Tuesday, 16 January 2024

Narayan Debnath, cartoonist - charcoal pencil sketch


My charcoal pencil sketch of legendary Bengali cartoonist Narayan debnath.

Narayan Debnath (25 November 1925 – 18 January 2022) 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). He holds the record of longest running comics by an individual artiste for Handa Bhonda comics series which completed its continuous 53 years of running. He was the first and only comics artist in India who has received a D. Litt. degree. Debnath was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in the year 2021.

Courtesy; Wikipedia 

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