Prakash Shetty is an Indian

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and

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known for his Spot caricaturing.

Personal life

Prakash Shetty was born in

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on 1 April 1960. He earned a degree in Bachelor of Arts.

Career

He started drawing cartoons at the age of 15. He started his career with a Kannada magazine called ''Santhosha'' (later renamed as ''Dukha'') and an English daily called ''The Times Of Deccan'' and Myru ''Kannada Daily''. He settled as cartoonist with ''

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''. Kitoo (one of his creations) is a comic serial with a boy as the main character. It has been published in multiple magazines for 15 years. He joined ''The Week'' as a cartoon illustrator in 1990's and was kicked out in 2001. He worked as an independent spot caricaturist and freelancer. He edited a cartoon humor magazine called 'Ooshaan Thaadikaarante Myru'in Kannada language for a while. His cartoons were published in the book of Indian Cartoonists. From 2001 to 2012 did spot caricaturing events travelling all over India and abroad. His cartoons are famous for portraying the facts without fear. He follows a different type of caricature style where the person's unique characters and visualised on to the drawings

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Prakash 1960 births Mangaloreans Tulu artists Indian caricaturists Indian comic strip cartoonists Indian comics artists Living people Artists from Bengaluru