The topic
It was like “hate at first sight”. Since the very beginning, when he appeared in the mass media, Ricardo Fort was an individual who evoked a feeling of disgust on me. Always showing off, always talking about himself and considering himself a hero just because he is a millionaire. Let alone his falling in love with a different girl every week so as to avoid people suspecting him of being gay.
As weeks went by, he was becoming more and more popular. People everywhere- at the bus stop, on the bus, at the supermarket, at the butcher’s- talked about this “material” man who not only fosters materialistic values but who also seems to be made of plastic. Who his current girlfriend was, who the following one was going to be, his clothes, how much money he spent shopping in Miami, his Rolexes, his Rolls Royces, his play, who he quarrelled with: such were the bizarre topics on which many Argentinians keep their mind. I couldn’t believe it! A character like this one deserved a cartoon about him.
Being a cartoonist
This was the first time that I dared to create a cartoon and I really liked the experience. The design software was very easy to use. Maybe, options as regard drawings were not that varied but, I was lucky enough to find a character that fitted Ricardo Fort’s personality: a lion.
Cartoons enable you to express yourself and convey different meanings just by using pictures and a few words. They are a powerful an effective tool when it comes to criticise or support any aspect. Besides, they do not demand much effort on part of the reader and they are very easy to create. It was a great experience.
