Friends, associates and members of the art fraternity remember eminent cartoonist Mario Miranda as a “warm, wickedly humorous and compassionate man who reacted positively to the world around him”.

The 85-year-old Miranda, who drew Goa for the world and drew the world for readers in India, died in his sleep at his home in Goa Sunday. He had been ailing for the last few years.

In pic: Mario Miranda at the launch of Dattaraj Salgaonkar's book Aparanta- Land beyond the End at Goa Marriott, Panjim on Tuesday, May 13, 2008.