In his career spanning over six decades Debnath created comic characters such as Bantul The Great Handa Bhonda and Nonte Phonte all of which are household names in Bengal
Narayan Debnath, who was born and spent most of his life living in Shibpur, Howrah, India, holds the record of longest-running comics by an individual artiste for his Handa Bhonda comics series that completed its continuous 53 years of running.