Cartoon Watch
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| Editor-in-chief | Triambak Sharma |
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| Founded | 5 December 1996 |
| Language | Hindi and English |
| Headquarters | Raipur, India |
| Website | Cartoon Watch |
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Cartoon Watch, India's only cartoon magazine, is published by Triambak Sharma.
Background[edit]
After the closure of famous cartoon magazine Shankar's Weekly, young cartoonist Triambak Sharma started monthly cartoon magazine Cartoon Watch in 1996. The inaugural issue was launched on 5 December 1996. Cartoon Watch is a monthly magazine published on the 15th day of every month, focussing on political and social themes. Every issue carries editorial cartoons, humorous interviews of eminent people and cartoons of eminent cartoonists from every corner of India. Cartoon Watch conducted a Cartoon Exhibition in London in 2008.[1] Limca Book of Records has included Cartoon Watch as the 'Only bilingual cartoon monthly' [2]
Cartoon contributors[edit]
- Abid Surti, Mumbai
- Suresh Sawant, Mumbai
- B.V. Pandurang Rao, Bangalore
- Shyam Jagota, Delhi
- Satish Acharya, Mumbai
- M.K. Seeri, Kerala Nasik
- Rajesh Dubey, Jabalpur
- Kirtish Bhatt, Indore
- Ismail Lahiri, Indore
- Pankaj Goswami, Bikaner
- Nirmish Thaker, Surat
- V. Gopal Krishna, Hyderabad
- H.M. Sudan, Delhi
- Chander, Delhi
- Ashok Adepal, Gujarat
- Vijay Narain Seth, Mumbai
- Prashant Kulkarni, Mumbai
- Prabhakar Wairker, Mumbai
- Irfan Khan, Delhi
- Abhisekh Tiwari, Jaipur
- Abhijit Tiwari, Jaipur
- Manoj Sharma, Gwalior
- S. Phadnis, Pune
- Nishant Hota, Raipur
- Bhagwat Sahu, Raipur
- Ajay Saxena, Raipur
- Sagar, Raipur
- S.R. Tailang, Raipur
- Paramatma Prsad Srivastava, Bhuj, Gujarat
Awards instituted[edit]
Cartoon Watch honours every year, one eminent cartoonist, by giving a Life Time Achievement Award. The following are the recipients of the award.
- 2003 - R.K. Laxman - presented by Ajit Jogi, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2004 - Sudhir Tailang - presented by K.M.Seth, Governor, Chhattisgarh
- 2005 - Abid Surti - presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2006 - Pran Kumar Sharma - presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2007 - Rajendra Dhodapkar - presented by Prem Prakash Pandey, Speaker, Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh
- 2008 - H.M. Sudan - presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2009 - Suresh Sawant - presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2010 - Shyam Jagota - presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2011 - Ajit Ninan, Kaak, B.V.Panduranga Rao, Hussain Zamin and Jagjeet Rana. - presented by Dr. Abdul Kalam
- 2012 - Bal Thackeray - presented personally at his residence by Triambak Sharma
- 2013 - Surendra (The Hindu) - presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2014 - Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis - presented by S. B. Mujumdar founder Symbiosis International University
- 2015 - Sankar (Chanda Mama) , Madhan & Keshav (The Hindu) - presented by N. Ram, Chairman, The Hindu Group of Publications
- 2016 - Subhani (Deccan Chronicle) - presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2017 - Vishnu Pandurang Akulwar (Navbharat) presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2018 - Manoj Kureel, presented by Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh
- 2019 - Late Mohan (Posthumous), Jayadev Babu and M.S.Ramakrishna presented by Mr N. Baijendra Kumar, CMD of National Mineral Development Corporation
- 2020 - Narsim (Daily Nava Telangana), Shankar ( Sakshi (newspaper) ) and Mrityunjay ( Namasthe Telangana ) presented by Mr N. Baijendra Kumar, CMD of National Mineral Development Corporation.
International Award[edit]
Cartoon Watch has Instituted International Award in 2019 at Limoges, Saint Just Le Martel, France, during 38th Saint Just Le Martel Cartoon Festival 2019. Triambak Sharma, Editor of Cartoon Watch presented Life Time Awards to Five cartoonists on 29 September 2019.
International Award 2019 recipients - Marie Christine, Corinee Villegier, Guy Hennequin, Philippe Henry and Sebastien Peaudecerf (all from France) [3]
Man of the Year[edit]
Cartoon Watch has introduced Man of the Year recognition from 2020.
Elon Musk has been declared as Man of the Year for 2020. [4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Cartoon Exhibition at London". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-01-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Limca Book of Records". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-08-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ International Award
- ↑ Man of the Year 2020
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