Art is the representation of life through different media. Words are the tools of a writer while lines constitute the paraphernalia of a cartoonist. The art of graphic satire and humour resembles a lot to the satiric and humourous sketches of a creative writer. In both cases, the representation of life emerges from visual sensibility and minute observation which make them create a universe where lines seem to be speaking immediately and words seem to be sketching a lively world of human beings. The present paper concentrates on the works of two artists: R.K.Narayan, whose novels and stories replete with the comic account of humanity and R.K.Laxman whose cartoons capture the entire gamut of contemporary conditions in India. Laxman creates an archetypal Common Man who is a silent spectator of multi-faceted humanity, which he minutely draws, pinpointing and highlighting their singularities and absurdities. Narayan's Talkative Man is a story teller with an irresistible urge to share his experiences with others. In the novelette Talkative Man, he finds himself caught into the mire of troubles as he publishes in his paper a photograph of Dr Rann who claims to be a United Nations' specialist. Talkative Man has an affinity with Laxman's Common Man