LAWf away @ Kerala High Court on 20th November,2009

LAWF away @ Kerala High Court

Kerala Cartoon Academy in Association with the Kerala High Court Advocates Association conducting live caricature show at Kerala High Court Bar Association Hall on 20-11-09 from 10 AM to 4 PM in connection with the High Court Day Celebrations 2009.
Members of Kerala Cartoon Academy will participate in the live caricatures of Chief Justice of Kerala ,High Court Judges, Advocates, Staff and Advocates Clerk, which will be exhibited till November 21.

KERALA LALITHA KALA ACADEMY CARTOON EXHIBITION - 2010

The Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy has invited entries for the Cartoon Exhibition 2010.
Cartoons drawn after 01.01.2008 only can be sent. A maximum of 3 cartoons
(size: 25cm length and appropriate width)
with colour or B&W print and detailed Bio-data (Name, Address, Age, Profession, Tel./Mobile Number and a self-addressed envelope for receiving back (compulsory) the photograph) are to addressed to the Secretary, Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy. Trichur, with Cartoon Exhibition 2010 written on the cover.
Cartoons in original or as photocopies /colour prints can be sent.
The Last Date for receiving the entries at the Academy is 30.11.2009 (MondaY).

Cartoonist Somanathan Award-2009

KCA is requesting you to contribute caricature/cartoon of A R Rehman

Dear Cartoonist,
As you know the year 2009 was an eventful one for the Kerala Cartoon Academy. This year we exhibited 123 cartoon and caricatures of Dr Manmohan Singh by 123 cartoonists in different parts of the world, in the backdrop of the Indo-US nuclear deal, and also to mark the 25th anniversary of the Academy.
The works have also been compiled in the form of a book.
This year, the KCA is planning an exhibition of Elephant Cartoons and also the caricatures of Oscar winners Resool Pookutty and A R Rehman, to salute the talented Indians and their achievement globally.
We are planning to 50 caricatures each of Resool and Rahman, which would be exhibited in December.As of now, we have collected 50 Resool Pookutty caricatures from 50 cartoonists. We would like to thanks the cartoonists for their wholehearted cooperation.
Now KCA is requesting you to contribute caricature/cartoon of A R Rehman (http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=A+R+Rehman&gbv=2&aq=f&oq= ) to make out effort fruitful and meaningful.You may email a hi-resolution (300 DPI) image of the work to
cartoonacademy@gmail.com
or a hard copy to KCA at:
Sudheernath, Secretary, Kerala Cartoon Academy, 2nd Floor, Amarakerala Buildings, Kalabhavan Road, Kochi-682018. Kerala, India.
It would be great if you could make sure that the caricature/cartoon reaches us by November 30, 2009, so that arrangements for framing can be done right away.
Thanks and regards
SUDHEERNATH
(Cartoonist)
secretary
Kerala Cartoon Academy

A blog on ELEPHANT lines

This time, it was the turn of real life elephants at the KCA Headquarters at Kochi, Kerala. A new blog on the dearest animal of Kerala, http://elephantcartoons.blogspot.com/ was formally inaugurated by Sri M.M. Monaye, MLA & Chairman, the National Cartoonists Association in the presence of S/Sri Prasannan, Sudheernath (Chairman & Secretary, KCA, respectively), caricaturist Sajjive Balakrishnan and other invited guests at a small function held at the KCA office, Kochi.

http://elephantcartoons.blogspot.com/ is dedicated exclusively to lines on the pet pachyderms of Kerala. Drawn in scores also by elephant-crazy cartoonists, the world over, the blog has promised to be an instant hit amongst the KCA fans.

The Blog, a long pending dream of the KCA, is a prelude to next month's mammoth ആനവര/ELEPHANT LINES show to be held at Trichur, Kerala, the Headquarters of the Indian Elephant.

Black lines adorn Green Books !

Cartoonist Santhosh T S

Cartoonist Presannan Anikkad

Cartoonist Mohandas

Cartoonist Karthika Kattanam

Cartoonist Santhosh T S

Writer and Editor Green Books Prabakaran Receving his cartoons from KCA Chairman Presannan

Cartoonist Sudheernath and Presannan Anikkad (Chairman & Secretary, KCA, respectively)

The Hindu

Malayala Manorama

Cartoonist Sajjive
It turned out to be that once-in-a-while less colourful venues that the quicke caricturists of the Kerala Cartoon Academy chose to register presence this time! The Agrashaala of Paramekkavu Temple was not that agog with boisterous celebration by the word lovers. The rather mute, almost desolate hall spattered in endless lines of books. It was the Annual exhibition of GREEN BOOKS.

The drill soon started with the never-say-die compere & Chairman of the KCA , Prasannan Anikkad unrelentingly calling forth invited guests to the dias one by one. The battery of silver quick caricaturists - Sudheernath (Secretary, KCA), Sajjive, Santhosh, Mohandas(Kapeesh-Luttappi fame). Madhoos, Karthika Kattanam and Dinraj- lurked in the front rows, hungrily waiting for the kill. Soon, the routine , all these men were so tuned to for years, began to unravel - the black lines falling on thick white card, eagerness rippling on the faces of the subjects in wait, the quintessential first peek at their own caricatures and the final hilarious scenes in all corners of the halls.

The subjects attempted included S/sri Narayanan Nampoothiri (MD, Baywatch, Kanyakumari), Krishnadas (MD, Green Books), Prabhakaran (Editor, Green Books) and dozens of caricature lovers from the media. At the end of the 1 hour marathon caricaturing, all these ladies and gentlemen could not help smiling at us in immense thanks. And all had naughtiness smuggled into their faces, that promised tonnes of laughter to their dear ones, at home, some time later today, without fail !

Live caricature Demo @ Thrissur

Our announcement of Elephants cartoon exhibition at Thrissur has been reproduced by some international Websites,National news papers and we are receiving so many cartoons from all over the world.
Really we are excited by this worldwide response.

So we have decided to postpone the exhibition to December, 2009 to conduct the same in a grand scale.

Inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted.

And a Happy News.

It is decided to conduct a live Caricature Demo by Cartoon Academy in association with Green Books on Nov 7, 2009 at 4 pm at Paramekkav Agrashala, Thrissur.

All Kerala Cartoon Academy Members are requested to attend the same.

Thanks
Regards
SUDHEERNATH
(Cartoonist)
secretary
Kerala Cartoon Academy

ELEPHANT CARTOON EXHIBITION @ THRISSUR IN DECEMBER 2009

Mammoth News !

Kerala Cartoon Academy and Elephants' Welfare Forum (Aana Samrakshana Samithi), Thrissur have decided to conduct a cartoon exhibition at the Pooram-rich Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala.

Draw about Elephants!!!

Please send (only by e-mail) your cartoons of any category- Political, social, cultural and sports- depicting Elephants.

Deadline: December 10, 2009

Date of exhibition: 3rd Week of December 2009

Please e-mail your cartoons to: cartoonacademy@gmail.com. Only selected cartoons will be exhibited subject to availability of space in the hall/ venue and any decision on selection shall be final

Photo Identity Card to all Kerala Cartoon Academy Members

Hon’ble Speaker of Kerala K Radakrishnan handing over first Photo Identity Card to senior Cartoonist Sukumar at Thiruvananthapuram. Cultural Secretary of Kerala Dr K Venu near by.

Entries Invited to the ‘Cartoonist Shankaran Kutty Memorial Book Cover Award.

Cartoonist Sankaran Kutty Memorial Trust and Kerala Cartoon Academy invite entries for the Best Book Cover Design award 2009. The cover design must have hand drawn pen or brush strokes. The related books should be published in the year 2008 and 2009. Each competitor will be able to submit three designs.Please furnish the details of the artist separately i.e. Full name, address, Phone Number ,a photo, short Bio data and e-mail address.

Deadline :15th of November, 2009

Oscar award winner Mr.Resul Pookutty, Writer Mr.M Mukundan and Senior Journalist Mr.Thomas Jacob will be the jury members.

Artists or publishers can send the entries to:

SUDHEERNATH

(Cartoonist)

secretary

Kerala Cartoon Academy,

2nd Floor,Amarakerala Buildings,

Kalabhavan Road,Kochi-682018.

Kerala,India.

The awards will be given away at a function to be held to commemorate artist Sankarankutty on 28th November,2009 at Thiruvananthapuram Press Club.

SAVE THE PLANET - cartoon contest

Draw a Smile, Save the Planet

British Council in partnership with the Ken Sprague Fund UK announces a cartoon contest on climate change. The contest is organised as part of British Council’s Low Carbon Futures Project, which focuses on mitigating the effects of climate change in an urban environment.

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THEMES

• Drought and water shortage.
• Deforestation and rain forest destruction.
• Melting of the ice caps.
• Role of industry in polluting the atmosphere.
• Devastation of our seas and disappearance of marine life.
• Climate change in an urban environment.

ELIGIBILITY
Indian Citizens between the age of 18 and 35 years can apply.

GUIDELINES

• Cartoons should be made by hand.
• Entries can be submitted as a hard / scanned copy in high resolution.
• Cartoons should be in black and white.
• Material to be used: White Chart Paper
  (size 12 x 15 inches) and ink and brush/ Black Felt Pen/Charcoal.
• One entry per individual.
• Only original work should be submitted, copying will lead to disqualification, even if found at a later date.

SUBMISSION
Send your entry along with the above form to:
Reesha Alvi
British Council
17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi 110001

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
The last date for submitting entries is 30 November 2009.

PRIZES
Prizes for best entries include
1st prize: Laptop
2nd prize: Smart-phone
3rd prize: i-Pod

SELECTION PANEL

• Ajit Ninan, Times of India (India)
• Martin Rowson, Guardian (UK)
• British Council
• Ken Sprague Fund

Pookutty in 50 ‘sounds’ ----Resool Pookutty Cartoon-Caricature Show at Gorky Bhavan - Russian Cultural Center,Oct 23-24,2009

Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There are times when, it is said, lightning strikes the same place twice.
The first time it struck Resul Pookutty was earlier this year, at Hollywood’s sparkling Kodak Theatre. The second, albeit a lesser lightning, came to visit him on Friday at the Russian Culture Centre’s Roerich Art Gallery here.

Inside the brightly-lit circular gallery were 50 caricatures by 50 cartoonists of the Academy Award-winning sound designer. ``What can I say?’’ an awestruck Pookutty said afterwards. “I just saw myself in 50 different ways. It’s fun to see how people look at you.’’
Rigged out in a pair of blue jeans and a red-specked blue shirt with sunglasses riding jauntily high, Pookutty went around the exhibition with Speaker K. Radhakrishnan and former minister M.K. Muneer cracking jokes at his expense. Who wouldn’t?

There was this one where the compere at the Oscars is solemnly announcing ``And the lollipop goes to...’’ as A.R. Rahman and Pookutty breeze off with a basketload of golden knights. Down in the audience, a tuxedo-clad Hollywood luminary quips to his neighbour, sotto voce, ``They’ve run out of Oscars, thanks to these injuns.’’
Or this one which has a grinning Pookutty doing a druid, stirring a cauldron-full of music notations. In another mischievous one, a despondent V.S. Achuthanandan keeps him uneasy company. In yet another one, a beaming Pookutty is hopping around with an accordion. Only thing, it’s not an accordion, but frizzling sound frequencies.
There were some tricky ones too. The work by Khaleelullah Chemnad was every calligrapher's dream. A resul cunningly shaped from winding Persian script. And you just guessed what it read - Resul Pookutty!

Some of the best known names in cartooning were represented at the Roerich Art Gallery. The function was jointly organised by the Russian Cultural Centre and the Cartoon Academy. Pookutty, who was accompanied by his family to the show, also shared a nostalgic slice of memory.

``Gorky Bhavan was one of the places where I used to watch films for free as a student. When it closed (when the USSR disintegrated), I remember gazing at it from beyond the walls and shedding tears.’’

Russian Consul in Thiruvananthapuram Ratheesh C. Nair, Cultural secretary Dr Venu, Cartoonist Sukumar,P V Krishnan, Cartoon Academy Chairman Prasannan Anikkad, Secretary Sudheernath were among those present. The show is on from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Cartoonist Solaman gifting Resools caricature

Cartoonist Jairaj with Resool

Resool Pookutty Cartoon-Caricature Show at Gorky Bhavan - Russian Cultural Center

The KCA has once again decided
to make its presence felt in the toon loving
community of the State Capital
by holding a
50 RESOOL POOKKUTTY CARICATURES
exhibition at 4.00 p.m.
on the 23rd October,2009
at the Gorkhy Bhavan, Trivandrum,
in association with the Russian Cultural Centre.
Your presence is very much desired ... :)

How you can draw cartoons

How you can draw cartoons

By

Ajit Narayan (KCA Member)
Publisher- Scholars Hub

{ educational publishers }

MRP Rs. 80 /-

SCHOLARS HUB { Educational Publishers }
P-10 B ,1ST FLOOR, JANGPURA EXT. , NEW DELHI - 110014
TEL : 011-41720543,41727080, 24310049.
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E-MAIL : vipinscholarshub@yahoo.com

This 64 page book explains in a simple way, all the complex techniques "rarely taught or shared" by professionals who have mastered this art. Its an interesting reference guide for all ages written by ajit narayan, who earns his living as a cartoonist.

The KCA mourn.......

Kind notice of all KCA Members..
Mother of Shri Jayaraj Velloor, KCA EC member,cartoonist & active organiser
of all KCA events passed away on 28th September,2009 at Kannur.
The Kerala Cartoon Academy join Shri Jayaraj
and his family in mourning the demise.

Sudheernath's Web Site

Hon’le Minister,Government Of India, Prof K V Thomas launching Kerala Cartoon Academy Secretary,Cartoonist Sudheernath's Web site http://www.sudheernath.com at his residence on 21st September.

Book Review - Years of Laughter — Reminiscences of a Cartoonist: Kutty

Years of Laughter — Reminiscences of a Cartoonist: Kutty, Pub.by Thema, 46, Satish Mukerjee Road, Kolkata-700026. Rs. 500.

One of India’s foremost cartoonists, ‘Kutty’ (P.K.S. Kutty) has been witness to a fascinating and rich tapestry of India’s social and political history since the final phase of colonial rule, and he has chronicled the major events and epoch-making changes of that period in the form of cartoons he drew for the newspapers he worked for during his professional career that began in 1940.
Among the newspapers he served as a regular political cartoonist are: National Herald (from where he started), Free Press Journal, Hindustan Standard, and Ananda Bazar Patrika.
In this book of reminiscences, ‘Kutty’ re-lives his growing up in Kerala, his first stint as a cartoonist in Delhi and Lucknow, his encounters with renowned journalists of the time and the political personages who shaped post-colonial India, and his days in Madras (now Chennai), Bombay (now Mumbai), Delhi, and Calcutta (now Kolkata). All this is said with a sharp insight and in a characteristically unpretentious way. ‘
‘Kutty’ takes pride in acknowledging cartoonist Shankar as his master — “...by God’s will I got to become an understudy of the great cartoonist Shankar…” he says in the Prologue. In the words of Himanish Goswami, he had a “keen, perceptive, analytical mind” and there are not “too many like Kutty.”

THE HINDU

KCA Member Anoop Radakrishnan getting married on 12th September 2009

Dear all,
KCA member and well known caricaturest Anoop Radakrishnan getting married on 12th September 2009.
His contact Address and Phone Numbers
Anoop Radhakrishnan, Deepa nivas, Paradise road, Ponnurunni, Kochi-19
® 0484 2302865 (M) 999 53 51 564
anoopamartya@gmail.com
kindly find his invitation.
secretary
Kerala Cartoon Academy