Cartoonist SV Padmanabha Takes Own Life



A noted freelancer with a large client base and significant fan following has killed himself, wire and regional reports note. A former head of a regional cartoonist association (Karnataka Cartoonists Association), SV Padmanabha worked for a number of Kannada-language publications in and around Bengaluru (Bangalore) and currently held a staff position as a senior news cartoonist.

In 2015, Padmanabha extolled the virtues of cartoonists' employability as publications moved more and more into a variety of on-line expressions in addition to print.

The root cause of the cartoonist's distress was believed to be financial.
 
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