It’s the language of everyone in democracy Cartooning is the best way to depict humour and satire other than a few strokes of the pen Falguni Shrivastava Jaipur. A cartoon from the Italian ‘cartone’ and dutch word ‘karton’, meaning strong, heavy paper or pasteboard. A picture says 1000 words and a cartoon expresses those 1000 words and adds to them, the emotional state of masses. Not only does it draw attention but it also understandable in itself by a much larger population, literate or illiterate. What is it that has the power to hit the government of a country that pages full of news reports and editorials cannot? Humour is the best way to expose silly and old fashioned ways of thinking. We all love humour, fun and satire in our lives which otherwise is so full of anxi-
eties. What else can be the best way to depict humour and satire other than a few strokes of the pen? There is definitely something in this small sketch; the more appropriate word would be a cartoon, which makes it so appealing to the public. The Greek Cavemen who drew picture representations on caves may be thought of as the world’s first cartoonists. Late K. Shankar Pillai can be considered the Father of Indian Cartooning, just as the legendary
David Low is of cartooning in the world. Earlier on, it was just the newspapers where one could find most cartoons but today, all mediums of communication be it advertisements, films, hoardings and not
The Utterly butterly girl created a history
‘Amul girl’ is an unique example of blend of Cartoon Journalism and Advertising Harshit Jha
Jaipur. Amul has been the first choice for the kids weather it may be an ice cream or any other amul
product. One of the reasons behind of this attraction is the cartoon girl advertising the Amul butter. This advertising mascot was created to compete with Amul rival Polson and also to attract the kids. The idea was concieved in 1967 and was executed by Sylvester Da Cunha the owner of the agency and his art director Eustance Fernandez. The Amul girl is a hand drawn cartoon of a kid wearing a dotted frock with blue hair with a pony. The reason behind this character and outfit was that Dr. Verghese Kurien the chairman of the Gujarat co-operative Milk Marketing Federation
Ltd. wanted a character of a little mischevious girl who is a butter lover. Secondly i had to be easy to draw and memorable as most of the advertising would be outdoor media which required hand painting in those days and the hoardings had to be changed frequently. Amul has gained a lot of fame and name in quality products since the launch of the utterly butterly girl and has been recently seen to come up with association with Cricket world cup and formula 1.Amul is also a official sponsor of the Indian team in the category of dairy products in London 2012 olympic games.
JECRC Foundation MSPs visit BITS Pilani
16 Microsoft Student Partners (MSPs) of JECRC foundation interacted with Microsoft dignitaries in BITS Pilani Jaipur. The team of JECRC Foundation’s Microsoft student partners (MSPs) participated in annual summit 2K17 of MSPs held from 23rd to 26th March, 2017 at Birla Institute of Technical Studies (BITS), Pilani. In the Summit, renowned Microsoft dignitaries interacted with 500+ MSPs from all over India. Microsoft dignitaries gave exposure to advanced world technology to all the MSPs through various sessions. Microsoft Corporation also gifted some
goodies to all the Msp,s over there. In ‘Robotics War’ competition held in the technical fest ‘APOGEE’ there, two teams of JECRC Foundation competed in final
round. It was remarkable that, both teams who qualified for Final round in ‘Robotics War’ were from JECRC foundation, Jaipur. All the students enjoyed the sessions as well as the Tech Fest at BITS, Pilani. Students really felt good by this meeting and shared their views about the meet. Sami-Ur-Rehman (Curator-JECRC University): We had a nice experience at this Summit and our students learned about the advance technologies and had a chance to interact with such inspirational personalities. It was such a Remarkable experience.
to forget the Internet mainly social media i.e. Facebook, Twitter and the likes, all widely use and share political cartoons to their maximum advantage. Political cartoons have in fact become a popular communication tool and a highly favourable form of artistic expression. I am fascinated as I look at these pictorial delights to imagine how a cartoonist captivates people, with a few strokes comes loaded with wit, satire and punch all at the same time. From the eyes of a cartoonist we can see the world as best
as we can. There is nothing wrong in being critical when necessary. Sometimes we agree with what they express and sometimes don’t. For example, R.K. Laxman’s won the Raman Magsaysay Award in 1984 for his accomplishment and there is no doubt that his works have attracted global attention. Right from the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee to spiritual guru Baba Ramadev, from Anna Hazare to women’s rights and gang rapes in Delhi; all are the subjects taken up by cartoonists. There is no personality who can escape the eyes of a cartoonist.
Harshit Jha
Wednesday April 05, 2017
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Bill,Calvin and Hobbes :A Cartoonstrip that was the world’s window into a lonely child’s head. An amature’s psychoanalytical observations on the popular comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes” by Legendary Cartoonist Bill Waterson. Aditya Pareek
A middleaged man with a prominent mustache is huddled over a mounted canvas, the warm light from the illuminating lamp enhances the scribbles from his pencil that with its strokes ushers unto the paper, the private life of a young boy, who is an only child. The adored little boy Calvin has an active imagination and a void in his soul due to a stark difference in his intelligence level and that of his peers. Forced to grow up among them due to his parent’s inability to comprehend his genies at an early age, poor Calvin is left with the only thing that made him different his intellect. Calvin in a destitute state of regressed emotions counjers an imaginary friend, Hobbes a stuffed toy tiger being the physical model for. The Imaginary Humanoid Tiger is a true friend to Calvin, anything but violent(like tigers supposedly are) he quickly fills the vacuum of companionship that Calvin was left alone to deal with. Through Milestone worthy strips Bill Waterson took millions of readers back to their childhoods, perhaps each one as extraordinary as Calvin’s in its own way.
Images: Universal & Bill Waterson
The Universal Truth of pain being the foundation of every human endeavor is starkly present in Bill Waterson’s Work. Through Calvin Waterson projects what loneliness does to a person in their most formative years, someone especially as Intellectually above the crowd as Calvin. Perhaps a Friend would change things or maybe thats how “Fate” was and through the trial by fire... ehm seclusion Calvin will perhaps assert his place in the world as the creme-le-creme of what humanity has to offer. Lets Take Look at some of the moments in the long running daily strip that reaffirm these convictions:
Here Little Calvin is seen exclaiming his deduction of how to deal with the general folk
His insistence of measures to subvert their less than intelligent dribble for the sake of social assertiveness is a warning of a narcissistic personality disorder or perhaps its the fault of the peers who’d fail Calvin by showing his common human decency as often the other children did among the cast of Calvin and Hobbes.
Here little Calvin is seen expressing his fatigue at having to deal with his peers that are less than his intellectual equals, notice the narcissism and anger, perhaps if Calvin could recieve a holistic environment where his peers listened more and engaged in less tomfoolery maybe things would be best for everybody.
Enter Hobbes, the devised imaginary friend there to fill the void the world and all of its tangible inhabitants couldn’t. Hobbes isn’t just a coping mech-
anism its the devil’s advocate that gate keeps Calvin’s Moral Fiber and perhaps even serves as the divinity in self retrospection that Calvin’s Intellect bestows upon him.
This happens to be the final strip of Calvin and Hobbes, an extraordinary note of Optimistic Adventurism that is symbolic to the soul of a childhood of speculation and suffering. For Calvin knows one day he has to grow up and abandon Hobbes, for reality will not be
as kind to him or as bending as it was to him with his wilful childish resourcefulness. Sooner or Later he will have to face the music. The debt we fans of Calvin nd Hobbes owe to Bill Waterson is too heavy to repay by just a mere feature
Indian Cartoonists with Creative Curvy lines Shankar, RK Laxman and his contemporary conveyed their messages to mass and class with same content, efficiently Harshit Jha Jaipur. Cartoon Journalism has its own history. In this journey, some are really historical Cartoonists in India. JECRC student journalist brought a piece of writings consisting a brief introduction of five renowned Indian Cartoonists.
RK Laxman
work was for newspapers and magazines like the Swarajya and Blitz and also drew political cartoons for local newspapers and magazines. One of the creations ‘The common Man’ by RK Laxman was a cartoon who represented the problems, troubles , hopes and aspirations a common man faces in his life.
Keshava Shankara Pillai
also produced cartoonists like Abu Abraham, Ranga and Kutty, unfortunately he closed down the magazine during the Emergency of 25 June 1975. After that Shankar’s cartoons were published in the Free Press Journal and Bombay Chronicle. Pothan Joseph, the editor of The Hindustan Times brought him to Delhi as a staff cartoonist, in 1932 and continued as its staff cartoonist till 1946. he turned to making children laugh and enjoy life.
Abu Abraham
One of the renowned cartoonist of India, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Lyer Laxman aka RK Laxman is also a humorist who is known for his creation ‘The Common Man’ and his daily cartoon corner in The Times of India. Born in Mysore in 1921 in Tamil speaking family, he had a keen interest in making cartoons and writing humorous stories. Laxman’s earliest
K. Shankara Pillai was an Indian cartoonist born on 31 July 1902 is considered as the father of Indian political cartooning. He founded Shankar’s Weekly, India’s Punch in 1948. Shankar’s Weekly
Abu was an Indian cartoonist, journalist, and author. Born on 11 June 1924 he was a lifelong atheist and rationalist. Abu started drawing cartoons at the age of 3. After studying French, Mathematics, and English at University College, Thiruvanan-
thapuram and being the tennis champion, he graduated in 1945. He moved to Bombay where he became a journalist in Bombay Chronicle and its sister paper, The Bombay Sentinel while contributing cartoons to Blitz and Bharat. In 1951, he was invited by K. Shankar Pillai, one of India’s best known cartoonists at the time, to move to New Delhi to work in Shankar’s Weekly.
Mario Miranda
Born on 2 May 1926 Miranda had been a regular with The Times of India and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Economic Times, though he got his popularity with his works published in The Illustrated Weekly of India. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2012. Miranda started his career in an advertising
studio, where he worked for four years, before taking up cartooning full-time. He got his first break as a cartoonist with The Illustrated Weekly of India which published a few of his works. His drawings & cartoons also brought him an offer to work at the Current magazine. A year later, the Times of India offered him a slot, even though they had rejected him at first. Thereafter, his creations, such as Miss Nimbupani and Miss Fonseca, appeared on a regular basis in Famine, Economic Times, and The Illustrated Weekly of India.
Kutty
Puthukkody Kottuthody Sankaran Kutty Nair was born on 4 September 1921 was an Indian political cartoonist.Kutty’s talent was discovered by the famous Malayalam satirist, Professor M. R. Nair better known by his pen name ‘Sanjayan’. His first cartoon appeared in the Malayalam humor magazine Viswaroopam in 1940. His first cartoon to appear in a daily newspaper was published in the National Herald.
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