"Batul the Great", written and illustrated with red and black ink made his first appearance in comic strips in the May–June (Bengali Baishak), 1965 issue of the monthly children’s periodical called Shuktara, published by Dev Sahitya Kutir (henceforth DSK) publishing house.Apart from "Batul the Great", Debnath also illustrated "Rabi Chobi" (1961), written by Bimal Ghosh about the childhood days of Rabindranath Tagore.