Veteran Cartoonist and the pioneer of pocket cartoons in India, T Samuel
died on 2 October 2012 at the age of 86. Samuel is now survived by his
wife, two daughters and a son.
Samuel
started his journey as a professional cartoonist before Independence
from Lahore with a Military Gazette. After partition he came to Delhi
as a refugee and joined Shankar’s weekly, where he contributed the Kalu
and Meena, the silent strip cartoon and some more related to social
life. As a staff cartoonist, he served Delhi edition of Times of India,
where he became famous as the creator of the pocket cartoon named
Babuji.
After serving Times of India for a certain period of
time, he joined Indian Express as a cartoonist and carried on with his
featured cartoon Babuji and Garib, the next strip cartoon series. He was
back with Times of India and served it and its Hindi daily Nav Bharat
Times till 1985, the year of his retirement.
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