Oscar-winning cartoonist in city

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsRenowned cartoonist and writer Bruce Petty is arriving in the city on Friday. An Oscar winner for animation in 1977, Petty is here to deliver the C Achutha Menon Foundation Lecture at 11.30 pm on Friday at Centre for Management Development (CMD). The programme is jointly organised by C Achutha Menon Foundation and Centre for Comic Arts. Prof K Raman Pillai will chair the function.On Saturday, Petty will address the delegates during the conclusion of an academic seminar on comic arts at Achutha Menon Centre Hall.Petty will also conduct a class for high school students as part of a workshop on animation movies organised by IT@School. The class will be held at Kanakakkunnu Palace on Saturday. Shashi Tharoor MP, K Muraleedharan MLA and cartoonists E P Unni, P V Krishnan, T K Sujith, among others, will attend the programme. The workshop will be held between 10.30 am and 5 pm.Eighty-three-year-old Petty is also a graphic social scientist and travel writer. He currently works for ‘The Age’ in Melbourne, Australia.first published:September 21, 2012, 09:10 ISTlast updated:September 21, 2012, 09:10 IST 
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