author, artist and bona fide geek
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, India Authentic comics are effing fantastic: A combination of spiritual lesson, high adventure tale, and [...]
Liquid Comics has put India Authentic #1 GANESHA and #2 KALI online at Issuu.com. It came out back in 2007 and was my first ever gig so special place in my heart.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Authentic_%28comics%29
DEEPAK CHOPRA PRESENTS INDIA AUTHENTIC is a series of one shots reimagining Indian myths and legends for an international audience.
Issue #1 [...]
So here’s a cover mockup for Mumbai Confidential
About Mumbai Confidential
Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer Saurav Mohapatra (DEVI, SADHU, MUMBAI MACGUFFIN, INDIA AUTHENTIC, JIMMY ZHINGCHAK) and artist Vivek Shinde (PROJECT: KALKI, SNAKEWOMAN) set in (of course!) the Indian city of Mumbai.
Google Alerts popped up a link to this blog post about India Authentic vol 1. Book of Shiva.
http://becomingicha.blogspot.com/2008/07/im-in-love.html
I was recently interviewed by Venetia Ansell, who runs the “Sanskrit Literature” blog, about India Authentic and the retelling of ancient Indian myths for a new generation.
Here’s the link to the full interview.
I was recently interviewed by Rebecca Buchanan of Sequential Tart. Here is the link to the interview.
While attending NYCC ‘08, I was approached by Luis Medina, a filmmaker who was making a documentary about [sic] “People of color in comics”. While I made my views clear on that “classification” (the only part that made it into the final cut is at 02:06 on the video), it was kind of interesting to [...]
A review of the India Authentic vol 2. is up at Beliefnet.com.
An excerpt from the review
What makes [INDIA AUTHENTIC] so effective and impressive is that these gods and near-immortals exhibit very human concerns. In fact, many of the stories allow the pictures to “breathe”–to dominate the space of the page–as the reader is exposed [...]
Sequential Tart has posted reviews for India Authentic (issues 1-9), with detailed overview of each issue and the reviewers thoughts/comments. You can read it here.
