Newspaper Medium Comics in India
In the 1990s, newspapers started publishing more caricatures of Indian origin. Indian law and democracy permits the journalists and cartoonists to discuss current affairs with reasonable freedom. Among the most famous caricaturists are Joseph Arul Raj, Ashok Dongre and Neelabh Bisen. With the advent of India's potential and demand of quality comics, but lack of institutes for the speciality in comics art, Mr. Anupam Sinha has launched his own Anupama Academy Of Art for specialisation in departments of creation of comics. He is renowned for illustrating some of the best Indian comics. Currently his weekly strip superhero "Rudra" is being hailed as trend setting in hindi newspapers like Dainik Jagran. Ashok Dongre is well known for his Comic Strip SWAMI based on the Infotech Business in India. Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was also a caricaturist when he was young, and has worked for The Free Press Journal, where cartoonist R.K.Laxman has also worked. Bal Thackeray also ran a magazine called 'Marmik', which used cartoons and strips to propagate his political agenda.
In Kerala, cartoonist Toms', created satirical comics. His most famous characters are the prankster kids 'Boban & Molly'. Rajneesh Kapoor is one of the few Indian contemporary cartoonists who does a regular newspaper strip in English, called 'This is Our Life'.
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