My name is Paulo

“My name is Paulo, but you can call me Chico.”

Jose Paulo of Spain Caruso (São Paulo SP 1949). Cartoonist, illustrator, editor and musician Paulo Caruso, twin brother of the also cartoonist Chico Caruso (1949), graduated in 1976, in architecture by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo – FAU / USP, however, did not pursue the career. In the late 1960s, he started as chargers at the Popular Daily. In the 1970s, collaborated with O Pasquim, alongside Millôr Fernandes (1923), Jaguar (1932) and Ziraldo (1932). In 1981, with Alex Solnik, inaugurated the Bar Brasil humor page, in Careta magazine, and which has been continued, in the following years, in the magazine Lord. From 1988, published in the magazine Isto É, the mood column Avenida Brasil. In both columns, Caruso circulates caricatures of Brazilian personalities from the 1980s and 1990s, synthesizing with satire and humor several moments of the country’s political history. In addition to drawing, he is dedicated to music composition and the production of music and theater shows. In 1985, on the occasion of the International Salão de Humor de Piracicaba, the band Muda Brasil Tancredo Jazz Band was formed, with the participation of his brother, of Claudio Paiva, of Aroeira, of Luis Fernando Veríssimo (1936), among others. In the shows, the band plays humorous songs and with political satire. In 1998, he released the CD Pra seo Govero, which brings his own songs and features the partnership of his brother, on vocals, and Luis Fernando Veríssimo, on sax. Among the books he publishes, stand out: The Origins of Captain Bandeira, 1983; Echoes of Ipiranga, 1984; Bar Brasil, 1985 and São Paulo by Paulo Caruso – A Humorous Look at this City, 2004. New Year’s