Renowned Kerala cartoonist V T Thomas passes away

April 28, 2016

Renowned Kerala cartoonist V T Thomas passed away following a brief illness at in Kottayam, Kerala. He was 86.
He was popularly known as Toms and had created the legendary cartoon characters Boban and Molly (Bobanum Moliyum).

About V T Thomas

Born on June 6, 1929 in Kuttanad in Alappuzha district. During the World War II he had served in the British Army for a brief period.
Later he turned to the world of cartoons, following footsteps of his elder brother Peter Thomas.
He found his characters Boban and Molly at the age of 30 from his neighbourhood. Initially in 1950 the characters appeared in a cartoon column Sathyadeepam weekly.
But later in 1957 on these characters became part of Malayala Manorama weekly. He resigned from Manorama in 1987 and began his own publication.
The whole story of Boban and Molly characters described the issues faced by the middle class and the day to day socio-political developments through his cartoon column.
Some of his other famous creative characters were of the kids lawyer Pothen, the nincompoop panchayat president Ittunnan (chettan), the flirty Appy Hippy and so on.

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