Venu, fullnameVenugopal,is a freelance cartoonist,columnist,painter,and 2D animator.He was born on 21 April 1954 at Madappally,Kottayam district,Kerala.Now resides at Tirur,Malappuram.
As a professional cartoonist his career started in Malayala manorama Calicut edition.Later it shifted to Madhyamam Daily. Besides his editorial cartoons,he writes political satire and draws humorous graphic stories.His works are being published in almost all Groups of publicatons in Kerala including Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Madhyamam and Desabhimani. Zen Features Syndicate( zenfeatures@gmail.com) is the distributor of his art works