Mauricio de Sousa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mauricio de Sousa

Brazilian cartoonist

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1935

Place of Birth: Santa Isabel, São Paulo, Brazil

Profession: writer, entrepreneur, comics artist, painter, journalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [maw'?isju d?i 'sowz?] born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books.At 17 years of age, he worked for a daily newspaper called Folha da Manhã as a crime reporter.
In 1959, Sousa quit that job and began his comic book career, and created Monica's Gang.
Sousa'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.