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Albany Comic Con 2010 Photo dump

Posted on April 25, 2010 by mohaps

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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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 →

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Stick and Twisted – why writers should thumbnail or at least try to

Posted on March 28, 2010 by mohaps

When i started writing comics, I’d make short photo collages to help visualize the page/panel layout and caption spaces etc. these were rough visual guidelines, which I’d then translate to a script. click on the images for larger versions Shown … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Confidential Ashcans for FCBD 2010

Posted on February 21, 2010 by mohaps

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, … Continue reading →

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Belated Find : Some radical India Authentic love

Posted on February 2, 2010 by mohaps

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, … Continue reading →

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A Heaven for Trishanku

Posted on January 7, 2010 by mohaps

The website for my new graphic novel project “A Heaven for Trishanku” (drawn by R. Manikandan) is live at AHeavenForTrishanku.com. Mani and I did Sadhu volume 2 : The Silent Ones together and it is a real kicker to be … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Confidential Chapter 1 Preview posted online

Posted on December 28, 2009 by mohaps

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 … Continue reading →

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Trolling on GreatBong’s site – an interesting social experiment

Posted on December 23, 2009 by mohaps

Damn! This $shit is addictive. I’m trolling on GreatBong’s site posting as Jimmy Zhingchak. Basically I’m just copying pasting from Rediff.net postings on the review of Three Idiots that GB has put up pretending to be someone who speaks exclusively … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Zhingchak on Wikipedia

Posted on December 21, 2009 by mohaps

Ha! saw this during a wikipedia browsing session. Kinda made my day! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Zhingchak_(comics). JZ was a real blast to write. I have fond memories of writing it. The character of Bhappi-da, the last of the DISCO gods is hands down … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Confidential site now has a new look

Posted on December 19, 2009 by mohaps

I decided to unleash my nerd-ery to try and code a new wordpress template for Mumbai Confidential website. So read up a few resources on the web and one night’s coding binge got the new theme (aptly called “Mumbai Confidential … Continue reading →

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