Ahsan Habib (cartoonist)

Ahsan Habib
Ahsan Habib
আহসান হাবীব
	Ahsan Habib in 2023
Born	15 November 1957 (age 66); Sylhet, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	MSc (Geography)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Occupation(s)	Cartoonist, editor
Spouse	Afroza Amin
Children	1
Parents	Faizur Rahman Ahmed; Ayesha Faiz;
Relatives	Humayun Ahmed (brother); Muhammad Zafar Iqbal (brother); Sufia Haider (sister); Momtaz Shahid (sister); Rukhsana Ahmed (sister);

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 Faizur Rahman Ahmed 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.

“This is a time of saturated information; but this information is not knowledge. The job of the cartoonist is to convert information into knowledge. The knowledge, then, has to be transformed into wisdom. Wisdom is what can be useful for society.”

Ahsan Habib, editor, Unmad^[5]

Books

Ira namer horin

Jokes

Rat Barotar Porer Jokes
Four Twenty Four Hour Jokes
Jokes Somogro
999 Ta Jokes Ekta Fao
1001 Ta Jokes 1ta Missing
Valentine Jokes
Jini Jokes
Big and Small Jokes

Non-fiction

Abjab
Likhte Likhte Lekhok
Baba Jokhon Akkebare Coto
Eshkul Time
Office Time
Jaha Bolibo Mittha Boilobo
Voot Jokhon Ghost

Science fiction

Paowel Broonskir Bichar

References

^ ^a ^b ^c হুমায়ূনের কবরে স্বজনেরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
^ Ahsan, Shamim (23 April 2004). "To Bring Children Back to Books". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
^ "Bangladesh Cartoonist Association". Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
^ "Daffodil International University Faculty Profile".
^ Shahid, Sarah Nafisa (13 July 2018). "A mad, mad, world". Star Weekend. The Daily Star. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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[palo-1] হুমায়ূনের কবরে স্বজনেরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

[2] Ahsan, Shamim (23 April 2004). "To Bring Children Back to Books". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

[3] "Bangladesh Cartoonist Association". Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[4] "Daffodil International University Faculty Profile".

[5] Shahid, Sarah Nafisa (13 July 2018). "A mad, mad, world". Star Weekend. The Daily Star. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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