Satish Acharya () is an Indian cartoonist from Kundapura, Karnataka.[ Mangaluru: Satish Acharya's Charlie Hebdo cartoon grabs world's attention. Daijiworld.com. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] In 2015, Acharya was featured on "United Sketches" as a professional cartoon from India.[ Satish Lal Acharya. unitedsketches.org. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] Acharya was also included in the list of "24 Intellectuals" by Forbes India, in 2015.
Early life and education
Acharya is a self-taught cartoonist without any formal training in art.
[ IN PICTURES: Political cartoonists respond to Charlie Hebdo attack. Globalnews.ca. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] As a student, he earned pocket-money by contributing cartoons to Kannada publications like Taranga, Sudha and Tushara.
[ Special : Cartoonist Sathish Acharya of Kundapur origin features in Forbes Magazine | Karavali- Udayavani English. M.newshunt.com (4 January 2015). Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] He studied MBA in finance from Mangalore University after doing BCom from Bhandarkar’s College, Kundapura.
Career
After completing MBA, Acharya moved to
Mumbai and started in an advertising agency as an account executive, but quit to pursue cartooning.
[ The Manipal Journal – If I can draw, anybody can draw: Satish Acharya. Themanipaljournal.com. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] He got his first break as a political cartoonist with Mumbai-based English tabloid Midday.
[ Cartoonist Sathish Acharya of Kundapur origin features in Forbes Magazine | Udayavani – ಉದಯವಾಣಿ. Udayavani. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] He started working with Midday as a staff cartoonist in 2003 and contributed to daily cartoon column for nine years. He also draws cartoons for
Gulf News.
Mail Today rejected Acharya's cartoon
Acharya's cartoon on the Charlie Hebdo Massacre was regarded as one of the most powerful cartoons[ 12 powerful political cartoons responding to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Vox. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] on the tragedy by the foreign media and the cartoon was published in newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, The Times and The Guardian.
Books
Acharya has released five cartoon books, of which are
Mein,
Hum and
AAP in English,
[ Election Inspires Cartoon Book. The New Indian Express (29 March 2014). Retrieved on 9 December 2015.] Cartoonishta in Kannada and
Negipuggi in Kundapra Kannada. His cricket-cartoon book
Non-Striker was officially released on 31 January 2015 in Bengaluru.
[ Satish Lal Acharya on Twitter: "You're Invited! Release of cricket-cartoon book NON-STRIKER & cartoon exhibition in Bengaluru on 31st Jan at 11 am. http://t.co/ZLWQoMQwL8". Twitter.com (22 January 2015). Retrieved on 9 December 2015.]
His latest cartoon book, ‘Go Corona Go’ was released in 2021 and became one of the first cartoon books with the pandemic as a theme.
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