> I was going thorugh several books to dig out the history of
> cartoon drawing and cartoonists in Andhra dESa and I could not
> find anything on these aspects. I have a collection of old cartoons
It is generally agreed that Sree taliSeTTi raamaaraavu is the
first Telugu cartoonist and the first Telugu cartoons were published in
1930 in aandhra patrika and bhaarati magazines.
Sometime in mid60s, there was a golden anniversary special of
Andhra Patrika, and it contained several reproductions of cartoons by Sri
raamaaraavu. That was the first time I have seen his cartoons.
According to the December 1994 issue of aahvaanam, Sree raamaaraavu, an
artist and a cartoonist, was born in jayapuram (Jeypore) in 1906 (I am
sure taht this would interest PALANA garu). A student of Sree giDugu
raamamoorti pantulu, he was a lawyer by profession and worked for a while as
the diwaan of Jeypore. He published a book, bhaarateeya chitrakaLa.
He died in 1960.
That issue of aahavaanam reproduced a cartoon by Sree raamaaraavu
called prabandha sundari using the descritpions of our prabandhakavulu
for body parts (e.g. the lotus stems for arms, lotuses for hands etc). It
is one of the cartoons I remember from before.
Regards. --- Chowdary