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| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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'''Neelabh Banerjee''' is an Indian [[cartoonist]], [[illustrator]] and [[comics artist]]. He created the character of the singing donkey [[Gardhab Das]] along with his brother cartoonist [[Jayanto Banerjee]] for the Indian children's magazine [[Target (magazine)|Target]].

He is currently the national creative director at [[Reliance Industries]]. His animation series named Breaking Toons appear on [[CNN- IBN|CNN-IBN]], [[IBN7]] and [[ETV Network|ETV]] channels.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ibnlive.com/byline/neelabh.html| title = Neelabh Banerjee | publisher = www.ibnlive.com | accessdate = 16 July 2015}}</ref>

== Career ==

Neelabh was born in [[Lucknow]] in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cartoonists' Profile|url=http://www.unwomensouthasia.org/assets/UN-Women-Desk-Calendar-2011.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710082751/http://www.unwomensouthasia.org/assets/UN-Women-Desk-Calendar-2011.pdf|archivedate=2012-07-10}}</ref> He started his career as a crime reporter at [[The Pioneer (Indian newspaper)|The Pioneer]] and later worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for ''[[Target (magazine)|Target]]'' magazine. He moved on to become a staff artist at the [[Times of India]], where he was the national arts and illustrations editor. At the Times of India, Neelabh collaborated with associate editor [[Jug Suraiya]] to create the popular comic strip ''[[Dubyaman]]'', 'a deranged superhero destined to skid on the banana peel of his own ineptitude' based on American president [[George W. Bush|George Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian comic strip spoofs U.S. president George Bush|url=http://www.echarcha.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-7665.html|publisher=Reuters}}</ref> The comic strips were collected in a book, ''Dubyaman's Duniya'', which appeared in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barooah|first=Sangeeta|title=Comic relief! Uncle Sam stripped!|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/27/stories/2002062700650100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030630183538/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/27/stories/2002062700650100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2003|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 June 2002}}</ref><ref name="SuraiyaBannerjee2002">{{cite book|author1=Jug Suraiya|author2=Neelabh Bannerjee|title=Dubyaman's Duniya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=toECHAAACAAJ|accessdate=11 April 2012|date=2002|publisher=Egmont Imagination (India) Limited}}</ref> The two have also collaborated on the strip ''Duniya ke Neta'' which appeared in the Times of India.

==Bibliography==
Neelabh collaborates with various people ([[Jug Suraiya]], Amit Dasgupta, [[Ajit Ninan]], [[Ravi Shankar (cartoonist)|Ravi Shankar]], [[Aniruddha Bahal]]) to produce the strips.
*{{Citation
|publisher = Egmont Imagination (India) Ltd.
|location = Mumbai, India
|author = Jug Suraiya & Neelabh Banerjee
|title = Dubyaman's duniya
|date = 2002
|ol = 22994396M
}}

*{{Citation
|publisher = Wisdom Tree
|location = Delhi, India
|author = Amit Dasgupta & Neelabh Banerjee
|url = http://indianbychoice.blogspot.in/
|title = Indian By Choice
|date = 2009
}}

*{{Citation
|publisher = Times Group Books
|location = Delhi, India
|author = [[Ajit Ninan]], Neelabh Banerjee & [[Jug Suraiya]]
|url = http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/times-of-india-launches-jest-in-time-97573.html
|title = Jest in Time: 175 Years
|date = 2012 | isbn= 978-93-82299-54-7}}

*{{Citation
|publisher = Wisdom Tree
|location = Delhi, India
|author = Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]] & Neelabh Banerjee
|url = http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-book-review-yours-in-music-a-graphic-autobiography-1822245
|title = Yours in Music: Graphic Autobiography of Ravi Shankar
|date = 2013
}}

*{{Citation
|publisher = Harper Collins India
|location = Delhi, India
|author = [[Aniruddha Bahal]] & Neelabh Banerjee
|url = http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/cobrapost-releases-comic-book-the-adventures-of-rhea-the-cobrapost-affair
|title = The Cobrapost Affair: The Adventures of Rhea
|date = 2015
}}

==See also==
*[[Jug Suraiya]]
*[[Gardhab Das]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://neelabhtoons.com/ Neelabh Banerjee's website]
*[http://Twitter.com/NeelabhToons Neelabh Banerjee] on *[[Twitter]]
*[http://Facebook.com/NeelabhToons Neelabh Banerjee] on *[[Facebook]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204124044/http://photogallery.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articlelist/15547160.cms Dubyaman cartoon strip gallery]
*[http://lambiek.net/artists/b/banerjee_neelabh.htm Neelabh at Lambiek.net]

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