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{{short description|Indian cartoonist}}
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[[File:E p unni klf.jpg|thumb|E P Unny in Kerala literature festival, Kozhikode (2017)]]
'''Ekanath Padmanabhan Unny''' is an Indian [[political cartoonist]].
He was born in [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]]. He studied physics at a university in Kerala.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=E. P. Unny |url=http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/pr_unni.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218032652/http://cartoonistsindia.com/HTM/pr_unni.htm |archive-date=18 February 2020 |publisher=Indian Institute of Cartoonists}}</ref>
His first cartoon was published in ''[[Shankar's Weekly]]'' in 1973. Upon sending some cartoons to ''[[The Hindu]],'' the editor [[Gopalan Kasturi]] offered him to join full-time. Unny left his job as a bank official to start his career as a professional cartoonist with ''The Hindu'' in 1977, where he spent 12 years learning about journalism from Kasturi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=S |first=Cris |date=2024-01-09 |editor-last=Karunakaran |editor-first=Binu |title=EP Unny interview: 'Cartoonists no more expect understanding from political class' |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/long-form/ep-unny-interview-cartoonists-no-more-expect-understanding-from-political-class |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=The News Minute |language=}}</ref> After leaving ''The Hindu'' in 1989, he moved to Delhi and worked with the [[The Mail on Sunday|''Sunday Mail'']] where he experimented with different forms of cartooning – pocket and editorial, as well as started working as a graphic editor.<ref name=":1" />
Subsequently, he moved to ''[[The Economic Times]].'' He is currently the Chief Political Cartoonist with ''[[The Indian Express]],''<ref name=":0" /> in which his editorial strip, ''Business as Usual,'' appears daily.<ref name=":1" />
He has drawn and written graphic novels in [[Malayalam]] and a travel book on Kerala, ''Spices & Souls: A Doodler's Journey Through Kerala''. He is said to have been doing graphic shorts in Malayalam literary journals as early as the 1990s. He has also written ''Santa and the Scribes: The Making of Fort Kochi'', which was published in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Waiting for the Dark Knight |url=http://fountainink.in/?p=649&page=2 |publisher=Fountain Ink}}</ref>
A recurring character who features in his cartoons is a bespectacled young boy who makes statements too mature for his years. This character was developed during his time at ''Sunday Mail'' and resumed when he moved to ''The Indian Express.<ref name=":1" />'' Unny avoids drawing cartoons about religion, claiming to have no knowledge about the subject.<ref name=":1" /> Cartoonists who had an influence on him include [[R. K. Laxman]], [[K. Shankar Pillai]], [[O. V. Vijayan]], [[Abu Abraham]] and [[Rajinder Puri]].<ref name=":1" />
==Books==
* [http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=1368 Spices and Souls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422153840/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=1368 |date=22 April 2016 }}
* [https://archive.today/20130108044857/http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/BUSINESS-AS-USUAL.aspx Business as Usual]
* Santa and the Scribes: The Making of Fort Kochi
* ''RK Laxman: Back with a Punch''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Modi |first=Chintan Girish |date=2022-05-24 |title=Book review: EP Unny's book on RK Laxman reflects on the evolution of cartoons in India |url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/book-review-ep-unnys-book-on-rk-laxman-reflects-on-the-evolution-of-cartoons-in-india-10712131.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Firstpost |language=}}</ref>
==References==
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* [http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1823/18230740.htm Review of ''Spices and Souls'', Frontline magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101012707/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1823/18230740.htm |date=1 November 2013 }}
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