ART or DIE, is that a name? Well, that’s how Mauricio G. signs his works. Since his childhood, stories pop in his head without any warning. All the time, anywhere. From age 10 or so, he started drawing those bits of adventures. Dozens of them. He knew he would become a cartoonist. What he didn’t know was it would take some 20 years for that to happen. In 2023, his first published comic, Lost Virtue numéro 0, wins the Bédélys Independent Anglophone Award – best self-published English comic – at MCAF. This recognition only reinforces his commitment to comics creation. In December 2023, Lost Virtue number 1 is released. He now works on the next issue and on other future projects.