Prakash Shetty is an Indian cartoonist and caricaturist known for his Spot caricaturing. He was born in Mangalore, Karnataka on 1 April 1960. He earned a degree in Bachelor of Arts. He started drawing cartoons at the age of 15. He started his career with a Kannada magazine called Santhosha and an English daily called The Times Of Deccan and in Kannada Daily also. He settled as cartoonist with The Week. Kitoo is one of his creations, a comic serial with a boy as the main character. It has been published in multiple magazines for 15 years. He joined The Week as a cartoon illustrator. Later he worked as an independent spot caricaturist and freelancer.