narayan debnath

Narayan Debnath (born in 1925 ) is senior and popular comics-artist of India, who is the creator of popular Bengali comics including 'Handa Bhonda' (in Shuktara magazine since 1962), 'Batul The Great'(in Shuktara magazine since 1965) and 'Nonte Phonte'(in Kishor Bharati magazine since 1969). He holds the record of longest running comics by an individual artiste for Handa Bhonda comics series which have now completed its continuous 53 years of running. He is the first and only Comics-Artist in India who has received D.Lit degree (Doctor of Literature).