The last year have been of different influences in life withering away before father time. It is surprising that so many people who you have never met can have so much influence on your lives. Today I am going to talk about one of the quietest influences.
As the article here points out, Mario impacted me before I know what cartoon is and what Mario's distinct style means. These influences stick and life is better for not even knowing that. I always love that when I get to see and enjoy works of the genius and then I am introduced to the person behind it rather than the other way where I know the person first and then his work.
His style was pretty simple, humour most of the times wry but never deprecating. He always looked for good in people and situations and pointed out the ironies and idiosyncrasies along the way. Most of the times his punch line is pretty simple and straight forward.
But he would have filled so many nuggets in the spread that I would spend time looking to each individual characters and locating prototypes in the crowd. He is the one who would draw a cartoon with hundred people and each of those will have unique characteristics.
One of the eulogy says: Goa have him to the world and he gave Goa to the world. This is a definite truth. He also represented the unique Govanize culture. a link between the Catholic colony of a fledging European power and a tourist hub sandwiched between and representing people from both powerful Indian states: Maharashtra and Karnataka.
A state in search of an icon and identity of its own.
And it was provided by Mario and how.
Here are some of the works of Mario. It is the time to words to seize space to the visual glory. Do enjoy these.
[All images from google image search …. Hope I am not breaking any laws 
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