Already in the early '70s, he started to gain a name for himself throughout the world as the creator of chubby men and round women, the only black and white elements in a very colourful environment that is strictly without words. From the outset his humour has always been marked by contrasts and opposites - austere black and white stands out against brilliant colours and a remarkable emptiness is juxtaposed against incredibly crowded places. The most light-hearted laughing fits contrast with agonised ponderings on the great questions of life. Probably one of the main reasons behind the immense international success that Mordillo's work attracts lies in this, and is true for both children and adults: his wonderful cartoons are always open to being read on two levels - they make you laugh and think.

And it is very true that the very nature of wordless cartoons enables him to instantly touch only the essential. Whether in Germany or in Japan, Mordillo's visual creations are understood and appreciated just as they are in Italy and in South America. His natural or artificial spaces have no special geographical or national features: they could be anywhere.
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