Sports cartoonist autobiography
Sports cartoonist autobiography
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Alexyz
Indian cartoonist (born 1944)
Alex Raphael "Alexyz" Fernandes (born Aleixo Fernandes; 24 October 1944), known mononymously as Alexyz, is an Indian cartoonist, former footballer, and adman based in Siolim, Goa.
He initially gained prominence working for O Heraldo during the height of the Konkani language agitation and Goa's statehood struggle in the 1980s. Over the course of a career spanning more than four decades in cartooning, he has created over 12,000 cartoons, with his first one made for the Wadalaparish magazine.
He is the recipient of the Goa State Cultural Award, the state's highest art and culture award.
Early life
Fernandes was born as Aleixo Fernandes on 24 October 1944 in Dadar, Bombay (now Mumbai), which was part of Bombay Presidency (now Maharashtra) during British India (now India), to João José Fernandes, a tailor who originally hailed from Pernem, Goa, and Ana Regina Fernandes, a homemaker originally from Oxel, Goa.
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