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Albany Comic Con 2010 Photo dump

Just came back from Albany Comic convention. Had a fun time there with Ron Marz, Matthew Dow Smith, Nick Tapalansky, Jackie Santiago, Dave Rodriguez and Paul Harding. Last time I was there we were all sitting at pretty much the … Continue reading

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New sketch

guess what? another b/w doodle. drawn from photo ref of Koena Mitra

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Comics in real life

Ever since I was a wee one sneaking a torchlight and a comic book under a blanket way past bedtime, I’ve grown use to the rant “Comics are for kids”. When I came over to the USA, I encountered the … Continue reading

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Femme Fatale doodle redux

After trying out a couple of stark/high contrast b/w drawings (this and this), this time decided to play with some color and textures.

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[Short Story] Place of Many Doors

Somewhere out there is a door. Sometimes a door is all that there is. # She checks her reflection in the window pane of the Raymond’s shop. She pats her shirt down flat across the tummy and heaves a sigh … Continue reading

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another doodle

continuing from here, here’s another one. drawn from photo reference of the actress Dia Mirza. Something in the face/composition of the photo inspired me.

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Femme Fatale – Noir doodle

As you can see from my previous doodles, i love the stark b/w contrast based noir art. Mostly they have been tough guys with guns . So this time for a change I decided to draw the other noir staple, … Continue reading

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[Short Story] A DEATH BY ANY OTHER DAME

I see her swing her arms. Can’t fault her aim, she connects dead center on my nose. I feel it crunch and shatter like some cheap three day old cannoli. For a scrawny little dame, she packs a mean punch. … Continue reading

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Testing Twitter Tools

Since I update my twitter feed more frequently than the blog, I decided to integrate the two using Twitter Tools, a nifty little WordPress plugin, that updates my blog when I tweet and vice versa. Though I enjoy blogging, it’s … Continue reading

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Motivation :)

My favorite internet troll made another appearance today. The asinine comments are already in the spam/trash box, but suffice it to say they were again riddled with obscenities and geographical irregularities (perhaps stemming from the lack of knowledge of Indian … Continue reading

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