Prakash Shetty is an Indian

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

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known for his Spot caricaturing.

Personal life

Prakash Shetty was born in

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

on 1 April 1960. He earned a degree in Bachelor of Arts.

Career

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 ''The Week'' is a weekly news magazine with editions in the United Kingdom and United States. The British publication was founded in 1995 and the American edition in 2001. An Australian edition was published from 2008 to 2012. A children's edi ...

''. 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. His cartoons were published in the book of Indian Cartoonists. 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Prakash 1960 births Mangaloreans Tulu people Indian caricaturists Indian cartoonists Living people Artists from Bangalore