'Cartoon Watch', published from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, is honouring three veteran cartoonists at Chennai on 24th October 2015. Sri Sankar, Sri Madan and Sri Keshav will be honoured with the 'Life Time Achievement Award' for their contribution to the profession. Shri N Ram, Chairman of The Hindu Group will present the awards to them at the Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, Venkatnarayana Road, TNagar, Chennai.
Sri Sankar (92), the senior-most artist of Chennai, has been an artist since 1946 and has worked with the Chandamama Group of Publications for 60 years since 1952. He is renowned as the creator of the 'Vikram and Vetal' series in Chandamama publications. Even at this ripe age of 92, he continues to be active, drawing for 'Ramakrishna Vijayam', a Tamil monthly magazine of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission.
Sri Madan (68) is a multi-faceted personality. He is a cartoonist, actor, writer, journalist and TV personality. He served with the Ananda Vikatan Group for nearly four decades. His columns are popular among the readers, besides the cartoons.
Sri Keshav (54) is a passionate banker-turned-cartoonist. He left a lucrative public sector bank job to join The Hindu in 1987 as a cartoonist and continues to serve the organisation till date. He is known for his political cartoons. He is also passionate about painting on mythological themes.
'Cartoon Watch' magazine, with Sri Triambak Sharma as its Editor, has been in publication from Raipur for the past 19 years, . The magazine has been organising cartoon festivals at different centres, including Raipur, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune since 2003, to honour veteran cartoonists. R.K.Laxman, BalaSaheb Thackeray, Pran, Abid Surti, Ajit Ninan and Surendra are among those honoured by Cartoon Watch in the past. Former President Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam was the chief guest of the Cartoon Festival held at Delhi in 2011. 'Cartoon Watch' magazine is included in the Limca Book of Records, India Book of Records and Unique World Records for its record as the only monthly bilingual cartoon magazine of India.
Triambak Sharma, Editor of 'Cartoon Watch' created the cartoon character, 'Prince' on the lines of Laxman's 'The Common Man' exclusively for the e-magazine, PreSense. 'Prince' was launched by Dr Abdul Kalam in 1988 at Chennai. Prince-toons are published in the e-magazine, PreSense for the past 85 months.
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