Mauricio de Sousa 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 Manh� as a crime reporter. In 1959 Sousa quit that job and began his comic book career. He created Turma da M�nica. 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. 

October 27th, 1935 in Santa Isabel (Age 89)