B. G. Varma, noted cartoonist, died at his residence in Thripunitura on Tuesday. He was 75.
Mr. Varma had worked with renowned cartoonist Shankar in the famed Shankar’s Weekly as a cartoonist-caricaturist.
Brought up in Karachi where his father worked as an engineer, Mr. Varma secured a job at the ST Reddiar Press in Ernakulam after studying art in Mavelikkara and Hyderabad. A cartoon strip he did for Manorama earned him the job at Shankar’s Weekly .
From political cartooning, he went on to be the choicest caricaturist drawing “The Man of The Week” caricature for the weekly. After the closure of the weekly, he worked for the Children’s Book Trust (CBT). Mr. Varma has also designed commemorative stamps for the Central government, on blood donation and on the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
