Ahsan Habib

Ahsan Habib is a Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer and editor of Unmad, a satire magazine.

Early life 

Habib was the third son of Foyezur Rahman and Ayesha Foyez. His father, a police officer, was killed by the Pakistani army during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. His elder brother, Humayun Ahmed, was a writer and film-maker. Another brother, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, is also a writer and educationist. Habib is married to Afroza Amin and they are parents to only child Shabnam Ahsan.

Due to his father's occupation, Habib spent his childhood in different parts of Bangladesh - Jagdal, Panchagarh, Rangamati, Bandarban, Chittagong, Bogra, Comilla and Pirojpur.

Education 

Habib studied in more than eight schools before the SSC exam. He earned MSc degree in geography from the University of Dhaka.

Career 

Habib started career as a cartoonist and writer. He is the editor of Unmad, a satire magazine running since the early 1980s. He was the editor of the Bengali science fiction magazines, Moulik, Autoline, and Ghuddi. He is an adviser of Bangladesh Cartoonist Association.

As a cartoonist, Habib designed many covers. In 2015 he join as a professor of Daffodil International University in graphics designing.

He also worked on writing Sher, a short witty 3/4 lined satiric poem, mainly found in the Indian Subcontinent.

Books 

Jokes
Rat Barotar Porer Jokes
Four Twenty Four Hour Jokes
Jokes Somogro
999 Ta Jokes Ekta Fao
1001 Ta Jokes 1ta Missing
Valentine Jokes
Jini Jokes
Big and Small Jokes

Non-fiction

আবজাব
লিখতে লিখতে লেখক
বাবা যখন এক্কেবারে ছোট
ইশকুল টাইম
অফিস টাইম
যাহা বলিব মিথ্যা বলিব
ভূত যখন Ghost

Science fiction 

Paowel Broonskir Bichar

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