Gaganendranath Tagore was a Bengali painter and cartoonist of the Bengal school. Along with his brother Abanindranath Tagore, he was counted as one of the earliest modern artists in India. In this image the grotesquely depicted Brahmin (a term referring to those at the top of the Hindu caste system) is shown indulging himself with food, wine and women. He is depicted with four arms and hands, like that of a Hindu god. With one of his hands he strangles a chicken, with another he holds a glass of 'sonti' or rice wine, with his left arm he holds onto a woman and with another he caresses some eggs. On his shoulder rests a woman who holds a huqqua and is throwing out of the window pages from the Vedanta, holy hindu scriptures; thus proclaiming that this Brahmin's morality has just been thrown out.

This powerful depiction of the National Conference's 1946 'Quit Kashmir' campaign against the ruling Dogra dynasty is the work of Chittaprosad Bhattacharya. Chittaprosad Bhattacharya was an Indian political artist of the mid-20th century. He avoided painting on canvas in favour of watercolour and printmaking. As far as we can make out, the drawing appeared in the CPI's weekly publication, People's War. Chittaprosad was a communist who used his exceptional artistic gifts for political purposes and is best known for his powerful depictions of the 1943 Bengal famine. He was born in Naihati, West Bengal, in 1915. He became a part of the grassroots movement that opposed both British colonial oppression and the feudal exploitation of the Indian landed nobility. The Bengal School's classicism and its emphasis on spirituality were rejected by Chittaprosad. Chittaprosad never used his Brahminical surname throughout his life because he refused to embrace the prejudices of the caste system. He demonstrated a natural knack for draughtsmanship in the essays he wrote as well as in the sharp cartoons and illustrations he produced.

Bal Keshav Thackeray is also known as Hinduhrudyasamrat Balasaheb Thackeray. He was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra. At the start of his career, Thackeray worked as a cartoonist for the English-language newspaper The Free Press Journal in Bombay. Thackeray spoke his heart out through his comics. His artwork is priceless and a treasured possession for upcoming artists. Though his journey as a politician is well known and admired all over the world, many are not aware of his love for comics. Thackeray began his career with the Free Press Journal in Mumbai as a cartoonist. His cartoons were also published in the Sunday edition of the Times of India. Thackeray launched the cartoon weekly Marmik in 1960 to reach out to the maximum number of citizens and spread his message.

His comics bore an appropriate resemblance to the issue and were a perfect depiction of the situation in a comical way. His strong hold over sketching, thorough study of the characters in the comic, and brilliant creativity made his comics popular amongst all.

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.

Kesava Shankar Pillai, better known as Shankar, was an Indian cartoonist. In India, he is known as the founder of political cartooning. In 1948, he established Shankar's Weekly, India's Punch. In addition to producing cartoonists such as Abu Abraham, Ranga, and Kutty, Shankar's Weekly was shut down by the publisher on June 25, 1975, during the Emergency. He started making kids laugh and have fun with life after that. In 1976, he received the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Indian government. He is best known now for founding the Shankar's International Dolls Museum in 1965 and the Children's Book Trust in 1957. Shankar was the recipient of several awards—Padma Shri (1956); Padma Bhushan (1966); Padma Vibhushan (1976); the Order of Smile (1977), an honour from a committee of Polish children; the Hamilton branch of the United Nations Association in Canada conferred on him a citation and a pin for his dedicated service to the children of the world; in (1979), the Hungarian Institute of Cultural Relations awarded him a Commemorative Medal in appreciation of his activities and contribution to children (1980); Order de Saint Fortunat from the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his dedication to children’s cause; a gold medal from the Government of Czechoslovakia for the promotion of Indo-Czech friendship; conferred with the D. Litt (honoris causa) by the University of Delhi. Shankar passed away on December 26, 1989.

Bansilal Verma was born on 23 November 1917, better known by his pen name Chakor, was a cartoonist and illustrator from Gujarat, India. Raja Ravi Verma served as an inspiration for him as he created paintings of gods and goddesses. He began working as a cartoonist for Kakalbhai Kothari's Navsaurashtra in 1937. Drawing cartoons, banners, and posters for the Indian Independence Movement was another way he participated. Additionally, he produced cartoons for the Jayanti Dalal-edited magazines Prajabandhu Weekly, Gati, and Rekha. His political and political drawings had a big impact. He had done numerous magazine and book illustrations.

Kerala Varma, popularly known as Kevy, was an Indian political cartoonist. Shankar's Weekly was where Kevy first published cartoons to launch his career. Later, he joined the Eastern Economist staff as a cartoonist. Kevy was imprisoned during the emergency, ostensibly for making caricatures that were derogatory of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In 2008 and 2009, Kevy created his final cartoons for The New Indian Express. Kevy preferred to view a cartoon as a message whose quality only depended on how efficiently the message was transmitted, as he thought there was a difference between cartoons and art. Over the course of his career, his style underwent significant alteration.

Attupurathu Mathew Abraham was an Indian cartoonist, journalist, and author. Abu was the name of his pen name. The Bombay Chronicle, Shankar's Weekly, Blitz, Tribune, The Observer (1956–1966), The Guardian (1966–1969), and The Indian Express (1969–1981) were just a few of the national and international publications for which Abu Abraham worked. At age 3, Abu started creating cartoons. He earned his degree in 1945 from University College, Thiruvananthapuram, where he also excelled in tennis while studying French, mathematics, and English. He had been an atheist and rationalist all his life.

Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran was a Padma Shri recipient, also known as KC Sivasankaran. He was a mythical artist from India who mostly contributed to Chandamama, also known as Ambulimama, an Indian language magazine. His graphic style for the pictures in the magazine made him renowned throughout the country for several decades. The iconic painting from the Vikram and Vetala series that appears in Chandamama was created by Sankar. He was the final survivor of the initial Chandamama design group. The classic painting, which also has his recognisable signature, was created in the 1960s. One of the many things he produced for Chandamama were its illustrators, who shaped the magazine's aesthetic for many years. They employed line drawings in the Middle Eastern, Indian, Oriental, and European artistic traditions.

Govindan Aravindan was an Indian film director, screenwriter, musician, cartoonist, and painter. He was the pioneer of Malayalam parallel films. He was born in 1935 in Kerala. He studied at University College, Trivandrum. He had a successful career as a cartoonist before entering the film industry. Additionally, he had experience in theatre and documentaries. He received the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour from the Indian government, in 1990.

Narayan Debnath was an Indian comics artist, writer, and illustrator. He created the Bengali comic strips Handa Bhonda (1962), Bantul the Great (1965), and Nonte Phonte (1969). His Handa Bhonda comics series, which has been running continuously for 53 years, holds the record for the longest-running comics by a single artist. He was India's first and only comic book creator to earn a D. Litt. In the year 2021, Debnath received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.

Puthukkody Kottuthody Sankaran Kutty Nair, better known as Kutty, was an Indian political cartoonist. He was born in Kerala in 1921, and he attended Ottapalam and Malabar Christian College in Kozhikode for his education. Professor M. R. Nair, a well-known Malayalam humorist, first noticed Kutty's skill. In 1940, his first cartoon was published in Viswaroopam, a Malayalam humorous publication.

Harish Chandra Shukla, better known by his pen name Kaak, is an Indian editorial cartoonist and caricaturist who works in Hindi-language media. The national Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran published Kaak's debut cartoon in July 1967. Since then, he has worked as an editorial cartoonist for most of the nation's Hindi dailies for different periods. With a career spanning several decades, including work for notable publications like Jansatta, Navbharat Times, Dainik Jagran, Rajasthan Patrika, and a few others, he is the top cartoonist for Hindi newspapers.

Vasant Sarwate was an Indian cartoonist and writer who was published primarily in Marathi publications during his lifetime. In 1927, he was born in Kolhapur. Sarwate began creating cartoons when he was seventeen years old. He published a lot of compilations of his work as well as books about his art. In this picture, a man has just sipped his tea, which perhaps is hotter than usual, and it has given him a sore tongue. He admonishes his wife (not in the picture) for pouring such a hot cup. The picture becomes so poignant because the broadsheet he is reading has these news items: "A quake in Iran kills 5,000 and injures thousands", "floods in Gujarat kill hundreds", "Boat capsizes," etc! Even reading about these catastrophes has not made a dent in our Marathi-speaking Homer Simpson's sensitivity. He remains just like him. He was a licenced civil engineer who spent the majority of his career working for Associated Cement Companies. In May 2009, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Institute of Cartoonists. He passed away on December 24, 2016, in Mumbai.

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. His best-known works are The Common Man, which he created, and You Said It, a daily cartoon that began publishing in The Times of India in 1951. This cartoon was published in the 1970s and shows the plight of the common man, who is promised the moon before elections but left to the dogs after.

R. K. Laxman began his career as a part-time cartoonist, primarily for regional publications and newspapers. He provided illustrations for his older brother R. K. Narayan's stories in The Hindu while still a college student. Political cartoonist for the Free Press Journal in Mumbai; that was his first full-time position. Laxman's life took a change when he later joined The Times of India and rose to fame as the persona known as The Common Man.

Anant Pai, often known as Uncle Pai, was a pioneer of Indian comics and an educator from India. In 1929, Pai was born in Karkala. He received a dual degree from the University of Bombay and continued his studies in chemistry, physics, and chemical engineering at the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT). His two comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, which recreated mythical tales and historical figures' biographies, and Tinkle, a children's anthology, are what made him most well-known.

In this iconic cover image of Krishna depicts a young boy in a distinct shade of blue, a bright halo around his head, his hand dipped in a forbidden pot of curd, his sharply turned eyes (looking out of frame to the top right corner) reflecting the confident stealth of his mischief. The issue was printed in February 1970, and this year the blue god, as introduced to us by Pai, turns fifty.

Indian comic book creator Ram Waeerkar worked on the mythology, history, and folklore-based Amar Chitra Katha series. In 1969, he illustrated the first issue, "Krishna," and many others after that. He worked as an illustrator for Tinkle, a publication edited by Anant Pai, in the 1980s. He was the creator of numerous well-known characters, including Suppandi, Pyarelal, Nasruddin Hodja, Choru, and Joru. His final two endeavours were Chanakya and Vishwamitra.

Govind Brhamania was an Indian comic artist who illustrated the superhero series 'Bahadur' from the late 1970s through the 1990s for Indrajal comics. It was written by Abid Surti and Jagjit Uppal. Brhamania was later replaced by B. Pramod.

K. Manthri was an Indian cartoonist. He was born in Pandalam, Kerala, in 1933. At the Mavelikkara Ravi Varma School of Arts, he pursued a painting degree. He began creating cartoons for Sarasan in the 1950s, but he primarily created them for Thaniniram Daily. In Asadhu and Narmada, he also published cartoons. Later publications of his writings included Mathrubhumi, Janayugam, Malayala Nadu, Malayala Rajyam, and Manorajyam. Manthri is the creator of well-known cartoon characters, including Pachu, Kovalan, Mr. Kunju, etc. Manthri frequently made appearances in his own cartoons. Manthri had previously worked as a drawing instructor, but he stopped in 1954. He briefly worked for the Calicut newspapers Mathrubhumi and Desabhimani. He continued to draw cartoons while also working for the government's education division. The first animated movie title in Malayalam cinema was created by Manthri. This was the Hariharan-directed film Poocha Sanyasi.

Thomas Samuel, a.k.a. T. Samuel or Samuval, was a cartoonist from Kerala who published under the name 'Samuel'. In India, he is revered as the inventor of the box or pocket comic. He was born in Kerala in 1925. He was a Mayo School of Industrial Arts graduate from Lahore (now the National College of Arts). After four years, he left to join the Delhi edition of The Times of India as a staff cartoonist, creating the country's first pocket cartoon, 'This is Delhi," in 1953. It even found a post-Partition readership across the border, and the Pakistani papers ran it as 'This is Lahore'. The pocket cartoon was later renamed "Babuji" after its main character and became popular under that name. The strip was appreciated primarily because it echoed the thoughts of middle-class Indians. According to Ritu Gairola Khanduri, "Although Laxman’s "You Said It" pocket cartoon series and his common man character caught the public imagination, more credit than has been accorded is due to Samuel and "Babuji". "Babuji" inaugurated the concept of the common man — an office clerk—and his travails in India’s pocket cartoon world. Bibiji was pictured too. Samuel spent time living in a clerk’s home to observe the humdrum he was to caricature". Later, he participated in the Burma Campaign as an Army soldier during World War II. His autobiography, Never a Dull Moment, details his upbringing and wartime experiences.

Indian cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, better known as Pran, is most known for having created Chacha Chaudhary. In the Delhi newspaper Milap, he debuted his career in 1960 with a front-page cartoon and comic strip. His comic strip "Daabu" was original. Pran founded 'Chacha Chaudhary' in 1969. Chacha Chaudhary and his sidekick Sabu, who were first featured in the humorous magazine Lodpot, later rose to prominence as India's most well-known comic figures, and Pran has been dubbed the Walt Disney of India. 'Shrimatiji,' 'Raman and Bhagat Ji,' and 'Billoo, Pinki, and Uncle Sulemani' were some more well-known Pran titles.

The cartoon characters Boban and Molly were created by V. T. Thomas, popularly referred to as Toms, a cartoonist from Kerala, India. On June 6, 1929, Toms was born in the Alappuzha district's Kuttanad. He received his diploma from Changanassery's SB College. He then enlisted in the army as an electrician but soon resigned his position. He then made cartooning the exclusive focus of his professional life. Through Kerala Kaumudi, a Catholic weekly, and Sathyadeepam, Oms launched his career in 1950. Then he became a part of Malayala Manorama.

Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan, also known as O. V. Vijayan, was a prominent novelist and cartoonist from India who wrote in the Malayalam language. He was born in Palakkad in 1930. After graduating from Victoria College in Palakkad, Vijayan went on to Presidency College in Madras to earn a master's degree in English literature. In 1953, he published his debut short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves". Vijayan is best known for his debut book, Khasakkinte Itihasam (1969), but he also wrote six other books as well as nine collections of short stories, essays, memoirs, and reflections. He has drawn cartoons for publications like the Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong), Political Analyst, The Hindu, Mathrubhumi, Kalakaumudi, etc. Ithiri Nerampokku Ithiri Darshanam was a cartoon series published on Kalakaumudi. Indraprastham was an analytical cartoon series on politics (published in Malayalanadu Weekly). His cartoon series published on Mathrubhumi and India Today was also famous.

Chandi Lahiri was an Indian journalist and cartoonist. He was born in West Bengal's ancient township of Nabadwip. He graduated from Vidyasagar College, Nabadwip. He finished his postgraduation in Bengali at the University of Kolkata. In 1951, he started his career as a journalist at the "Dainik Loksevak" newspaper. When his friend and fellow cartoonist Amal Chakraborty departed the magazine house's Bengali daily cartoon section, "Tirjak," he took over. He initially joined Anandabazar Patrika in 1961, then the English daily The Hindusthan Standard. As a cartoonist, he joined the organisation in 1962 and spent close to 30 years there. He worked with numerous other media organisations for the following 20 years. He also designed the animation sequence for a colour series on Doordarshan in the late 1970s. His work was also used in popular advertisements.

Mario Joo Carlos do Rosário de Brito Miranda, also known as Mario Miranda or Mario de Miranda, was an Indian cartoonist and painter who was based in the Goan town of Loutolim. Miranda had been a regular contributor to The Times of India and other publications in Mumbai, such as The Economic Times, while his work in The Illustrated Weekly of India helped him become more well-known. In 2012, he received the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour in India, posthumously.

Abid Surti is a national award-winning painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright, and screenwriter from India. Abid Surti was born into a Gujarati Muslim family on May 5, 1935, in Vavera, Gujarat. He joined the J. J. School of Art in 1954 and obtained a diploma in the arts. Dabbuji was the highly popular and eternal character created by Surti as the "uncommon man". While Surti was quite hopeful that the cartoon would click, it was flooded with negative letters and responses week after week. He wanted to give it 4-6 months, but the deluge of criticism made him shut the door on it temporarily. Dabbuji got a fresh lease on life again with Bennett Coleman & Company Limited’s (BCCL) Dharmyug magazine. Apart from Dabbuji, Surti is also credited with another interesting superhero series, Bahadur, which was created for Indrajal Comics in 1976.

Gafoor He was one of the most prominent cartoonists from Kerala and the founder of the Kerala Cartoon Academy. He created some of the best-known comics throughout the course of a career spanning more than three decades, including the social satire Uncle Kunj, or Kunjamman, published in Mathrubhumi in 1980, which gave him a unique fan base. B. M. Gafoor’s famous cartoon character ‘Kunjamman’ is said to influence Kerala’s political and social realm. B. M. Gafoor’s famous cartoon character ‘Kunjamman’ is said to influence Kerala’s political and social realm. He was born in Thalassery, Kerala, in 1942 and attended Chennai's Government School of Arts and Crafts as a student. He worked as a cartoonist for a number of journals, such as Chandrika, Shankar's Weekly, Deshabhimani, and Cut Cut, before deciding to focus on Mathrubhumi for the rest of his career. In addition, he briefly published his own journal, Niramala, which he started during the emergency.

Pratap Mullick was an Indian illustrator and comics artist. He worked for the Indian comic book series Amar Chitra Katha, created by writer and editor Anant Pai. From 1986 until 1995, Mullick illustrated the first 50 issues of Nagraj. His best-known work is the artwork for Nagraj of Raj Comics, which he created and which later went to Anupam Sinha, who turned Nagraj into a real superhero. He designed the comic-book character Supremo based on movie star Amitabh Bachchan, who featured in a series published for two years in the 1980s. As a veteran illustrator, Mullick ran his own comics studio and training workshop in Pune.

Sudhir Dar was an Indian cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Allahabad in 1932. Dar began his career in the 1950s as an announcer for All India Radio. During a talk radio programme, he drew a picture of The Statesman's news editor, which resulted in a job offer. He worked for The Statesman under editor Evan Charlton without any professional training from 1961 until 1967, producing front-page pocket cartoons under the title Out of My Mind. After that, he spent more than 20 years working as a political cartoonist for the Hindustan Times, starting in 1967. Dar retired in 2000 but kept up his freelance activities. He experienced a heart attack on November 25, 2019, and passed away in Noida.

Indian cartoonist V. Ramamurthy was based in Bangalore. Newspapers like the Deccan Herald, Prajavani, Mayura, and Sudha from Karnataka published his regular cartoons. Newspaper readers took a liking to the Mr. Citizen cartoon section. For more than 33 years, the cartoonist worked to highlight both current political concerns and those that affect the average person.

Rajinder Puri was an Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist, and political activist. In Karachi, Pakistan, on September 20, 1934, Puri was born. After the Partition, his family relocated to Delhi. He created drawings for The Statesman between 1956 and 1957. He then moved to London and briefly created pictures for the Manchester Guardian and the Glasgow Herald between 1958 and 1959. From 1959 until 1967, he lived back in India and worked as a cartoonist for the Hindustan Times. After this period, he began working as a freelancer and columnist. At the age of 80, Puri passed away in his sleep on February 16, 2015.

Mangesh Tendulkar was an Indian artist, cartoonist, and humorist. He was born in Kolhapur, India, in 1934. In 1954, Tendulkar worked as a caricaturist. He has also written about cartoons for numerous periodicals. At the age of 83, he passed away in Pune on July 10, 2017.

Prabhakar Rao, also known as Prabhakar Raobail or Raobail, was an Indian artist and cartoonist. He changed his surname to "Raobail" because he felt his former surname, "Rao," was too widely used. He was born in 1937 in Kasargod, Kerala. He began working as an illustrator and designer with the Life Insurance Corporation of India's Art Department, where he spent more than 31 years. Many newspapers and periodicals have featured cartoons and pictures by Raobail. In addition to local publications, Abu Abraham's Penguin Book of Indian Cartoons has included some of his cartoons. For UNICEF, Raobail created and illustrated several children's books, including Chakramadhye, Saban, and Railgaadi. For CRY and Concern India, he has created greeting cards.

Pratap Mullick was an Indian illustrator and comics artist. He worked for the Indian comic book series Amar Chitra Katha, created by writer and editor Anant Pai. From 1986 until 1995, Mullick illustrated the first 50 issues of Nagraj. His best-known work is the artwork for Nagraj of Raj Comics, which he created and which later went to Anupam Sinha, who turned Nagraj into a real superhero. He designed the comic-book character Supremo based on movie star Amitabh Bachchan, who featured in a series published for two years in the 1980s. As a veteran illustrator, Mullick ran his own comics studio and training workshop in Pune.

Chackalethu John Yesudasan, also known as Yesudasan, was a political cartoonist from Kerala. On June 12th, 1938, he was born in Kerala. He has published three books, including "Aniyara," "Pradhama Dhrusti," and "Post Mortem," in addition to cartoons. His debut cartoon was published in 1995 in the renowned Kottayam publication "Asoka." However, he became well-known for his political cartooning in 1960 with the publication of 'Janayugam'. He experimented with political humour in his cartoon column for Janayugam, using a figure he created called Kittumman. He was given the chance to work with the well-known cartoonist Shankar, and he later started "Asadhu," "Cut-Cut," "Tuk-Tuk," and "Sadhu," in addition to being the editor of "Balayugam." Yesudasan spent most of his time at Malayala Manorama, where he spent two decades of his life cartooning for them.

Maya Kamath was an Indian cartoonist. She was born in Bombay, India, and studied for an MA in English literature. She began drawing as a child, and as an adult, she worked as an artist for Macmillan Publishers and taught drawing at Sophia's School. With the Deccan Herald group's journal, The Evening Herald, I started my cartooning career in 1985. Later, she worked for Indian publications like The Asian Age, The Indian Express, and The Times of India. She also submitted drawings about the environment to the Third World collection in Germany.

T. Venkatrao is the real name of the Indian political cartoonist known as TeeVee. On February 2, 1944, he was born in Eluru, West Godavari district. Through a correspondence course provided by the Ray Burns School of Cartooning, he acquired his cartooning skills. He started working as a cartoonist for the Telugu daily Visalaandhra in 1961 after earning his undergraduate degree. He has done most of his work in Telugu.

Madhan is a Tamil cartoonist, journalist, writer, and film critic with the real name Maadapoosi Krishnaswamy Govindan. He formerly worked for the weekly publication Ananda Vikatan and is currently the host of the Madhan Movie Matinee film review programme on PudhuYugam TV.

Sattiraju Lakshminarayana, well known by his stage name Bapu, was a Telugu and a few Hindi film directors, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, scriptwriter, musician, and designer from India. Bapu was born on December 15, 1933, in Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. He graduated from the University of Madras with a B.Com. and a BL. He began working as a political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1945. He appeared in the Doordarshan documentary Eminent Cartoonists of India in 1996, and the Indian Institute of Cartoonists honoured him with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Through his artistic endeavours, such as Bapu Bomma, The Navarasas, and the Indian Dances, etc., which were presented at the National Film Theatre in London in 1978 and at the numerous Telugu Conferences in the United States, he earned international renown. For J. Walter Thomson, Efficient Publications, and F. D. Stewarts, Chennai, he has worked as a graphic artist. In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian art and cinema, as well as two National Honours, two National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, a Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award South.

Nala Ponnappa is a freelance cartoonist. He was born in Mangalore in 1948. He graduated in architecture and went to Chicago for higher studies, where he first started drawing cartoons for his college magazine. His works have appeared in many major journals in India over the decades.

S. Nair, also known as Athippatta Sivaraman Nair, was an Indian painter, cartoonist, and illustrator from Kerala. He was born in the village of Karalmanna in the district of Palakkad and studied at the Madras School of Arts. He started his profession in Mathrubhumi and Jayakerala, where he was employed till the end. The majority of Nair's works, which were primarily featured in Mathrubhumi Weekly, were unique illustrations for books and short tales. One of V. S. Khandekar's best-known works was a set of illustrations for the Malayalam translation of the Marathi novel Yayati. He produced 115 original works, including illustrations and a few paintings, and was regarded as Kerala's foremost illustrator. On June 30, 1988, he passed away.

Mickey Patel was an Indian cartoonist and illustrator of books and magazines, as well as a painter and designer. He was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1941 and attended St. Stephen's College in Delhi to study economics. Patel also had a career as an animator and visualizer. As a free-lance artist and cartoonist, Patel produced work for customers like Air India, UNICEF, Oxford University Press, and others, in addition to publications like India Today, Reader's Digest, Business Standard, Hindustan Times, and Illustrated Weekly of India. He was nominated three times (1978, 1984, and 1986) for the UNESCO Noma Concours, which is given for picture book illustrations. His work was displayed in international exhibitions, and he received numerous honours, including that one.

Ekanath Padmanabhan Unny is an Indian political cartoonist. He was born in Kerala and studied physics at the University. His most memorable animation was distributed in Shankar's Week by week in 1973. In 1977, he started his career as a cartoonist for The Hindu. E. P. Unny previously held positions as chief political cartoonist for The Economic Times and the Sunday Mail. He has drawn and written graphic novels in Malayalam as well as "Spices and Souls - A doodler's journey through Kerala," a travel book about Kerala.

Karuvannur Puthanveettil Sasi also known as K.P. Sasi was an Indian film director and cartoonist from Bengaluru. He was born in 14 March 1958. He started working as a cartoonist while being a student at JNU during the late seventies. He started experimenting with films on 8mm during the early eighties. Sasi died in Thrissur, Kerala, on 25 December 2022.

Sudhir Tailang was an Indian cartoonist. He was born on February 26, 1960, in Bikaner, Rajasthan. In 1970, he published his first cartoon, which was published in Mumbai in the Illustrated Weekly of India. He received the Padma Shri for his contributions to literature and education. He sent off a book of kid's shows named No, State leader in 2009, a bunch of kid's shows on the previous State leader of India Manmohan Singh. He kicked the bucket on 6 February 2016.

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.

Anupam Sinha is an Indian comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the Raj Comics superhero Super Commando Dhruva. He was born on February 26, 1960, in Bikaner, Rajasthan. In 1970, he published his first cartoon, which was published in Mumbai in the Illustrated Weekly of India. He received the Padma Shri for his contributions to literature and education. He sent off a book of kid's shows named No, State leader in 2009, a bunch of kid's shows on the previous State leader of India Manmohan Singh. He kicked the bucket on 6 February 2016.

Irfan Hussain was a senior cartoonist for the Indian magazine Outlook who was kidnapped and murdered in 1999.

He publishes regular cartoons with comments about India's political and social trends. Gurera was born on August 30, 1965, in Moga, Punjab, India. He graduated with a degree in science from Multani Mal Modi College in Patiala in 1986. After that, he got his degree in applied arts from the College of Art in New Delhi in 1990. He started his cartoon career in 1984 as a freelancer. His daily pocket cartoons appear in several English, Hindi, and regional language daily newspapers: Punjab Kesari, Hind Samachar, Jag Bani, Nava Bharat, Central Chronicle, The Pioneer, etc. His first cartoon was published in Veer Pratap, a Hindi newspaper from Punjab, as he was awarded in an on-the-spot competition.

Neelabh Banerjee is an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and comics artist. He was born in Lucknow in 1965. He began his career covering crimes for The Pioneer, then moved on to work as an artist and cartoonist for Target magazine. Later, he joined the Times of India as a staff artist and served as the publication's national arts and illustrations editor. Together with his brother, the cartoonist Jayanto Banerjee, he developed the singing donkey Gardhab Das for the Indian children's magazine Target. He is now Reliance Industries' national creative director. Breaking Toons, his animated television programme, airs on the CNN-IBN, IBN7, and ETV stations.

Arijit Banerjee was born on March 13, 1978, and he studied at Calcutta University. He began sketching without any formal training or schooling in the arts. His 'Udho Budho Kandarkarkhana' series has appeared in publications including Kishore Guyan Bigyan, Chotoder Kacipata, and Patrapath.

Indian political cartoonist and activist Aseem Trivedi is well-known for his anti-corruption initiative, Cartoons Against Corruption. On February 17, 1987, he was born in Uttar Pradesh. He completed his 12th level of education at Saraswati Vidya Mandir. He began working as a freelance cartoonist for newspapers and publications in the Hindi language. He is a founding member of the Save Your Voice campaign in India, which opposes internet restrictions. The US-based Cartoonists Rights Network International's "Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award 2012" was given to him.

Indian cartoonist Sharad Sharma is located in New Delhi. Before he switched to electronic media and brought political animation to Indian TV news networks, he was affiliated with several newspapers and periodicals. He founded World Comics India in the late 1990s to promote the concept of popular comics. The goal was to introduce the general public to this new form of communication. He introduced the craft of comics and cartooning to India's and other South Asian nations' rural interiors. He has acquired a wealth of knowledge through workshops with several organisations in India and abroad. His comic strip, Developmentoon, has appeared in several publications and websites all over the world. He also wrote and published a number of books and manuals.

C. M. Vitankar was an illustrator who created several covers for the popular Indian comic book series Amar Chitra Katha as well as another lesser-known series Manoj Chitra Katha. In Mumbai, he also worked as a poster artist for the Hindi cinema business, according to Nandini Chandra, the author of The Classic Popular: Amar Chitra Katha, 1967–2007. He created the illustrations for several Amar Chitra Katha comics edited and published by Anant Pai, including "Ganesha," "Tales of Shiva," "Arjuna," "The Monkey and the Boy," and "Karttikeya."

Archana Rajiv Amberkar is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and the daughter of Indian comic book artist Ram Waeerkar. Since the 1990s, she has worked in comics, carrying on the family legacy in the arts. After her father passed away in 2003, she resumed the "Suppandi" serial for the monthly children's publication Tinkle. Along with this, she also does illustrations of Nasruddin Hodja, Raghu, Ina, Mina Mynah, Mo, and Kalia the Cow. She had freelanced for periodicals including Shloka, Bright Sparks, Jeevandeep Prakashan, Alka Publication, Creative Education, Frank Publication, and Lalit Media before joining Tinkle.

Abhijit Chatterji is an Indian comic artist who illustrated the adventure series about teenager detective 'Timpa' from 1988 to 1989. It was written by J.P. Karewala for Indrajal Comics.

The Indian comic book collection "Amar Chitra Katha," which features tales from mythology, history, folklore, and culture, was created by H. S. Chavan. Anant Pai, a writer and editor, started the series in 1967. Other artists who contributed to it were Dilip Kadam, Souren Roy, Chandrakant D. Rane, Geoffrey Fowler, Ram Waeerkar, and Pratap Mullick. He has contributed illustrations to publications including "Ranak Devi," "Amrapali," and "Dayananda," frequently working with the artist Ranjana.

Jeffrey Fowler has illustrated comic books in the collection 'Amar Chitra Katha', a series of stories from Indian mythology, history, and folklore, edited by Anant Pai. 'Jataka Tales' is one of the works that Fowler has illustrated.

Indian cartoonist B. Halbe has drawn illustrations for Anant Pai's Amar Chitra Katha comic book series since the 1970s. Halbe painted books like "Panchatantra," "Krishna and the False Vaasudeva," "Tales of Maryada Rama," "Jataka Tales," and many others in this collection of tales from Indian history and culture.

Prasad Iyer works as a freelance writer and comic book artist based in Mumbai. Despite receiving a chemistry degree from the University of Bombay and a post-graduate certification in business administration, he decided that the allure of comics was too much and entered that industry. He has released hundreds of comic book stories, the majority of which he wrote himself.

Shehab Ji is an Indian comic artist. He had a difficult upbringing. After his parents passed away, he had to work as a carpenter to support himself, and he didn't start school until he was older than 10. Before producing his complete 32-page comic series "Chotu-Lambu" for Diamond Comics in 1958, he began his artistic career with a 1/2-page cartoon. 'Manglu Madari-Bandar Bihari' and the pantomime comics 'Chimpu' and 'Chaman Charlie' came after this.

Dilip Kadam has his own art unit in Pune called Trishul Comico Art. He manages a group of roughly 10 artists that produce comic book artwork as well as animation work with the help of his son, Omkar. The Indian comic book collection "Amar Chitra Katha," which features tales from mythology, history, folklore, and culture, has included Kadam's work as an illustrator. Anant Pai, a writer and editor, started the series in 1967. Other artists who contributed to it were Waeerkar, Souren Roy, Chandrakant D. Rane, Geoffrey Fowler, and Pratap Mullick. The comic biography of Lokmanya Tilak, the folktale of Bikal the Terrible, the Jain tale of Kesari the Flying Thief, and other works were drawn by Kadam.

Indian comic book illustrator Jugal Kishor worked for Diamond Comics in the 1970s and 1980s, illustrating tales about the superhero "Fauladi Singh" that were written by Rajiv and Ashu.

Yusuf Lien is an Indian book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the most illustrious comic book creators of Anant Pai's "Amar Chitra Katha" series, which has tales adapted from Indian mythology, history, folklore, and culture. Lien's interpretations of "Tansen" (1975) and "Mirabai" (1972) are among his best-known contributions. The series' portrayals of Muslims later caused the artist, a Muslim, problems. He left the comic book industry and became an expert in calligraphy.

The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma, a five-issue comic book series written by Samit Basu for Virgin Comics, was drawn by Indian cartoonist Ashish Padlekar.

Bapu Patil is one of the artists working for Anant Pai's publications since the 1990s. He painted reader-submitted stories for Tinkle Comics and the comic book collection "Amar Chitra Katha," which depicts tales from Indian culture and history.

Madhu Powle has worked as an artist for the Indian comic book collection 'Amar Chitra Katha', a series of stories from Indian mythology, history, folklore, and culture. The series, started in 1967 by author and editor Anant Pai, also included pieces by artists including Dilip Kadam, Souren Roy, Chandrakant D. Rane, Geoffrey Fowler, Ram Waeerkar, and Pratap Mullick. The "Harsha" issue has been drawn by Powle.

Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, also known as S. D. Phadnis, was born on July 29, 1925. He was an illustrator and cartoonist from India. He is well renowned for his cartoons with no captions that are vividly painted and frequently appear on magazine covers. In the early 1950s, Antarkar founded another magazine called Mohini. It demonstrated that without the aid of words, cartoons may be just as engaging and aesthetically beautiful as paintings. This was the time when the covers of Diwali magazines traditionally featured images of beautiful young ladies or popular film actresses. Phadnis designed a cartoon for the 1952 Diwali issue of this magazine. It showcased a man wearing a mouse-print shirt and a woman wearing a cat-print sari who were standing side by side at a bus stop. This creation not only broke the existing trend but was also well received by the audience. This was the beginning of what was to become a pioneer in terms of Diwali issue covers. He has made a substantial contribution to the Marathi publishing sector and the larger community of cartoonists over the course of a career spanning more than 60 years.

Satyajit Ray was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. He is one of the all-time great filmmakers, according to many. He was a Calcutta native. Pather Panchali, the first movie directed by Ray, earned eleven international awards, including the first Best Human Documentary prize at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Ray was the director of 36 films, including long and short films as well as documentaries. In the course of his career, Ray won a number of prestigious honours, including an Academy Honorary Award in 1992, 36 Indian National Cinema accolades, a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, two Silver Bears, and numerous more accolades at international cinema festivals and ceremonies. He received an honorary degree from Oxford University in 1978. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in 1992.

Dinanath Dalal was an Indian painter and illustrator. Dalal was born as Narsingh Damodar Dalal Naik on 30 May 1916, in Comba, Goa. He was a Saraswat Brahmin who participated in religious celebrations. He is highly renowned for the artwork that appeared on book covers, stories, cartoons, calendars, and pictures, particularly in the Deepavali magazine, and which became popular with the general public. His artwork covered a wide range of topics, including politics, social issues, mythology, and history. At first, he studied classical painting in a structured setting at the Ketkar Art Institute in Mumbai. In 1937, he went on to graduate from the Sir J.J. School of Art.

Jagdish Joshi is the best-known illustrator of books for children. He was born in 1937 and attended the Indian College of Arts and Draughtsmanship in Kolkata to study fine arts. He has held positions with both the Children's Book Trust and the Hindustan Times. Through the 1990s, he continued to be "one of the most sought after" illustrators in Indian children's literature. He also illustrated several books for the National Book Trust. For the picture book One Day, he received various honours, including the prestigious Noma Concours. The Ramayana in Pictures, a best-selling book, features his illustrations.

Manjula Padmanabhan is an Indian playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author. She attended Elphinstone College and was born in Delhi in 1953. In 1982, she created a comic strip, Doubletalk, which featured the female character Suki. Her works explore science, technology, gender, and international inequalities.

Gopalan, a Tamil illustrator and cartoonist by the name of Gopulu, was most recognised for his work for the humorous publication Ananda Vikatan. He was born in 1924 and studied at the Kumbakonam School of Art. Gopulu contributed as an illustrator to such well-known serials as Washingtonil Thirumanam and Thillana Mohanambaland. Gopulu founded Ad Wave Advertising in 1972 as his own advertising business. He also created the logos for Sun TV and the Tamil magazine Kungumam. On November 26, 1991, the Tamil Nadu government presented Gopulu with the 'Kalaimamani' award. He has received the M. A. Chidambaram Chettiar Award and the Murasoli Award. During the opening ceremony of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists in Bangalore in 2001, he received the lifetime achievement award.

M. Vasudevan Namboothiri, better known as Artist Namboodiri, is a well-known Indian painter and sculptor. He is the 2003 winner of the Raja Ravi Varma Award. He is renowned for his distinctive style of copper relief artwork and line drawings (rekhachithrangal in Malayalam). For numerous Malayalam authors, including Thakazhy Shivasankara Pillai, Kesavadev, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Uroob, and others, he has created illustrations. He served as the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi's previous chairman. The Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director was given to him as well.

Vishwajyoti Ghosh is a cartoonist from South Delhi and one of the few Indian graphic novelists. He read both European and Indian comics growing up, including the "Tintin" and "Astérix" series as well as the "Amar Chitra Katha" series. Despite initially pursuing a profession in graphic design and cinematography while simultaneously drawing T-shirts for Orijit Sen's People Tree outfit, he finally won a school competition for political cartoons. Ghosh's art has a strong devotion to social issues, as shown in his 2010 graphic book "Delhi Calm," which dealt with the suspension of fundamental civil rights during the legal "state of emergency." He created the single-panel cartoon "Full Toss" for the Hindustan Times and the comics section "Backlog" for The Little Magazine. He contributed the fictionalised real-life story called 'The Lost Ticket' to the anthology 'When Kulbhushan Met Stockli' for Harper Collins India in 2009.

Graphic novelist and illustrator Harsho Mohan Chattoraj is located in Kolkata, India. Since the turn of the century, he has created comic book art for publishers and business clients in India, the UK, and the USA. His graphic novels are historically and culturally focused and are centred on Indian heroes (hockey player Dhyan Chand and nationalist leader Netaji), Indian cities (Hyderabad: A Graphic Novel, Kolkata Kaleidoscope), literature (Chakrapurer Chakkare), and pop culture (When Padman Meets Suppandi).

Sarnath Banerjee is an Indian graphic novelist, artist, filmmaker, and co-founder of the comics publishing house, Phantomville. He was raised in Delhi and was born in Calcutta. At the University of London, he pursued a study in image and communication. Through Penguin Books, he released "Corridor," one of the first graphic novels set in India, in 2004. Additionally, Sarnath has created drawings for books written by other authors. For the book Weight Loss by Upamanyu Chatterjee, he created the cover.

Jeevan J. Kang is an Indian comic book artist and writer. He was hired by Virgin Comics to provide the artwork and story for their Indian comics, and he was in charge of Spider-Man: India. Additionally, he co-created the Indian animated epic fantasy television series The Legend of Hanuman.

Amruta Patil is an illustrator and graphic novelist from India. She was born in 1979, graduated from Goa College of Art in 1999 with a BFA, and from Tufts University's School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2004 with a Master of Fine Arts. Her first graphic novel, Kari, was hailed as India's first female graphic writer and was commissioned and released by VK Karthika at HarperCollins India. It tackled themes of sexuality, friendship, and death. She was an editor and co-founder of the quarterly publication "Mindfields."

Author, artist, graphic novelist, and educator Parismita Singh is from India. She was a native of Assam. She is a founder member of the Pao Collective, and among her works is The Hotel at the End of the World, one of the first graphic novels to be published in India and a finalist for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. She also wrote and illustrated the collection of short stories titled Peace Has Come.

Graphic novelist Malik Sajad is located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir, his first graphic novel, was published in Britain in 2015 to rave reviews and the Verve Storyteller of the Year award. His sketches have been likened to those of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis and Art Spiegelman's Maus, and his first book was added to the permanent collection (Artists' Books) at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

Mir Suhail is a political cartoonist from Jammu and Kashmir. Qadri's cartoon against the biassed media coverage of Indian media during the April 2015 Nepal earthquake went viral on social media. He won a nationwide competition in 2012, and the Airports Authority of India chose his sketches for their calendar and New Year's cards.

Biboswan (Bibo) Bose is an Indian comic book artist from West Bengal. When he was in high school, he connected with author Shamik Dasgupta and eventually took over as the original penciler for Dasgupta's comic book series "Daksh." Additionally, he has written to the financial newspaper Mint's Manta Ray comic page, "The Small Picture," and InkLab Zine.

Moyna Chitrakar is an artist and storyteller from the Patua artisan community in the Midnapore district of West Bengal. She cooperated on "Sita's Ramayana," a graphic novel adaptation of the classic Indian story of the exiled prince Rama and his wife Sita, with Bangalore-based playwright Samhita Arni. Since neither the artist nor the writer speaks Bengali, communication between the two proved difficult. In 2010, Tara Books in Chennai published the book.

Rajiv Eipe, who resides in Mumbai, first studied fine arts at the Sir J. J. School of Art before transferring to the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad to pursue animation and film design. He specialises in creating animation, graphics, and drawings for children's books and television. Through Manta Ray Comics, he has produced comics as well, contributing to the 'Small Picture' section of the daily Mint. He collaborated with author Pratheek Thomas to create the visual novella "Hush" in 2012.

Garima Gupta works as an illustrator and artist in Mumbai. Her artwork has been published in the Sports Anthology, The Wall Street Journal, and India Today Magazine. She is the illustrator of the Jerry Pinto-penned graphic novels "When Crows are White" and "Two" (2014), as well as the Indo-Swedish writing team of Örjan Persson and Paro Anand.

Hemant Anant Jain is an Indian copywriter, creative director, and artist. He works in a variety of artistic mediums and has lived and worked in four different nations across three different continents. He has created artwork for companies including Coca-Cola, Nokia, and Nike through agencies like Wieden+Kennedy and CP+B. He has created comic book pages through Manta Ray Comics for the Mint financial newspaper's 'The Small Picture' section.