Unmad
Unmad, the Sanskrit word for mad or insane, has been used as the name of a monthly satire magazine in Bangladesh. The magazine was founded by Ishtiaq Hossain and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf in 1978 and tries to ape MAD Magazine. Bangladeshi cartoonist Ahsan [Habib (Cartoonist)|Ahsan Habib] is its present chief editor.
Applications for iPhone and Android of the magazine was launched on 9 April 2013, by Reverie [Corporation Limited].
Publishing history
Unmad was founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and Ishtiaq Hossain. The first issue was dated May 1978. The schedule was initially quarterly, but it switched to a monthly schedule in 1991. Normally, each issue is 28 pages, with longer special issues at the two holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. An issue typically contains between eight and ten "stories", each drawn by a different cartoonist. Management has not sold advertisising because of the effort required to do so, and to avoid editorial influence by advertisers.Writers
- Ahsan Habib
- Ishtiaq Hossain
- Kazi Khaleed Ashraf
Artists
- Ahsan Habib
- Ishtiaq Hossain
- Kazi Khaleed Ashraf
- Mehedi Haque
- Tanmoy
- Arif Iqbal
- Faridur Reza Razib
- Hasib Kamal
- Biplob
- Muhammad Ayan
- Natasha Jahan Maya