Cartoonist Kutty (Puthukkodi Thottuthodi Sankaran Kutty) passed away on 22.10.2011 at Texas in US. He was 90. He is survived by his wife Gowri Menon, son Narayanan and daughter Maya.
He was born at Ottapalam, Kerala in 1921 to Kayarat Narayana Menon and Kottuthodi Lakshmi Amma. He was educated at Ottapalam and Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode. Kutty's talent was discovered by the famous Malayalam satirist, Professor M. R. Nair (Sanjayan). His first cartoon appeared in the Malayalam humor magazine Viswaroopam, a magazine edited by Sanjayan. Then he worked as staff cartoonist at National Herald daily.He went on to work for Madras War Review, Free Press Journal, National Call, Amar Bharath, Sankar’s Weekly and the Indian News Chronicle.
In 1951, Kutty joined the Ananda Bazar Group of Calcutta. His cartoons appeared in many of the group’s publications– English daily Hindustan Standard (New Delhi, 1951–1986), the Bengali language daily Ananda Bazar Patrika (1975–1986) and Desh (Bengali literary weekly).
Kutty’s work was also syndicated for newspapers such as Hindustan Times (1961–1962) and The Indian Express (1962–1969). From 1987 to 1997, Kutty worked for another Bengali daily, Aaj Kaal. He was also associated with the Bengali publication Parivarthan (1986-1987).
