Prakash Shetty | |
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| Born | 1 April 1960 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
Prakash Shetty is an Indian cartoonist and caricaturist known for his Spot caricaturing. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Prakash Shetty | |
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| Born | 1 April 1960 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
Prakash Shetty is an Indian cartoonist and caricaturist known for his Spot caricaturing. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Prakash Shetty was born in Mangalore, Karnataka on 1 April 1960. [7] He earned a degree in Bachelor of Arts.[ citation needed ]
He started drawing cartoons at the age of 15. He started his career with a Kannada magazine called Santhosha (later renamed as Dukha) and an English daily called The Times Of Deccan and Myru Kannada Daily. He settled as cartoonist with The Week . Kitoo (one of his creations) is 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 in 1990's and was kicked out in 2001.
He worked as an independent spot caricaturist and freelancer. He edited a cartoon humor magazine called 'Ooshaan Thaadikaarante Myru'in Kannada language for a while. [8] His cartoons were published in the book of Indian Cartoonists. [9] From 2001 to 2012 did spot caricaturing events travelling all over India and abroad. His cartoons are famous for portraying the facts without fear. He follows a different type of caricature style where the person's unique characters and visualised on to the drawings
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