Khalil Rahman

Khalil Rahman
Born	Khalil Rahman 16 April 1983 Jhenaidah, Khulna, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Ethnicity	Bengali
Education	Masters in political science
Occupation	Cartoonist
Years active	2003-present
Website	khalilrahman.com

Khalil Rahman (Bengali: খলিল রহমান) (born 16 April 1983) is a Bangladeshi political cartoonist. His cartoons have been appearing on the front page of some leading Bengali dailies including The Daily Jugantor and The Daily Samakal.^[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Khalil Rahman was born in 1983 and grew up in a small village in Jhenidah. From his school days, he has drawn cartoons for national dailies. But he started his career as a political cartoonist in The New Nation in 2003 when he was studying at university.^[5] After he worked 2 years for the newspaper he joined a Bengali daily newspaper. Khalil worked for the newspaper for about 3 years. Then as a cartoonist he joined The Daily Samakal, a leading national daily. His cartoons were regularly published on the front page of The daily for 5 years. At present Khalil is working as a political cartoonist for The Daily Jugantor, a popular daily newspaper in Bangladesh.^[6]

Cartoons

Since his early career days, his political cartoons carry strong messages. His cartoons mostly reflect political violence, injustice, corruption, traffic jams of Dhaka city, load shedding as well as social evils.^[7]His cartoons are also distributed internationally by cagle.com, one of the most popular and largest editorial cartoon's websites around the world, which distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 850 newspapers. ^[8]Khalil's cartoons have the power inside their strokes to unveil the hidden truth from an event.^[9] About his cartoon, American Pulitzer prize winner cartoonist Steave Sack said, 'Khalil Rahman’s cartoons are a fresh and witty visual delight. With his vibrant drawing style he expertly comments on today’s issues with cleverness and charm.^[10] Bangladeshi famous cartoonist Rafikun Nabi (Ranabi) and Shishir Bhattacharya also eulogized him for his cartoons.^{[11] [12]}

Published Book

• The Best of Khalil (খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন) - (2014) ^{[13] [14]}

References

1. "বাংলা ট্রিবিউন » কার্টুনিস্ট কী বার্তা দিচ্ছেন সেটি খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ : খলিল রহমান".
2. "একজন রাজনৈতিক কার্টুনিস্ট একজন কলামিস্টের মতো : খলিল রহমান » bd.toonsmag.com".
3. "The Best Works of Cartoonist Khalil » Toons Mag".
4. "NTV online » খলিলের কার্টুন".
5. "Khaliler Nirbachita Cartoon (Khalil's Selected Cartoons) The Best of Khalil".
6. "arts.bdnews24.com » খলিলের কার্টুন : জনমনের প্রতিচ্ছবি".
7. "Cartoon speaks of city's water crisis, gridlock » The Daily Star".
8. "cagle.com » Khalil Rahman's Cartoon Archive".
9. "The Daily Jugantor » খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন".
10. "Daily Inqilab » খলিলের কার্টুনে চলমান বাংলাদেশ".
11. "Dhaka Courier » Khalil's cartoons : The reflection of times".
12. Alam, Rabiul (9 January 2015). "Bangladesh politics in Khalil's cartoons". The Independent (Dhaka). Archived from the original on 10 January 2015.
13. "খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন". Jaijaidin.
14. "খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন". banglanews24.com. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

External links

• cagle.com/2014/03/good-luck-2
• khalilrahman.com