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http://yesudasan.info/ 3 bharanikavu near mavelikkara , kerala 12 june 1938 various , and magazines . cartoon characters in news papers like malayala manorama mercy c.j.yesudass 2013.jpg yesudasan
 c. j. yesudass cartoonist , writer
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chackalethu john yesudass -lrb- born 1938 -rrb- , better known as yesudasan , is a popular cartoonist from kerala .
born on june 12 , 1938 , in bharanikavu near mavelikkara , yesudasan published his first cartoon in 1955 in a magazine called `` asoka '' published from kottayam .
he entered the world of political cartoons in 1960 , drawing for `` janayugom '' , the malayalam daily of the communist party .
he worked there for three years , drawing a pocket cartoon with the character ` kittumman ' , after which he joined `` shankar 's weekly '' in delhi .
from 1969 , he was the editor of `` balayugam '' , a children 's magazine in malayalam and edited `` asadha '' , `` cut-cut '' and `` tuk-tuk '' , popular satirical magazines on politics and cinema .
he joined the malayala manorama group in 1985 as staff cartoonist , running cartoon columns in the paper and `` the week '' magazine .
yesudasan has authored four books -- `` aniyara '' , `` pradhama dhrusti '' , `` post mortem '' and `` varayile nayanar '' .
he was cartoonist of the year award winner of thiruvananthapuram press club in 1990 and 1992 .
he is the founder chairman of kerala cartoon academy and former president of the kerala lalitakala academy .
he wrote the dialogues for the malayalam film `` panchavadi palam '' by director k. g. george .
yesudasan lives with his wife mercy and their three sons in kochi .
