Editing José Carioca (section)

===Comics===
In the early 1940s, the Sunday-only [[Silly Symphony (comic strip)|''Silly Symphony'' comic strip]] featured José Carioca, in a series running from October 11, 1942 to October 1, 1944. This was replaced by a [[Panchito Pistoles|Panchito]] strip, which ran for another year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=400}}</ref>

José is quite popular in Brazil, appearing alongside [[Mickey Mouse]] and Donald Duck in the local [[Disney comics]]. In Brazil, he is known as Zé Carioca ("Zé" being a familiar form for Portuguese name "José", in much the same way "Joe" is a familiar form for the English name "Joseph").<ref>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=Disney Comics: The Whole Story |date=2016 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683900177| page=124}}</ref> Between 1961<ref>{{Cite web|last=Line|first=A. TARDE On|title=Zé Carioca ganha novas histórias para comemorar 70 anos|url=http://www.atarde.com.br/cultura/literatura/noticias/1470962-ze-carioca-ganha-novas-historias-para-comemorar-70-anos|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Portal A TARDE|date=4 December 2012|language=pt-br}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-08|title=Abril confirma, em comunicado a assinantes, o fim dos quadrinhos Disney na editora|url=http://www.universohq.com/noticias/abril-confirma-em-comunicado-a-assinantes-fim-dos-quadrinhos-disney-na-editora/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=UNIVERSO HQ|language=pt-BR}}</ref> he had his Brazilian [[comic book]]s, in which he is portrayed as living with his friends Nestor (an anthropomorphic crow), Afonsinho (an anthropomorphic duck), and Pedrão (an anthropomorphic dog), along with other characters: his nephews ''Zico'' and ''Zeca'' (also parrots), his girlfriend Maria Vaz (Portuguese: ''Rosinha Vaz'', another anthropomorphic parrot), daughter of rich entrepreneur Rocha Vaz (an anthropomorphic toucan), and his romantic rival ''Zé Galo'' (an anthropomorphic rooster). Local production ended in 2001, but was restarted in 2012. José now has a pet, Old Tom, an alligator originated from the 1960s Studio Program duck stories. Since September 2020, new José stories are published by Culturama in the comic book ''Aventuras Disney''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-29|title=Zé Carioca volta a ter HQs produzidas no Brasil|url=http://www.universohq.com/noticias/ze-carioca-volta-ter-hqs-produzidas-no-brasil/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=UNIVERSO HQ|language=pt-BR|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814074144/http://www.universohq.com/noticias/ze-carioca-volta-ter-hqs-produzidas-no-brasil/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Comics featuring Joe Carioca, as he is called in the Netherlands, appear occasionally in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] ''[[Donald Duck (Dutch comic book)|Donald Duck]]'' magazine. In these short stories, José occupies his time assuming false identities to impress girls (who usually see through him, leaving him brokenhearted), and wangling free dinners in expensive restaurants, a habit that often gets him into trouble.

He appears extremely rarely in the German ''[[Micky Maus]]'' comics and {{ill|Lustiges Taschenbuch|de}}, having appeared around 10 times since his 1980 debut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lustiges-taschenbuch.de/node/3250|title=José Carioca &#124; Lustiges Taschenbuch|website=www.lustiges-taschenbuch.de}}</ref>

In the Brazilian comics, Zé is also part of his neighborhood [[Association football|soccer]] team and runs a [[samba school]]. He has a secret identity as a superhero, ''Morcego Verde'' (''Green Bat'', a [[Batman]] spoof), although he is easily recognized by his neighbors.

In recent years, José Carioca has been used alongside Panchito and Donald in two comics by American artist [[Don Rosa]], ''[[The Three Caballeros Ride Again]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Magnificent Seven (Minus 4) Caballeros]]'' (2005). The creation of a [[Brazil]]ian animated character during the [[World War II|Second World War]] was part of a strategy called "[[Good Neighbor Policy]]" headed by the [[United States]] government to improve relations and gather support amongst its neighbor countries.

In 2023, Dutch stories introduced Parquita, José's new girlfriend.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex van Koten |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/koten_alex-van.htm |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=lambiek.net |language=en}}</ref>