Ahsan Habib (cartoonist)

This article is about the Bangladeshi cartoonist. For the Bangladeshi poet, see Ahsan Habib.
Ahsan Habib

Habib at BANCARAS's Cartoon Exhibition 2011
Native name আহসান হাবীব
Nationality Bangladeshi
Ethnicity Bengali
Education MSc (Geography)
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Occupation Cartoonist, editor
Spouse(s) Afroza Amin
Children Shabnam Ahsan
Parent(s)
Relatives

Ahsan Habib ([aɦsan ɦabib]) is a Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer and editor of Unmad, a satire magazine.[2]

Early life

Habib was the third son of Foyezur Rahman and Ayesha Foyez. His father, a police officer, was killed by the Pakistani army during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. His elder brother, Humayun Ahmed, was a writer and film-maker. Another brother, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, is also a writer and educationist. Habib is married to Afroza Amin and they are parents to only child Shabnam Ahsan.

Due to his father's occupation, Habib spent his childhood in different parts of Bangladesh - Jagdal, Panchagarh, Rangamati, Bandarban, Chittagong, Bogra, Comilla and Pirojpur.

Education

Habib studied in more than eight schools before the SSC exam. He earned MSc degree in geography from the University of Dhaka.

Career

Habib started career as a cartoonist and writer. He is the editor of Unmad, a satire magazine running since the early 1980s. He was the editor of the Bengali science fiction magazines, Moulik, Autoline, and Ghuddi. He is an adviser of Bangladesh Cartoonist Association.[3]

As a cartoonist, Habib designed many covers. He also worked on writing Sher, a short witty 3/4 lined satiric poem, mainly found in the Indian Subcontinent.

In 2015 he joined as a professor of Daffodil International University in department of Multimedia and Creative Technology (MCT).[4] His area of teaching is Graphic Novel.

Books

Jokes

Non-fiction

Science fiction

References

  1. 1 2 3 "হুমায়ূনের কবরে স্বজনেরা". Prothom Alo. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  2. ↑ Shamim Ahsan. "To Bring Children Back to Books" Star Magazine, April 23, 2004. Accessed 3 April 2009, Archived 3 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh Cartoonist Association". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Daffodil International University Faculty Profile".


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