Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer, and editor of Unmad, a satire magazine
Ahsan Habib was the third son of Faizur Rahman Ahmed 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 filmmaker. 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.
Ahsan Habib studied in more than eight schools before the SSC exam. He earned an MSc degree in geography from the University of Dhaka. Habib started his 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 to Bangladesh Cartoonist Association.
As a cartoonist, Ahsan Habib designed many covers. He also worked on writing Sher, a short witty 3/4 lined satiric poem, mainly found in the Indian Subcontinent.
In 2015 he joined as a professor at Daffodil International University in the Department of Multimedia and Creative Technology His area of teaching is Graphic Novel.
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 :
- Abjab
- Likhte Likhte Lekhok
- Baba Jokhon Akkebare Coto
- Eshkul Time
- Office Time
- Jaha Bolibo Mittha Boilobo
- Voot Jokhon Ghost
Science fiction :
- Paowel Broonskir Bichar
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