Sukumaran Potti, commonly known as Sukumar, is a popular artist and cartoonist from Kerala. After graduating from University College in Thiruvananthapuram, he joined the Kerala Police Force. He created numerous cartoons for various Malayalam journals when he was in the service. He is a proponent of wacky humour in writing and has so far released 35 novels in various genres. He had a gift for humour when he was a little child. In 1950, his very first cartoon was published in Vikatan magazine. Since then, he has produced weekly and daily cartoons for Kaumudhi and Malayali. Later, he received training in political cartooning from the late K.S. Pillai, a well-known editorial cartoonist from the 1950s and 1960s who helped establish political cartooning in Kerala. He served as chairman and secretary of the Kerala Cartoon Academy. Received a fellowship from the Kerala Cartoon Academy in 1998. He is also the recipient of the Kerala Sahithya Academy award for humour literature in 1996.