Cartoon Watch
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| Owner(s) | Triambak Sharma |
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| Editor-in-chief | Triambak Sharma |
| Founded | 5 December 1996 |
| Language | Hindi and English |
| Headquarters | Raipur, India |
| Website | Cartoon Watch |
Cartoon Watch, India's only cartoon magazine, is published by Triambak Sharma.
Background
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]
Editorial board
Triambak Sharma, founder and chairman of Cartoon Watch Animation Academy and a well known cartoonist, is the Editor-in-Chief of this magazine. He is supported by a voluntary team of cartoonists across the globe.
Cartoon contributors
- Abid Surti, Mumbai
- Suresh Sawant, Mumbai
- B.V. Pandurang Rao, Banglore
- 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
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