Jayanto Banerjee (born 1958), who signs his work Jayanto, is an Indian cartoonist and illustrator. He created the character of the singing donkey
Gardhab Das with his cartoonist brother
Neelabh Banerjee for the Indian children's magazine ''
Target
Target may refer to:
Warfare and shooting
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artille ...
''.
Jayanto was born in Lucknow in 1958.
He went to the
Christ Church School and had started freelancing while still a teenager, when he landed up at ''Target'' magazine.
Here he worked as a cartoonist and illustrator, continuing the iconic Gardabh Das strip with Neelabh for twelve years.
Later he moved to the
India Today Group
Living Media India Limited, d.b.a. India Today Group, is an Indian media conglomerate based in New Delhi, India. It has interests in magazines, newspapers, books, radio, television, printing and the Internet.
History
India Today Group was f ...
where he worked on design & illustration for many projects related to politics, business, technology, and especially the lifestyle magazine of the publishing house.
Some of his editorial cartoons from this period appear in ''The India Today Book of Cartoons'' (Books Today, 2000).
After leaving the India Today Group, he has worked at the ''
Asian Age
''The Asian Age'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper with editions published in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. It also prints an "international edition" in London. It was launched in February 1994.
The same publishing company also pro ...
''. He is now at the ''
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter o ...
'', where his cartoon ''Tooning In'' appears regularly.
Awards and honors
* 26 Aug 2023 , BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award , By
Indian Institute of Cartoonists
The Indian Institute of Cartoonists (IIC) is an organisation based in Bangalore that serves to promote and preserve cartooning and cartoonists in India. Founded in 2001, the institute hosts the Indian Cartoon Gallery with rotating exhibits foc ...
See also
*
Gardhab Das
References
External links
Jayanto Banerjee on THE IDEA
Indian comic strip cartoonists
Indian editorial cartoonists
Indian comics artists
Living people
1958 births
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