Category Archives: Columns

[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 →

Posted in Columns, Craft, Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Writing | Tagged Alan Moore, Comics, craft, Frank Miller, Grid, nine panel grid, Panel Layout | 2 Comments

[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 →

Posted in Columns, Craft, Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass, Writing | Tagged craft, Devi, India Authentic, nine panel grid, ron marz, Sadhu, Writing | 2 Comments

[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 →

Posted in Columns, Comics, Craft, Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Writing | Tagged Comics, craft, nine panel grid, Timepass, Writing | 3 Comments

“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 →

Posted in Columns, Craft, GruntledAndIllusioned, Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass, Writing | Tagged columns, Comics, craft, GruntledAndIllusioned, India Authentic, indian comics, nine panel grid, Writing | 6 Comments

Crouching Cliche, (Not so) Hidden Trope

Posted on May 9, 2010 by mohaps

The hard-ass drill sergeant walks the barracks during an evening inspecting his cadets (currently undergoing commando training) indulge in a rare day off. Two cadets are playing chess. The drill sergeant takes one look and says “checkmate in one move” … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, Craft, Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass, Writing | Tagged Chess, Cliche, craft, Nana Patekar, nine panel grid, Prahar, Scrabble, The Simpsons, Trope, Wrath of The Khan | 1 Comment

K.I.S.S. Me, you fool!

Posted on April 24, 2010 by mohaps

My fingers tap on the typewriter keys – a staccato clattering like a spastic with a tommy gun, in perfect cadence with my stuttering thoughts. There it all is – a symphony made out of the slow start building into … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, Craft, India Authentic, Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Sadhu, Writing | Tagged dc comics, Elmore Leonard, grant morrison, India Authentic, K.I.S.S., origin, over-writing, purple prose, ron marz, Sadhu, superman, Writing | 3 Comments

Comics in real life

Posted on April 21, 2010 by mohaps

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 →

Posted in Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass, Writing | Tagged Comics, craft, nine panel grid, Writing | 4 Comments

More Toughguys with guns

Posted on December 11, 2009 by mohaps

I just can’t stop drawing these Share

Posted in Columns, Mumbai Confidential, Personal, Timepass, Worklog | Tagged black and white, digital art, gun, gunman, Mumbai Confidential, noir, Saurav Mohapatra, sin city, tough guy | 3 Comments

Read Mumbai Macguffin for Free

Posted on October 20, 2009 by mohaps

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 … Continue reading →