Mario Miranda

Mario Miranda draws the Goan life...



Mario Joao Carlos do Rosario de Britto Miranda or just Mario started his career in an Advertising studio, where he worked for four years, before taking up cartooning full-time.

As a cartoonist, he got his first break with The Illustrated Weekly of India which published a few of his works. His drawings & cartoons also brought him an offer to work at the “Current” magazine.
A year later, the Times of India offered him a slot, even though they had rejected him at first. Thereafter, it didn't take much time for Mario to become a household name, with his creations like Miss Nimbupani, Miss Fonseca appearing on a regular basis in the “Femina”, “Economic Times”, and The Illustrated Weekly of India.
Mario Miranda's life, was to change after being offered the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian Scholarship which enabled him to travel to and stay a year in Portugal and this time in Portugal according to Mario helped him to broaden his horizons.
After a year in Portugal, Mario travelled to London, England and was to spend five years there, learning as well as doing jobs for newspapers and even worked in. of television animation, at Independent Television.
Mario cartoons also featured in the “LILIPUT” and even in other prestigious magazines like “MAD” (once) and “PUNCH” (twice). This supplemented his finances, and enabled him to travel around Europe, interacting with other cartoonists, gaining considerable knowledge and exposure, this lead to his meeting of Sir Ronald Searle, whom Mario considered as his mentor.