Category Archives: Personal

SDCC 2010 – David Lloyd and Kickback

Posted on July 30, 2010 by mohaps

DAVID LLOYD at the DC/VERTIGO Booth at SDCC 2010 I’m finally back from San Diego Comic-con International (SDCC) 2010 and one of the personal high points of this year was meeting David Lloyd (co-creator/artist of V FOR VENDETTA). I was … Continue reading →

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Tales from SDCC (Part 2) – Wonderful Willow Wilson and Magnificent M.K. Perker a.k.a My Life as a DC/Vertigo comic book character

Posted on July 13, 2010 by mohaps

Another day, another Tale from SDCC. As I mentioned in my previous post about Phil Hester at SDCC ’06, I have some wonderful memories of the convention in the three years I’ve been there. As I get ready to attend … Continue reading →

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Tales from SDCC – Fantastic Phil Hester :)

Posted on July 13, 2010 by mohaps

Ah, it’s that time of the year again — San Diego Comic Con International (or SDCC as we like to call it) is upon us again. First time I attended SDCC was in 2007 and have gone back there every … Continue reading →

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[CRAFT] Gridlocked – using grids effectively in comics (a NINE PANEL GRID column)

Posted on July 6, 2010 by mohaps

Even if you are a casual comic reader, it is not very hard to notice that there are two types of layouts that a comic page can have. One is the regularly spaced Grid layout with equal size rows and … Continue reading →

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[CRAFT] 22 Pages of Doom – on pacing a comic book issue (a NINE PANEL GRID column)

Posted on July 5, 2010 by mohaps

22 Pages, mark this number down my friend, the bane of every writer who has a monthly gig – the industry standard story page count of a monthly issue of a comic book. Filling up the said 22 pages is … Continue reading →

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[CRAFT] Get the hell out of the way (a NINE PANEL GRID column)

Posted on July 3, 2010 by mohaps

My first comic book story (one I got paid for) was published sometime around this time of the year in 2006. So that makes it 4 years (yeah, I’m a math whiz ) “in the biz” for me. It’s been … Continue reading →

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“Oh, my god! You’re punching me” – an adventure in comic book writing in India

Posted on June 26, 2010 by mohaps

This is a repost from my “Nine Panel Grid” column at Comics Waiting Room and was written in 2008. So all temporal references relative to the original date of publication. I did something yesterday that I thought I’ll never do … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Confidential Digital Short #1 is online

Posted on June 17, 2010 by mohaps

As has been mentioned before, there’s a series of digital short comics set in the Mumbai Confidential universe. So the first of these shorts called “REMASTER” (art by Siddharth Kotian) is now online. MUMBAI CONFIDENTIAL Digital Shorts are a series … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Confidential teaser posters

Posted on June 9, 2010 by mohaps

We now have some teaser posters for Mumbai Confidential. Click on the images to see details or head on over to the Mumbai Confidential site. About Mumbai Confidential Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer … Continue reading →

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INDIA AUTHENTIC Returns

Posted on June 9, 2010 by mohaps

My very first comics gig for Virgin/Liquid was a series of one shots titled DEEPAK CHOPRA presents INDIA AUTHENTIC. IA dealt with stories from Indian mythology and each issue featured a story about a member of the Hindu Pantheon. Deepak … Continue reading →

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