Autor mauricio de sousa biography
Mauricio de sousa productions...
Magali spada e sousa
Mauricio de Sousa
Brazilian cartoonist
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Araújo and the second or paternal family name is de Sousa.
Mauricio Araújo de Sousa[1] (Brazilian Portuguese:[mawˈɾisjudʒiˈsowzɐ]; born October 27, 1935), also mononymously known as Mauricio, is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named Turma da Mônica (Monica and Friends).[2][3]
At 17 years of age, he worked for a daily newspaper called Folha da Manhã as a crime reporter.
In 1959, Mauricio quit that job and began his comic book career, and created Monica and Friends. Mauricio's characters were inspired by children he knew from his childhood and by his own children. His later style is slightly reminiscent of that of Osamu Tezuka, a famous Japanese manga artist and personal friend.[4] Mauricio's work has garnered recogniation