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| pseudonym = Super-Speedy Cartoonist
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pandalam]] Thekkekkara, [[Pathanamthitta district]]
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| occupation = Performing [[cartoonist]], [[poet]]
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| nationality = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
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| education = M.A in [[English Literature]] , LL.B
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| genre = [[Varayarangu]], cartoons
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'''S. Jithesh''', popularly known as '''Jitheshji''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ayanam.com/?p=1062|title=Cartoon – Caricature competition and Workshop with Speed cartoonist Jitheshji - Ayanam e Journal|website=Ayanam.com|accessdate=1 September 2018}}</ref> is a speed [[cartoonist]] and former Vice-Chairman of [[Kerala Cartoon Academy]]. He has initiated and popularised "Super-Speedy Cartooning" through his [[infotainment]] cartoon stage shows named [[Varayarangu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Strokes-in-a-jiffy/article15248273.ece|title=Strokes in a jiffy|date=25 June 2008|accessdate=1 September 2018|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> His infotainment art form, Varayarangu, is a blend of poetry, anecdotes, and socio-political satire with high speed drawing. Sketching of more than thousand [[celebrity]] caricatures at a quick pace and satirical commentary is the major attraction of his cartoon stage shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/lsquoVarayarangu-reaches-a-milestone/article15768093.ece|title=‘Varayarangu' reaches a milestone|date=4 October 2010|accessdate=1 September 2018|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> He is recognised as the "World's Fastest Performing Cartoonist" since his ability to speed sketch fifty celebrity caricatures within five minutes.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/all-in-a-line-a-pictorial-speech/article4851342.ece|title=All in a line… a pictorial speech|first=Radhakrishnan|last=Kuttoor|date=26 June 2013|accessdate=1 September 2018|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/kottayam/news/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D-25-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81-1.475962|title=വരയരങ്ങില് വിസ്മയംതീര്ത്ത് അഡ്വ. എസ്.ജിതേഷ് 25 വര്ഷം പിന്നിടുന്നു|website=Mathrubhumi.com|accessdate=1 September 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://mbsv01.mathrubhumi.com/pathanamthitta/news/3755713-local_news-pathanamthitta-%25E0%25B4%2585%25E0%25B4%259F%25E0%25B5%2582%25E0%25B4%25B0%25E0%25B5%258D%25E2%2580%258D.html&gws_rd=cr&ei=bEjZVub7A4LO0gSospmQBA] {{dead link|date=September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiaitnews.com/toonz-celebrates-international-animation-day/|title=Toonz celebrates International Animation Day|website=Indiaitnews.com|accessdate=1 September 2018}}</ref>

He has conducted more than 7000 speed cartoon stage shows across India and abroad.<ref name="deccanchronicle.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131104/lifestyle-booksart/article/infotainment-artist |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221051159/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131104/lifestyle-booksart/article/infotainment-artist |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> As a Performing Cartoonist he is known for his lightning sketches and pictorial speech on stage.<ref name="auto"/> He was the editor-in-chief of Chiricheppu Cartoon monthly. Jithesh's interests are not limited to cartooning alone since he has also published his own collections of [[poems]] in Malayalam.<ref name="deccanchronicle.com"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kuttoor |first1=Radhakrishnan |title=Speed cartoon an instant social media hit |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/speed-cartoon-an-instant-social-media-hit/article28452268.ece/amp/ |accessdate=26 October 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=15 July 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Meet our Malayali ‘flash’ cartoonist |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/jan/07/meet-our-malayali-flash-cartoonist-1556913.html |accessdate=26 October 2019 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He was born on 30 December 1974 at [[Pandalam]] in [[Pathanamthitta District]] as the son of K. N. Somasekharan Nair and M. Remani Amma <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8rSBFrTMD0|title=Cartoonist Jitheshji (World's No:1 Speed Cartoonist on KAIRALI TV's Veritta Kazhchakal )|first=|last=Vara Arangu|date=6 February 2014|accessdate=1 September 2018|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> He graduated with a LL.B degree and an M.A in English Literature. He is married to Unnimaya and father of two children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.malayaleescafe.com/index.php/entertainment-a-news/manassiloru-mazhavillu/21226-cartoonist-jithesh-and-family-on-manassiloru-mazhavillu-7-march-2013.html?start=2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134137/http://www.malayaleescafe.com/index.php/entertainment-a-news/manassiloru-mazhavillu/21226-cartoonist-jithesh-and-family-on-manassiloru-mazhavillu-7-march-2013.html?start=2 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Published works==
*''Nakshathrangale Pranayicha Oraal'' ([[Library of Congress]] citation: Jitēṣ, Es. ''Nakṣatr̲aṅṅaḷe pr̲aṇayicca orāḷ : kavitakaḷ'' / Es. Jitēṣ. Nūr̲anāṭ : Uṇma Pabḷikkēṣans, 1999. 50 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. LC Control Number 99952122)
*''Kuttikkavitthakalum Cartoon Padanavum''
*''Cartoon-Caricature Varakkaan Padikkan''

==References==
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==Other sources==
#[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]’s ‘Sahityakara Directory’.
#[[Samakalika Malayalam]] Weekly’s 2004 October 1- Issue, Page74 (Jeevitham Enne Enthu Padippichu column compiled by T.N.Jayachandran I.A.S
#Kavikalum Kavitha Charithravum- An Academic Encyclopedia, Published by Haritham Books, [[Kozhikode]].

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101008030634/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/04/stories/2010100453930300.htm Hindu.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080629005900/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/25/stories/2008062550940200.htm Hindu.com]
*[http://www.yentha.com/news/view/4/14281 Yentha.com]
*[http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article191713.ece The New Indian Express]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071209121906/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/06/stories/2007120655100300.htm Hindu.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001010143/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/26/stories/2006112607840300.htm Hindu.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001021348/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/27/stories/2006112709700300.htm Hindu.com]
*[http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Toonz-planning-celebrations/2013/10/27/article1856853.ece?service=print Newindianexpress.com]
*[http://www.malayaleescafe.com/index.php/entertainment-a-news/manassiloru-mazhavillu/21226-cartoonist-jithesh-and-family-on-manassiloru-mazhavillu-7-march-2013.html?start=2 Kairali TV Interview]

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