Indian cartoonist and illustrator

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman 24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951.

R. K. Laxman started his career as a part-time cartoonist, working mostly for local newspapers and magazines. While as a college student, he illustrated his older brother R. K. Narayan‘s stories in The Hindu. His first full-time job was as a political cartoonist for The Free Press Journal in Mumbai. Later, he joined The Times of India, and became famous for The Common Mancharacter, which turned out to be the turning point in Laxman’s life

Birth and childhood

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R. K. Laxman was born in Mysore in 1921 in a Tamil Hindu brahmin family. His father was a headmaster and Laxman was the youngest of eight children: six sons and two daughters. His elder brother was renowned novelist R.K. Narayan. Laxman was known as “Pied Piper of Delhi”

Laxman was fascinated by the illustrations in magazines such as The Strand, Punch, Bystander, Wide World and Tit-Bits, before he had even begun to read. Soon he was drawing on his own, on the floors, walls and doors of his house and doodling caricaturesof his teachers at school; praised by a teacher for his drawing of a peepal leaf, he began to think of himself as an artist in the making.^[11] Another early influence on Laxman was the work of the world-renowned British cartoonist, Sir David Low (whose signature he misread as “cow” for a long time) that appeared now and then in The Hindu. Laxman notes in his autobiography, The Tunnel of Time:

I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room – the dry twigs, leaves and lizard-like creatures crawling about, the servant chopping firewood and, of course, and number of crows in various postures on the rooftops of the buildings opposite

— R. K. Laxman

Who is the greatest Indian cartoonist?

Kesava Shankar Pillai (31 July 1902 – 26 December 1989), better known as Shankar, was an Indian cartoonist. He is considered the father of political cartooning in India. He founded Shankar’s Weekly, India’s Punch in 1948

What is the famous writing of R. K. Laxman?

Laxman published numerous short stories, essays, and travel articles, some of which were collected in The Distorted Mirror (2003). He also wrote the novels The Hotel Riviera (1988) and The Messenger (1993) and an autobiography, The Tunnel of Time (1998

What do you think the famous cartoonist R. K. Laxman is trying to?

This cartoon is trying to convey two important issues. One of the issues is the heavy load of schoolbags on today’s children. Another message is about the problem of child labour. Thus, this cartoon relates to the Child Labour Prevention Act, 2006.

Where did Laxman get ideas for his cartoons?

Inspired by Sir David Low

A prominent early influence for Mr. Laxman’s budding career was Sir David Low, a British political cartoonist. R.K. Laxman also reported being fascinated by magazine illustrations — “Bystander,” “Strand” and “Punch” were prime examples

Why is RK Laxman famous?

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951

What according to Laxman is the challenge in creating a cartoon?

Answer. Answer: Explanation: Answer: According to Laxman, waiting for the right thought to emerge is the challenge in creating a good cartoon

What message does cartoon convey?

Answer. Cartoons are a form of visual communication that often use humor and satire to convey a message. They are primarily used for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion in newspapers and for social comedy and visual wit in magazines

How can cartoons be educational?

… to educational cartoons can have a positive effect on cognitive development, helping children learn problem-solving skills and boosting their vocabulary

As children listen to the conversations and narratives in cartoons, they develop better listening comprehension skills

Why is it called cartoon?

Cartoon comes from the Italian, cartone, which means paper. Cartoons were originally a name for sketches on tough paper (stout paper) as designs or designs for canvas paintings or wall paintings, architectural drawings, tapestry motifs, or pictures on mosaics and glass

R. K. Laxman is a familiar name to many of us through our encounters with his cartoons in our school curriculum or seeing his illustrations for his brother R. K. Narayan’s popular book, Malgudi Days. Laxman created his first caricature when he drew a humorous likeness of his father on the floor of his house. His mother was delighted and allowed it to remain on the floor for everyone to see. In school, after sketching a tiger which bore the likeness of his teacher, Laxman was reprimanded by him, until he convinced his teacher that it was merely an unlikely correlation. This was the beginning of Laxman’s involvement with caricature and convincing the ones he was caricaturing about the validity of his cartoons—in the future, he would convince Indira Gandhi during her time as a Prime Minister, that he should be free to draw his cartoons, no matter 

Most of the widely circulated cartoons by Laxman are monochromatic, which he sketched when he was working with publications like The Times of India at later stage in his life. Here, we take you through a series of his critically ignored coloured cartoons, which he created at a later stage of his career for the State Bank of India (S. B. I.). He depicted the flaws of the banking system in the country and how everyday life was affected by these policies, occasionally balancing his critique by depicting various positive aspects of the bank as well.

‘The more one gets to meet people, the more knowledge and confidence one gains. He also observed things as a child—he observed them, understood people and their body language. The people he met later became well-known personalities like Jayalalithaa and musicians from the South like M. S. Subbulakshmi. Due to his brother, he met a lot of people in Mysore, which is a cultural city. He had a good background of cultural heritage, and his family molded him a lot in his early days.’–Usha Laxman, co-founder of the R. K. Laxman Museum, Pune, in an interview with DAG

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