Monday, January 21, 2002		The world of  dot.com

Tickling caricatures by cartoonists

Laughter is the best medicine and it is said that what cannot be said by a scribe is well illustrated by a humorous sketch to drive home a point. What cartoonists depict with a line here and a curve there can convey very important aspects of an event, albeit in a lighter vein. Whether luminaries like it or rant and rave about the caricature, yet they cannot brush aside this fact - that cartoons and cartoonists are an inseparable part of the media industry. A few sites by noted cartoonists that would tickle the funny bone in you are:

Named after the famous national and regional newspapers cartoonist, Chander Shekhar Gurera (37), who hails from Moga, Punjab, and has done his Masters in Animation. His latest cartoons are shown in the Current cartoons section. The Caricature of various famous personalities can be viewed. Various categories of cartoons like master strokes, illustration gallery, Kargil special, match-fixing special, Tehelka etc are provided in miscellaneous section. The Future lens shows the cartoons of today's celebrities when 30 years are added to their present age. The tragic humour of US-Osama is also shown in four different parts. Site helps in registering for blood donation, provides links to other cartoons and humour sites.

http://cartoonbank.com 

To see the largest collection of cartoon database, just log on to this site. Cartoons for various business applications and other purposes can be purchased. Search option helps in searching desired cartoons related to a particular topic. The Cartoon channel contains the cartoons updated every 30 seconds. The site also contains various categories of cartoons like the Best of 2001, Main channel, Law channel, Business channel, Top 100 channel. The link Book of kids cartoons contains the cartoons for children. The Free stuff includes links to e-cards, current issues, meet the artists, cartoonists on cartooning.

Emmett Scott's cartoon corner is a world of fun for kids of all ages as it helps them learn cartoons. The art studio includes various links for the purpose like how to draw cartoons, drawing tricks, what the cartoonists do and creative play. The Puzzle page contains challenging puzzles to play. In the Stories section, created by Scott, there are various stories to select from for reading. The Funny pages contains collections of some funny cartoons to choose from. You can also write down some funny ideas and comic strips of your own.

The site contains the profile and collection of cartoons created by renowned cartoonist, Paresh Nath, who is currently working with a national newspaper. The site contains six categories of cartoons, which are Global cartoons, National toons, UN toons, Biz bout, Parescope, Caricature. The Fresh toons contains the latest cartoons on all these six categories on the current issues. The archive of the cartoons is also available. On demand section helps to get the demanded cartoon through e-mail. Subscription for low resolution cartoons in mail box for one year is available by just paying $ 9.95.

— Laxmi Kant Verma