Question

What writers struggle to express through numerous newspaper columns, the cartoon
manages in a pointed one-liner. Little wonder then, that the first thing most of us like to see
when we pick up a newspaper is a cartoon. Simple though it may seem, making a cartoon is
an art that requires a combination of hard work, training and a good sense of humor.
Cartoonists say that the cartoons that make us laugh the most are in fact the cartoons that
are hardest to make. Even celebrated cartoonists like R.K.Lakshman admit that making a
cartoon is not a piece of cake. Lakshman says he has to wait for over six hours, which includes
spending a lot of time scanning newspapers and television channels before any idea strikes
him.
So how does one become a cartoonist? Which of us has the talent to make it? How can we
master the rib-tickling strokes and the witty one-liners? How can we make people smile or
laugh? There are few colleges or schools for cartoonists. Most cartoonists come from art
colleges, while some learn the craft on their own. Most established cartoonists are of the view
that no institute can teach you to make a cartoon. “You can pick up the craft, you may learn
to sketch and draw in institutes, but no one can teach anyone how to make a good cartoon,”
says Uday Shankar, a Cartoonist with The Navbharat Times. While basics, like drawing and
sketching, can be learnt in art college, and are important skills, these alone do not make a
good cartoonist. Because it’s a question of one’s creativity and sense of humor, two qualities
one simply may not have. The advice established cartoonists give is that just because you can
sketch, don’t take it for granted that you will become a cartoonist.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions.
(8M)
i. What according to Lakshman, is the challenge in creating a good cartoon?
ii. Which group of people is of the opinion that one cannot learn to make a cartoon in
institutions?
iii. What can one learn in the art institutes?
iv. What two qualities are needed to make a cartoon?
v. What is the first thing that most of us like to see when reading a newspaper?
vi. What things are required for cartoon making?
vii. Which cartoons are the most difficult to make?
viii. What advice is given by expert cartoonists?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

What writers struggle to express through numerous newspaper columns, the cartoon manages in

a pointed one-liner. Little wonder then, that the first thing most of us like to see when we pickup

a newspaper is the cartoon. Simple though it may seem, making a cartoon is an art that requires a

combination of hard work, training and a good sense of humour. Cartoonists say that the

cartoons that make us laugh the most are in fact the cartoons that are hardest to make. Even

celebrated cartoonists like R.K.Laxman admit that making a cartoon is not a piece of cake.

Laxman says he has to wait for over six hours, which includes spending a lot of time scanning

newspapers and television channels before any idea strikes him.

So how does one become a cartoonist? Which of us has the talent to make it? How can we

master the rib-tickling strokes and the witty one-liners? How can we make people smile or

laugh? There are few colleges or schools for cartoonists. Most cartoonists come from art

colleges, while some learn the craft on their own. Most established cartoonists are of the view

that no institute can teach you to make a cartoon. “You can pick up the craft, you may learn to

sketch and draw in institutes, but no one can teach anyone how to make a good cartoon,” says

Uday Shanker, a cartoonist with Navbharat Times. While basics, like drawing and sketching can

be learnt in an art college, and are important skills, these alone, do not make a good cartoonist.

Because it’s a question of one’s creativity and sense of humour; two qualities one simply may

not have. The advice established cartoonists give is that just because you can sketch, don’t take it

for granted that you will become a cartoonist.

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