Unmad Explained

Unmad
Editor:	Ahsan Habib
Editor Title:	Editor
Category:	Satirical magazine
Frequency:	Monthly
Circulation:	10,000–12,000
Founder:	Ishtiaq Hossain, Kazi Khaleed Ashraf
Company:	Unmad
Country:	Bangladesh
Language:	Bengali
Oclc:	948759641

Unmad, the Sanskrit word for mad or insane, has been used as the name of a monthly satire magazine in Bangladesh.^[1] The magazine was founded by Ishtiaq Hossain and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf in 1978^[2] and tries to ape MAD Magazine.^{[3] [4]} Bangladeshi 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.^{[5] [6]}

Publishing history

Unmad was founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and Ishtiaq Hossain. The first issue was dated May 1978.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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
• Eeha Nawar
• Biplob
• Muhammad Ayan

Notes and References

1. News: Tanim . Faizul Khan . 8 May 2005 . Visitors flock Unmad show . The Daily Star . 9 September 2012.
2. News: Khan . Zeeshan . Zeeshan Khan illustrates the rebirth of comic books in Bangladesh . The Indian Quarterly . 3 January 2016.
3. Book: Özdemir, Metin . 2014 . Magazines and Newspapers Outside the United States . Attardo . Salvatore . Encyclopedia of Humor Studies . SAGE Reference . 978-1-4129-9909-0 . Unmad, meaning "mad (or insane)," is a monthly satire magazine in Bangladesh. It was launched in 1978, and it had a style similar to MAD magazine..
4. News: 2022-09-12 . bn:মার্কিন মুল্লুকের ম্যাড, ভারতের দিওয়ানা হারিয়ে গেছে, আমাদের উন্মাদ এখনও আছে! . https://www.tbsnews.net/bangla/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/news-details-110278 . 2022-09-12 . The Business Standard . bn.
5. Web site: Unmad . App Store.
6. Web site: Unmad - Android Apps on Google Play . Lab Mimosa . Google.
7. News: Shahid . Sarah Nafisa . 13 July 2018 . A mad, mad, world . Star Weekend.
8. Book: Lent . John A. . 2015 . Asian comics . University Press of Mississippi . 259–260 . 978-1-62846-158-9.
9. Lent . John A. . Comic Art in South Asia . Asian Thought and Society . September–December 1999 . XXIV . 72 . 198.