Category Archives: Writing

SADHU – THE SILENT ONES Full Miniseries is now free to read on SCRIBD

Posted on August 30, 2010 by mohaps

Way back in 2007, I wrote a miniseries called SADHU – THE SILENT ONES for Virgin Comics (now reborn as Liquid Comics). There was an 8 issue main series called The Sadhu written by Gotham Chopra, who had created the … Continue reading →

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A Behind the scenes look at the Mumbai Confidential art process

Posted on August 11, 2010 by mohaps

I’ve posted a behind the scenes look at how Vivek Shinde develops the painted look of Mumbai Confidential. Read the post at Mumbai Confidential website. About Mumbai Confidential Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer … Continue reading →

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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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Some Phantom Love :)

Posted on June 21, 2010 by mohaps

I found a review of the Moonstone PHANTOM CHRONICLES Vol. 2 (hardcover) on this blog. It is really a nice to note that the reviewer felt that my story “The Plague” felt “very much in the spirit of a Lee … Continue reading →

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