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Mumbai Confidential Ashcans for FCBD 2010

Ordered some ashcans off of ComiXPress of the Chapter 1 preview for Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) on May 1, 2010. I shall most probably be giving these away at my awesome local comic book store That’s Entertainment in Worcester, MA on FCBD 2010.
The ashcans really came out great. Going to order some more of [...]

Belated Find : Some radical India Authentic love

Well, I think I found this a year or so too late. http://nenena.livejournal.com/126717.html
Thanks for the kind words, Nenena. It is much appreciated. These are the moments a writer lives for
An excerpt:

The modern heir to Amar Chitra Katha, India Authentic comics are effing fantastic: A combination of spiritual lesson, high adventure tale, and [...]

The AVATAR Experience

“Dude, I ain’t watching DANCES WITH THE SMURFS 3D!”
That was the reaction of a co-worker when I told him that James Cameron’s AVATAR blew me away. He’s got a point there, while completely missing the point of the movie. AVATAR has a by the numbers / cookie cutter story similar to the New World or [...]

Mumbai Confidential Chapter 1 Preview posted online

Christmas came early this year. As promised, we are posting a preview of Chapter 1 of Mumbai Confidential Book 1 “Good Cop, Bad Cop“.

NOTE: The preview requires Flash and on low b/w connections might take a bit of time to load

So we’ll be back in Jan with new exploration and never before [...]

Read Mumbai Macguffin for Free

Liquid Comics has put their back catalog (most of it) on Issuu.com and you can read Mumbai Macguffin for free.
Mumbai Macguffin is sort of like Three Days of Condor meets Slumdog Millionaire meets Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Enjoy!

MUMBAI MACGUFFIN
Writer: Saurav Mohapatra
Artist: Saumin Patel
Synopsis:
A high-octane adventure through the never-before-seen underbelly of Mumbai, [...]

Mumbai Confidential cover

Cross-posting from Mumbai Confidential

About Mumbai Confidential
Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer Saurav Mohapatra (DEVI, SADHU, MUMBAI MACGUFFIN, INDIA AUTHENTIC, JIMMY ZHINGCHAK) and artist Vivek Shinde (PROJECT: KALKI, SNAKEWOMAN) set in (of course!) the Indian city of Mumbai.

good news on the Mumbai Confidential front

Mumbai confidential is close to finding a home (read: publisher). Will update more, as soon as I have details.

Worklog update

Well, it’s been a long time since my last post. Just been busy. Not too many gigs to speak of. Most in progress are stuck with artists. One interesting bit though, just now putting finishing touches on a short story commisioned for an anthology based ona  favorite character of mine. Will post more details as [...]

The Wife and Web 2.0

Preeti has decided to start blogging and twittering and what not (read: facebooking). Her blog about being a parent who supports organic farming initiatives and clean green living in general is at http://preeti.mohaps.com

Live Tweeting the Oscars 2009 – 22 Feb 2009

Live Tweeting the Academy Awards with A Dave Lewis (adlewis)
My Twitter Page : http://twitter.com/mohaps
 

Sunday, February 22, 2009 8:45 PM
mohaps: I’m wolverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee … ha hahahahahah
Sunday, February 22, 2009 8:47 PM
mohaps: @adlewis hmmm…. didn’t hear you complaining about the regular coterie of hollywood hangers on before ! what has brown done you for today?
Sunday, February 22, 2009 [...]