Mumbai: Veteran cartoonist Vikas Sabnis died here Friday following a brief illness. He was 69.
Sabnis is survived by his wife and son.
Born July 12, 1950, Sabnis completed his education from the J J school of Arts in Mumbai.
He idolised cartoonists R K Laxman and Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.
Thackeray would himself draw cartoons for ‘Marmik’, a political satire weekly launched by him. However, due to his increasing political commitments, he later hand-picked Sabnis for the job.
After working there for 12 years, Sabnis joined ‘Loksatta’, a Marathi daily.
In a career spanning 50 years, Sabnis made poignant comments on the socio-political developments through his cartoons.
PTI