He dreams about green fields flown by happy birds. And so do I. Maybe it is because he has lived all his life in the city, “surrounded by buses, pollution, people. I would really like to see birds and trees when I get out of my house. But I have fun here too, I don’t need to escape from this place.”

Even when some of his drawings are so critical of the world we live in, he believes “there is a general evolution towards decency. I wouldn’t want to live in another time or place. I think human rights are spreading now so we are better than before. I am happy now because I am doing what I like and beautiful things happen to me. I never imagined that people would buy my books, I thought only my friends would read them”, Ricardo tells me. “I started Law School and also studied Marketing, but I found it awful. I think it would have been so unfair with everybody else if I had chosen a different way instead of drawing. I belong to a very little group of people that can do what they really like, so why not take advantage of that and just go for it?”

The guy is simple and funny, he prefers hiding behind his jokes because he is very shy. Maybe that’s part of his charm, maybe that’s why his creatures are so believable.

“I like the comic to be very free and open. I wouldn’t like to get bored. That’s why I draw many different characters. I don’t mind getting rid of some characters if I they don’t make me laugh anymore”, Liniers affirms. “I’m like every character in the comic, I would mix them all and the result would be me. I am mysterious, naif, sensitive and stupid too”.

So then I ask him about the world, what he likes and dislikes. “Little things are more likely to be real. When you discover something very small in someone, that is his true self. Everybody can relate to small things”, Liniers tells me.

So I get back home, thinking about making better jokes. Happy to be close to those precious little drawings and knowing there is a whole world of soul mates out there. And a tiny beautiful piece of heaven we can all see, no matter what.