volume of the collection "The adventures of Ogú, Mampato and Rena", by cartoonist and storyteller Themo Lobos, published by Dolmen Ediciones in Chile, in December 1998.

Editorial trajectory

The comic was created by Lobos in the children's-youth magazine Mampato, from Editorial Lord Cochrane, from Chile. There, ending the adventure in Baghdad in issue 92, Themo announced his next adventure with the name Mampato and Ogú in Rapa Nui, which began in issue 93, October 1971, and took 11 installments, ending in #104, dated January 12, 1972.

It was republished by its author in Cucalón magazine no. 31 and 32, during 1988.

Plot

Mampato, eager to decipher the mysteries of Easter Island or Rapa Nui, travels with his friend Ogú to the time when the famous moai were sculpted, which coincides with that of the reign of the Arikis or "long ears", who they have dominated the people of the "short ears". They become friends with Marama, a very nice islander from the short-eared people, who takes them to her village and serves as their guide. After going through several adventures, they witness the placement of a moai and the rebellion of the short ears against the Arikis. In the Rapanui language, Mata ki te rangi means "eyes that look to the sky" and alludes to the mysterious moai.

Adaptations to other media

This cartoon was the inspiration for the cartoon film Ogú and Mampato in Rapa Nui, from 2002.