Sunday, December 11, 2011

At 85, cartoonist Mario Miranda exits life's canvas

The bronzed, sinewy toddy tapper will never slither down a coconut palm with ease. Nor will the buxom, cleavage showing, big hipped fisherwoman hunch over her fish basket with slapstick charm. Master illustrator Mario Miranda, who created them both, died in his sleep in his Goan village Sunday after a prolonged illness at the age of 85.
http://ummid.com/news/2011/December/11.12.2011/cartoonist_mario_dead.htm