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ehT ellistsnapeto thsnaeeter is is thveto th ators, th iverse.slaneinorig ve of cr omics uehtcwaFrom new IndianBennett Coleman decided to finally call itquits on the company in 1991. Today,Indrajal fans range from governmentservants to housewives to business men; a 2010 online campaign to reprintIndrajal saw over 400 aficionados signa petition. While there is no sign of thepublishers giving in to such demands,ToI reported in December that Bahadurmay be immortalised on the silver screenin actor-filmmaker Kabir Sadanand’sBahadur vs Bahadur. Gayathri SreedharanIndrajalComicsOne of India’s big comic houses, Indrajal hadthe advantage of owner Bennett Coleman’swidespread Times of India distributionnetwork. Founded in 1964, Indrajal startedwith syndicated Phantom comics on amonthly basis, then moved on to othersuperhero series including Mandrake, FlashGordon and, in 1976, artist Aabid Surti’sBahadur – India’s very own comic superhero.Indrajal’s titles were translated intoregio nal languages, including Bengali,Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Marathi, whichensured a large fan base. Still, with thedwindling popularity of comics in general,ManojComicsIn its heyday, Manoj Comics was a regularproducer of ten to 15 comic books amonth. Founded in the early ’80s, it wasoriginally called Manoj Chitrakatha andwas published by Rama Kant Sahay.MC specialised in stories of kings andqueens, detectives, demons, ghosts andthe like. Some of their most popularoriginal characters include Ram-Rahim,a Hindu-Muslim crime fighting duo, andHawaldar Bahadur, a native version ofEnid Blyton’s Mr Goon.Other characters were tributes to rivalfigures. So suave James Bond inspired thecomical Crookbond, while Diamond Comics’beloved Chacha Chau dhary inspiredChatur Chaudhary. MC had over50 such characters anda successful run,publishing300 ormore books a year until the mid ’90s.With dwindling popularity, MC finallyshut shop in 2000. Nevertheless, itscovers and illustrations live on incyberspace, where true faithfulscontinue to share, buy and sell. GSTulsiComicsThough it was one of the big guns backin the ’80s and ’90s, Tulsi, which wasspearheaded by pulp author Ved PrakashSharma, threw in the towel in 2004. Tulsi’soriginal characters included Jamboo, MrIndia, Angara and others. There isn’t much todistinguish Tulsi from its Hindi and regionalcontemporaries (Fort, Nutan, and dozensof others), but the division of Tulsi PaperBooks did manage to hold on slightlylonger and created a large body ofcomics. Eventually, Tulsi failed tocompete with television and otherdistractions, and died a natural death.Vritti Bansal30 www.timeoutdelhi.net February 17 – March 1 2012CS-Super hero comics FINAL.indd 302/10/2012 11:51:23 PM
DiamondComicsACK MediaIn a 1989 interview with John S Hawley, AnantPai explained how a Doordarshan quiz showinspired him to create Amar Chitra Katha22 years earlier. “They could answer everyquestion about Greek mythology,” said theman better known as Uncle Pai, “But inDelhi where every year they enact theRamlila, the youngster could not answerthe question, ‘Who is the mother ofRam?’” Pai left the Times of India andstarted the comic that’s become asimmortal as the myths it has serialised.Pai, who died last year, was rightly revered(ACK is bringing out a tribute comic at ComicCon). But one can’t forget India Book House,which published ACK and Tinkle until 2007,when those titles were acquired by ACKMedia. ACK Media took over India BookHouse itself in 2010, acquiring aready fan base and a huge slice ofIndian comic history. The company plansto give its books a facelift with film, TVand web spin-offs, and is involved withprojects ranging from a Mother Teresacomic to a 3D animated feature onTinkle’s Suppandi. The popularity ofACK is also the biggest reason thatIndian comics are still perceived asmostly kiddy stuff. Uday Bhatiawww.ack-media.com. See Comic Con inAround Town.The exploits of Chacha Chaudhary and his well-muscled sidekickSabu, and the antics of Pinki andBilloo have delighted generations of kids.“Our characters are similar to those you findin your own family, so parents buy these fortheir children,” explained Gulshant Rai, Dia mond’s managing director. Rai ventured intocomics in 1974, though parent company Punjabi Pustak Bhandar was founded in 1950.The publishing house began compiling anthologies of characters that initially appeared asshort features in magazines such as Lotpot.Pran, the legendary cartoonist behind thislovable cast, joined Diamond in 1978 and stillchurns out new stories every other month.Diamond has also brought out anthologies of Amar Chitra Katha’s mythologicalstories, and, until the 1990s, produced localversions of foreign characters like Phantom,Mandrake, Superman and Batman. But it’sthe charm of the Indian characters that hasendured and that remains the publishinghouse’s mainstay, boosted by increasing levels of literacy. Rai pointed out that his comicsare more popular in smaller towns. “Our mainmarket is the masses. We are available in theremotest corner of the country – and that isour achievement.” Sonam Joshiwww.diamondcomic.com. See Comic Con inAround Town.Raj ComicsMore than two decades ago, when Indianchildren were in desperate need of a pulpcomic tradition they could call their own, ahero was born. Established in 1985, RajOrigin storieofsthe forthcoming documentary Chitrakatha: Indian Comics Beyond Balloons and Panels, flashes back.Alok Sharma, creatorI ran oneI have grown up amidst comic books.ries inlibrainglendof the biggest comic bookted towanIAll.agerteenaasmy city, Bhilai,h withtoucinbeenhadIics.comdrawwasdoage. Asa lot of comic book creators since thatllsmaainallitlearntogtryinlan individuawithertown, I was lucky to start my careGotham Comics.oneWhen I started collecting, Indrajal wasksthanons,icatiof the most noteworthy publons.slatitrantgreaandnlatioto its wide circuishersIts grand success inspired several publtheirwithupecomtoand comic book creatorspecomrnevewerevelMarandDC.own titlesusebecatition. They could never competeesthey weren’t widely available. The ed to American pop culture theiccomanIndiad,Instey.todateenagers areecablfromionpetitcomhtougdfacesbookes.gamoTV, Internet and viderSome old players have survived. AmantsparethattitleonlytheisaChitra Kathschoolsdon’t mind buying for their children;k ischunlargeAries.librakeep them in theirduceintrototwanwhosNRIbyredordesurvivesIndian culture to their kids. Diamondons.slatitranandhreacrwidebecause of itsdcatededitheironivingsurvstillisRajfan base.andThere could be new avenues to publishneedyouend,sources for funding. But in theip or thegreat content. We don’t lack readershare stillwebuts,bookiccomgoodforerhungicslagging behind in terms of content. Comy.manfornessbusitableprofiare still not aIt took me almost five years to save forongoChitrakatha. It’s self-funded, so it’s ant wantdon’I.work,save,earn,working cycle:interguctinit to look amateur. While condofessblenhumtheismeckviews, what strucreatthe Indian comics stalwarts: they havefeeted hundreds of books, but still have theirtheoftmosnd firmly planted on the grouish creaboisterous new-generation htouggfacinisAnd yes, the newer lottotoldAsvel.MarandDCtition fromGayathri Sreedharan.iew aVisit www.chitrakathaonline.com to prevtha.rakaChitofcuthrougFebruary 17 – March 1 2012 www.timeoutdelhi.net 31CS-Super hero comics FINAL.indd 312/10/2012 11:51:37 PM
Comics was not the first Hindi publishinghouse to introduce indigenous super heroes – Indrajal’s Bahadur beat themby a decade and a half – but constantreinvention has ensured that RC’sKryptonite is yet to be found.The Raj comic-verse is populated byvigilantes like Nagraj, the snake-sproutingmartial arts expert; Doga, the reformedcriminal who hides behind a dog mask;animal-whisperer Super CommandoDhruva; and righteous babe Shakti.Raj grew out of a love for storytelling. “Wegrew up on a steady diet of Amar Chitra Kathaand Diamond Comics,” said CEO ManishGupta, who started RC with his brothers San jay and Manoj. A subsidiary of Raja PocketBooks, RC enjoyed an enviable distributionnetwork. When its idols faltered, it stayedafloat by keeping dialogue current (still Hindi,for a small-town target audience, despitesome English titles) and updating plots. Forinstance, Nagraj did not originally need analter-ego; now he heads a security agency.RC has also refreshed itself with new mediaplatforms, TV shows, and limited edition com ics, e-tailed through their site. But the surestway to win fans is to encourage readers to cre ate their own storylines, Gupta told us. “Weeven invite Nagraj fans to mix on his birthdayin August every year at our Burari office.” Wewish “Hari Maut” many more. Karanjeet KaurAvailable at Raja Pocket Books, 112 DaribaKalan (2325-1109; www.rajacomics.com).m Chandni Chowk. Raj Comics will be at theNew Delhi World Book Fair. See Books.The FandomThe universe of collectors and geeksis expanding, says Sonal Shah.Comic Addicts (l-r) Rohan Parti, AkshayDhar,Mayank Khurana, Nishkarsh Chugh, Anirudh Singh“I had about 5,000 comics when I stoppedcounting,” said Mayank Khurana. “That wasabout ten years ago.” In his library, Khuranahas shelves organised by country andpub lisher, figurines and framed posters. HisglossyDCs and Marvels are in sleeves, but hisoriginalcollection of Indian comics is stacked upinthick, dusty piles.“I started with Diamond and it snowballed,”BlaftPublicationsArkin ComicsEven if you’re not interested in comics, youmay have envisioned having super-powers: theability to fly, outrace bullets, crush enemieswith your bare hands We don’t recommendattempting these stunts in real life, but there’snothing stopping you from transforming intoa comic book hero and reading about yourown brave deeds. That’s the impulse RohanKapadia, then 19, decided to tap into whenhe founded Arkinin 2007. Kapadiahas released titlesKriteen and IRITH,but Arkin also offers apersonalised service.For a price ( 1,500),get your face on asuperhero’s body andshow off your ownbook or merch.Akshita NaharVisit Arkin’s Facebookpage for details.he recounted. “I got to know that comicsabroad are superior – that a lot of Indiancomics are directly lifting from there. Ikindof got disillusioned and moved towardsforeign comics. But it was hard to findthemat that time.” All that changed with theInternet. “In ’96, I had a TCP/IP account I was massively researching on the net,”hesaid. Social media also made it possibleforKhurana to connect with other enthusiasts. Hislibrary is headquarters for Comic Addicts, awebsite and fan club he started last year. Theproject began as a blog, but soon Khuranastarted “recruiting” fellow enthusiasts.Mostcontributors live in Delhi, but Comic Addictshas over 3,000 Facebook fans and about 25core members from all over India and abroad.Publishers now send them comics to review.The Delhi members meet about once amonth to go over the latest arrivals fromtheUS (Khurana has standing subscriptions),plot events and generally geek out. At their“mini con” at 1 Boulevard in November, about250 people walked in for screenings, gamingcompetitions, live sketching and music.Thecommunity is growing, and becomingcloselylinked with the world of comics creation.“Every single fan wants to do one single comicbefore they die,” Khurana said, “even Ihavethat.” For now, he’s content to collect. Heshowedus his first original art aquisition – a pageof Level 10’s Daksh drawn by a 19-year-oldThis idiosyncratic Chennai publishinghouse created a splash in 2010 withKumari Loves a Monster, a pulpy picturebook that paired attractive, buxom womenwith grotesque ghouls. It was conceptualisedby Rashmi Ruth Devadasan, who runs Blaftwith her husband Rakesh Kumar Khanna,and Kaveri Lalchand. Kumari was Blaft’ssecond foray in comic territory; they’d earlierpublished Moonward, a graphic novel byBangalore’s George Mathen. They plan torelease two titles at the upcoming ComicCon: an autobiographical manga by YukichiYamamatsu called Stupid Guy Goes to India(see p41) and The Obliterary Journal, a col lection of “comics, street art, typography andillustrated stories” (see p42). Devadasandescribed herself asa “huge comics fan”and mentioned thatthey were planningto bring out two moretitles in the Kumariseries by next year.UBwww.blaft.com. SeeComic Con in AroundTown.Hard rain From ArkinComics’s IRITHfan, freelance artist and Jalpaiguri student,Devmalya Pramanik.Delhi has at least a couple of serious comic artcollectors too. Dipyaman Sanyal and AparajitaBhattacharjee got hooked with Tintins,ACKsand Bengali comics, but have since amassed arespectable portfolio of original art, includingwork by Will Eisner, Michael Zulli (Sandman),Bob Kane and old newspaper strips. “Weknowlots of people who would like to [collect],butthings are not available here,” Sanyal said.“First, we were just looking online. Andthen webought one or two,” said Bhattacharjee. “Theexpensive ones we would gift to each other.”Sanyal added that he’d like to collect Indiancomic art, but there’s no market for it. “It’sexactly what happened in the US 50, even30,years ago – people threw them out,” hesaid. “Iwould love to buy a cartoon by Mario Miranda,but I don’t know who I can call. Even Pran–Idon’t think it’s great art, but I would buyit fornostalgic value.”If the fandom keeps growing, he may haveabit of competition. But as Comic AddictRohanParti pointed out, fans share only the friendliestof rivalries. “At the Jaipur Literary Fest, ifcelebrities came, there was controversy;ifcelebrities didn’t come, there was controversy,”he pointed out. “But we don’t have thatkindof shit in Comic Con. Just straight aheadcomic love.”Visit www.comicaddicts.com.32 www.timeoutdelhi.net February 17 – March 1 2012CS-Super hero comics FINAL.indd 322/10/2012 11:51:50 PM
Strip researchs, says Kingshuk Niyogy.lved, comics must be serious businesIf academics are invoIndianDespite recent bursts of creativity in thelittlehavecomics scene, most new readersnd,knowledge of the industry’s backgrouand aitylabilavaiedlimitofusebecamostlyptexceAndn.lack of formal documentatioaKathraChitrAmaoniesfor a couple of studlarPopusicClasThedra’sChandini(NanineAmar Chitra Katha, 1967-2007; Karls:BookicComlortaImma’sMcLain’s IndiGods, Kings and Other Heroes), comicsresearchers are also few and far between.When it comes to researching comicsartbeyond ACK, the pioneering study is stillforicsComRaj2008ar’sist Amitabh Kumicsthe Hard-Headed. “I grew up reading comarKum”diet,thatofand Raj Comics was partandesscentenacit,readldwousaid. “Friendsworkingfollow character development.” Whileia lab,medDSi-CSSaraas a researcher in rt“aRC titles. He explained thatrundetoisssionprofeblecomics a sustainary of ourhistoialmerccomandlstriaindudstanesscomic book culture. The commercial succrelverymesbecoeshousbookicof older coming outevant, and only Raj Comics is still com, “theirwith fresh content.” Despite this, he sensor less remained the same. ThisaasicsComRajtomectsstatic is what attraandmodel. The tsunami, terror attacks, IPLoutwithtlyinenprommatch fixing all featureic.”fabrativenarrtheirdisturbingals aWhile a trawl through the Internet reveHinoldoferseunivghenoularge (and chaotic)archreserefutukeeptorsselleokic-bodi comthes,yearforers like Kumar busy archivingCampfireGraphic NovelsThis comic imprint, established in 2008in Delhi, has a major advantage over otherIndian publishers. Campfire hasa distribution partnership withseveral major publishing houses worldwide, including Random House in the US, whichexplains why they sell most oftheir books in North America.Campfire’s graphic novelsfall into four educational categories for a younger audience: classics, biography,mythology and originals.Though the books aredrawn and pro duced inIndia, Campfire has a global reach. Classics titlesinclude Robinson Crusoe,Kidnapped and The TimeMachine. The biographies usually focus onAgantook Mayukh Chowdhury’s hero predates Wolverinegenre’s earliest origins in newspaper andtten. Itmagazine strips has been largely forgoGupta,ijitAbhbyteffornuleaHerchas taken aprofessor of English at Kolkata’s Jadavpurcomics.University, to unearth these neglecteding e Comic Book Project withdigittowasaim“The,2010inBritish Counciles , which had never been colle.”ringppeadisaoferdanginwasbefore andGupta and his team at JU’s School of Culngtural Texts and Records have been nosisstripforsstallandnd-hsecoinaroundin Bengali, Tamil, Hindi and English.ry“Sequential art in India has its own histoers andand a huge body of work by Indian writhicartists exist that predates the proper grapi,”HindandilTamali,Benginyciallnovel, espebeenhasIndiainGupta said. “Comic book artaround for at least half a century withoutbeing seriously studied.”With a few thousand images already colurce,lected, Gupta plans to build a web resowith strip samples, author bios and inter Naraareesentristoldeviews. Currently, thenIndia(andaBhonndaHaaath’syan DebnaliLaurel & Hardy) from 1954-55 in the BengukhMay’sthereThena.ktarmagazine ShufeaturesChowdhury’s 1960s Agantook, whichclawsgrowcanwhogan extra-terrestrial beins1950ath’sDebnyanNara,like WolverineandBlack Diamond series about a private eye,storyalNax1976y’sSubrata Gangopadhyape),“Palabar Path Nei” (No Route For Escatranswhich is being published in an English.p42)(seenalJourryteralation in The ObliAs comic production heats up, moresurelyresearchers like Gupta and Kumar willofciesagenrotheymanwith,emerge. “Nowforgotdistraction for urban youth, comics liearten as the original enemy of parents,” suchsurvey of reading habits.” Asmerincrease, they will help establish the comhopeturninics,comnIndiaofationvalucialy.fully driving profitability and creativitded-HeaHardtheforicsComRajDownloadfrom www.sarai.net/publications.contemporary stalwartslike Nelson Mandela andboxer Muhammad Ali. Themost popular titles to datethough have relied on Indianmythology; Ravana: Roar of theDemon King and Sita: Daughter ofthe Earth were big sellers. Campfire booksstand out becauseof their artwork,which is of aninternationalstandard. Senior editor AditiRay told us that Campfirehas “largely an in-housepool of very talentedartists. The writersare handpicked bythe in-house editors after a rigorous process ofengagement,Swashbucklers From Chariot Comics’sdiscussions,Damned and (left) Campfire’s Sinbadand ideation.”34 www.timeoutdelhi.net February 17 – March 1 2012CS-Super hero comics FINAL.indd 342/10/2012 11:52:05 PM
The company has grown steadily into a teamof 36. Along the way, it’s released 59 books.Many more are around the corner – includingat Comic Con. KingshukNiyogywww.campfire.co.in.See Comic Con inAround Town.ChariotComicsNice guns Crimefighter in Fenil Comics’Black Gold and (right) MastermindA little bit of Aniruddho Chakra borty and KatyayanShivpuri’s smartalecky cheekcomes through inthe characters theycreate. In their ComicCon release Eklavya:Godslayer, the titlecharacter introduces himself as aleft-handed mercenary, who offers aspecial discountto SC/ST/OBCs.Chakrabortyand Shivpurifounded Chariotin 2009 with producer Ad ityaDhaliwal and artists Tarun KumarSahu and Rohit Bose. The two havesuperhero-style day jobs too: Chakraborty isthe head of branding at a travel start-up, whileShivpuri is an assistant director in Bollywood.Eklavya, along with Chariot’s other series– VRICA (wolves) and Damned (sorcery andcorporate politics) – may be rooted in Indian,Greek and Norse mythology, but the Charioteers’ agenda is to, as Chakraborty says,“read a myth and then say, ‘Not happening,boss’”. Chariot will release a small print run,but plans to deliver its series online. KKwww.chariotcomics.com. See Comic Con inAround Town.Fenil ComicsFenil was founded in early 2011 as somethingof a personal project by Surat residentFenil Sherdiwala. In additionto creating the characters andstories for his titles, Sherdiwala has a blog where he sharesscans of his large Indian comiccollection. He says Fenil standsout because “we have originalsuperheroes.” The comics are inHindi, though there is an EnglishiPad app and, in the future, English print editions. Fenil’s newesttitles: Mastermind, starring ordinary guy-turned-hero Faulad, andBlack Gold, starring Crimefighter.They take on current geopoliticalissues, such as terrorism, technology theft, and oil cartels. Fenil will debut newsuperheroes at Comic Con. Simran Bhallawww.fenilcomics.com. See Comic Con inAround Town.Not stacking upDelhi’s bookstores are sadly comicsans, finds Akshita Nahar.to slightly older comic lovers as well. Itstocksthree-set complete editions of Amar ChitraKatha ( 4,750 each) and smaller sets ( 500).Store manager Vinay Kumar claims thatifit’s available in the market, they’ll haveit.He told us he’d gone to great lengths toofferthe complete set of Tintin hardbacks.You’ll also find Archies, Calvin and Hobbes,aditi tailangBefore the Daryaganj book bazaar becamea dumping ground for people’s old tutorialnotes, it used to be a good place to pickup usedcomics, especially those in Hindi by localpublishers. But on a recent Sunday visit, wefound just a handful of Lotpots and a fewRajand Diamond comics, which underscored thefact that there isn’t a single store dedicatedtocomics in the city.What we do have is a smattering of shelveswithin bookstores, where you’ll find acoupleof the classics, a few of the most mainstreamgraphic novels, and maybe a couple ofinter national titles. Landmark leads the bunchwith its selection, and a good time to buildupyour collection is during their annual megasale, when prices are slashed by up to 70percent. However, while they do have a relativelyimpressive selection, the graphic novel shelfspace seems to be experiencing a slight down sizing. “Comics and graphic novels caterto avery niche audience,” explained RajeevV, acategory manager at Landmark. “Andwhilethe children’s comic sector does well, adultgraphic novel section experiences a decline, asthe same content is available for download”.Though the new Bahri Sons Kids bookstoreis explicitly for children, it does attemptto caterShelf life At Bahri Sons Kids in Khan MarketAsterix, Batman, Superman, Lucky Luke,Agatha Christie mysteries, and graphicnovel versions of Artemis Fowl, PercyJacksonand the Twilight saga. A similar collectionis available at the Midlands bookstoreinSouth Extension.If funds are limited though, try rummagingat the bookstalls at PVR Anupam CommunityCentre in Saket for international comicsascheap as 50, based on your bargaining skills.Currently, Delhi doesn’t have a dedicatedcomic lending library, like Mumbai’s LeapingWindows, which is opening a new caféandhopes to set up shop in the capital nextyear.But the Anupam stall owners will readilyexchange old comics for newer ones, keepingyour collection current.Bahri Sons Kids 6 Khan Market, First Floor(2469-4611). m Khan Market. Visit www.booksatbahri.com for a complete list ofstores.Crossword Visit www.crossword.infor acomplete list of stores.Landmark Visit www.landmarkonthenet.com for a complete list of stores.Midland Book Shop Visit www.midlandbookshop.com for a complete list of stores.Teksons Visit www.teksonsbooks.comfor acomplete list of stores.36 www.timeoutdelhi.net February 17 – March 1 2012CS-Super hero comics FINAL.indd 362/10/2012 11:52:26 PM
Cosmic strips Liquid Comics’ 18 Days, about the Mahabharata; (right)Level 10’s Daksh; (inset) Holy Cow Entertainment’s RavanayanHoly CowEntertainmentAccording to founder Vivek Goel, Holy Cowis India’s first comic publisher to be startedby an artist. Goel worked in the industry forseveral years, but felt he could better executehis ideas under his own banner. Holy Cow wasborn in May 2011 and has since publishedtwo titles. HCE’s first release was Werehouse,a horror anthology. The Ravanayan series, anarrative of the life of Ravana, followed withfour issues out and the fifth launching at Comic Con. The Skull Rosary, a 100-page graphicnovel about the dark side of Shiva, is due thisJuly. Besides Hindu mythology, the brand hassome distinct titles lined up: Serengeti Stripesis a series about two tiger cubs in Africa, andThat Man Solomon is a six-issue crime seriesTintin in IndiasCalcuttans who grew up in the late 1980ecrimdar-ol14-yemay remember Timpa, aerdfathgranicksidekasolver withand a suspiciouslySnowy-like dognamed Rexy. Timpawas modeled byJhangir Kerawalaon Hergé’s Tintin– though unlikehis globe-trottinginspiration, hisadventures areall set in Kolkata.Timpa waspicked up byIndrajal Comics, but afterjust three adventures were published,set in the 1980s.“Indian comics is an endangeredindustry,” Goel told us, “we needpeople who can keep it alive.” Tothis end, he hires apprentices tohelp with production. His philosophy is quality over quantity; HCEplans to publish no more than sixcomics and one graphic novel ayear. VBwww.holycow.in. See Comic Conin Around Town.LiberaArtistiLibera Artisti is the brainchildof three self-taught artists in Trivandrum:Kishore Mohan, Roshan and Sinu Chan-boyIndrajal folded in 1990, and the BengaliiccomnIndiatgreathewonder seemed lost tostalmo,2011berOctoin,everHow.dust-pile20 years after Timpa last appeared, PopstabCulture Publishing decided to take a firstintedreprandrialmateideoutsiringat acquOperation Rescue. Two more reprints,The Red-Hooded Gang and Legacy ofthe Gods, will be released at Comic Con.Later this year, PCP will launch twounpublished Timpa stories,before starting to developfresh material withKerawala. Uday BhatiaOperation Rescue isavailable at www.dialabook.in, 150. Visit www.popculturepublish ing.com.drasenan. They haven’t published anythingyet since they banded together in 2008with sketching sessions, but are nowputting out their first book.Auto-Pilot follows Suku, anautorickshaw driver, who getsYamaraj, the god of death, asa passenger. The Artistis arealso working on a 2D animatedtelevision series, expected outin 2013. VBwww.liberaartisti.com. See ComicCon in Around Town.LiquidComicsGods and goddesses hold such asway over our popular imagination that AmarChitra Katha has built a cottage industryaround this Indian fascination. But it tooka surprisingly long time for English comicscreators to create superheroes (rather thandeities) based on our mythology. In 2006,Virgin Comics, a partnership between Richard Branson’s Virgin group and Bangalore’sGotham Studios, began mining India’s vastmythological tradition for its slick books. Theflagship superhero for the imprint was Devi(created by film director Shekhar Kapur), acelestial warrior goddess who battles renegade god Bala. In 2009, Virgin pulled out andLiquid Comics emerged after a managementbuyout. It’s only the name that has changed– the prime movers behind the enterpriseare still Sharad Devarajan, Gotham (Gautam)Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman. Liquid’sother popular series include Ramayan 3392AD, The Sadhu and Snake Woman. With offi ces in New York and Bangalore, Liquid Comics has an enviable group of celebrity creativepartners, including Kapur, John Woo, GuyRitchie, Deepak Chopra (Gotham’s dad) and38 www.timeoutdelhi.net February 17 – March 1 2012CS-Super hero comics FINAL.indd 382/10/2012 11:52:48 PM
Wes Craven.Liquid recently launchedGraphic India, a digitalplatform to promote comics, young writers and artists in the country. In lateDecember 2011, Liquidannounced that the legendary Stan Lee (the creatorof Spider-Man, X-Men andThe Incredible Hulk) willwork with Indian artists torelease Chakra – The Invincible, an original superherofor the Indian market. KNA free digital version of StanLee’s Chakra will be out inApril 2012 on www.graphicindia.com.Level 10ComicsIn 2009, Suhas Sundar and Shreyas Srinivasleft their comfortable corporate and techcareers to found Level 10 Comics. The Indiancomic market was saturated by retellings ofclassical myths, and Sundar and Srinivassaw the potential for comics that reflected theinterests of urban, English-speaking comicbook readers. “Shreyas and I are lifelong comicbuffs,” said Sundar. “People quickly realisedthat we were a comic company started by comicfans, for comic fans, and this resonated wellwith our target audience.” Level 10’s flagshipanthology is Jump, which contains popularcomics such as manga cricket epic BatuGaiden; Daksh, about the gatekeeper of hell;The Rabhas Incident, about a zombie-creatingvirus in Bangalore; and Old School, about aBengali private eye.“Our unusual line up explores hithertoTo the app mobile!is anReading comics in the Sunday papersfromngythieverthatantiquated notion nows,iPadonislsnovehicgraptosfunny pagePlaystations and other scr
Indrajal saw over 400 aficionados sign a petition. While there is no sign of the publishers giving in to such demands, ToI reported in December that Bahadur may be immortalised on the silver screen in actor filmmaker Kabir Sadanand’s Bahadur vs Bahadur. Gayathri Sreedharan Manoj Comics In its heyday, Manoj Comics was a regular
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in the 1960’s with the publication of Indrajal Comics. Indian comics continued to explore and expand its themes and techniques and the changes in the medium of comics in America were soon appropriated into the Indian comics industry. The Indian graphic novel was born from creators’ .
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