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Virgin Comics stuff

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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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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RYDERS Ride Again

Posted on June 4, 2010 by mohaps

As I had mentioned earlier, around a couple of years or so ago, I had worked on a 48 page one-shot called RYDERS for Virgin Comics (now reborn as Liquid Comics). Just after I had submitted the script and Dean … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Albany Comic Convention update

Posted on November 4, 2009 by mohaps

Thanks to Ron Marz, I got to attend the Albany Comic Convention on Nov 1st. This was my first time as an invited guest at a comic book show and I enjoyed it a lot. The excellent folks at That’s … Continue reading →

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