As per fellow IIT KGP alumnus Pankaj Sethi, who pointed me to : http://seattle.aidindia.org/chakraview
Jimmy Zhingchak is now a quiz question :)
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Category Archives: Virgin Comics
Mumbai Macguffin out in stores today (30Jul2008)
Mumbai Macguffin – a 48 page one shot I wrote is out in stands today. It’s a fun action-comedy title about a CIA spy tracking a downed spy sattelite through the underbelly of Mumbai. It’s my first Mature rated title — so a lot of cussing both in chaste mumbaiya hindi and english 
The story has a crazy mix of russian mobsters, a cult led by a figure called Sky Baba, a gangster named Fukku Bhai…. you get the idea… Shantaram meets Snatch 
Anyways here is the comixology snippet on the book.
BTW, if you live near Worcester, MA, you can pick up the copies of the book signed by me from the shelf at That’s Entertainment.
Back from SDCC '08
Just reached home. This time the conn was a bit depressing for me for various reasons, most prominently being away from my daughter Adya. But some cool stuff did happen, will post more as it crystallizes into something worthwhile 
Meanwhile thanks to AD Lewis, I have two photos from SDCC.
Left To Right : Mark Smylie, Tom Pinchuk, Me, Kaushik Pal
a lovely blog post about India Authentic
Google Alerts popped up a link to this blog post about India Authentic vol 1. Book of Shiva.
DEVI vol 4 (#16-20) TPB out
[digg-reddit-me]I received my comp copy of DEVI vol 4 TPB collecting issues 16-20 of Virgin Comics’ DEVI (created by Shekhar Kapur and your truly as writer) in the mail yesterday. It feature a cover by Luke Ross (SAMURAI : HEAVEN and EARTH). G. Willow Wilson (CAIRO, AIR) was kind enough to write a warm foreword. (Thanks, Willow!).
It should be available in comic book stores and shall be available for purchase at Amazon.com and other retailers soon. In the meanwhile it can be purchased from the Virgin Comics Store
CNN/IBN on Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O.
More zhingchak… this time from CNN/IBN.
Here is the Video Link on AOL video.
Excerpt from the article
Bring out the bell bottoms, pump up the disco music and prepare for a blast from the past – Jimmy Zhingchak-Agent of Disco is the latest superhero to dance his way into a graphic novel by UTV Spotboy and Virgin Comics.
Filmy clichés abound in this tongue-in-cheek comic series that has Jimmy right out of a 80′s Bollywood masala flick.
So you have the quintessential villain Sir John, the old mother a la Nirupa Roy and then you have the dialogues that defined Bollywood in the 70′s and the 80′s. And best of all, Jimmy’s weapons of choice are his disco moves, just like a certain Mithun Chakraborty who has written the foreword.
Now, I ain’t one to crib (much), but would be nice to have an itty bitty mention somewhere in all this deluge of Zhingchak Euphoria.
D.I.S.C.O. in the D.N.A.
DNA (Daily News and Analysis) has posted a nice article about Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O. (thankfully they got the name right and it’s not typo’d as Jimmy Zhinchak ).
Excerpt from the article :
The comic is replete with other Hindi film references, dialogues and situations: Mithun’s sidekick-turned-girlfriend is Agent Mala D; his nemesis is Sir John (who looks like the villain from the film Ram Lakhan) and Jimmy even has a separated-at-birth brother, Johnny.
Hindi film stars are ideal comic book material, says founder-president of Virgin Comics Suresh Seetharaman, because they are already larger-than-life.
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[Vikas] Bahl [COO / UTV SpotBoy] says his organisation is going the other way and has an eye on the Mithun comic’s “extendability” into other media. “We would like to follow up the comic with a motion picture, a TV show, an animation series and maybe even a game,” he adds.
Bless you DNA and may the zhingchak be with you!
Zhinchak or Zhingchak? :P
Well looks like lotsa folks are writing about Jimmy Z, but they have typo’d the title as “Jimmy Zhinchak” instead of Jimmy zhingchak. Who cares… a rose by any other name… blah blah…
but wait… google does differentiate… so here goes google foot print of Jimmy Zhingchak/Zhinchak
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zhinchak+comics&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zhingchak+comics&btnG=Search
For those who googled for zhinchak … Here are some links you’ve missed
http://www.mohaps.com/?p=115
http://www.mohaps.com/?p=114
http://www.mohaps.com/?p=112
http://www.mohaps.com/?p=111
May the Zhingchak be with you!
PS: Really feels good to have created something that so many people are njoying. As Jimmy zhinchak / jimmy zhingchak – agent of DISCO would say… “Aieee Saalaaa”.
E.T. hearts Zhingchak :)
No, not the one that wants to phone home, but Economic Times, one of India’s leading business daily’s has been swept up in the Zhingchak fever.
Here is the link
The Telegraph uses the Zhingchak :)
Now The Telegraph has done their bit in unleashing the Zhingchak. Here is the link to the piece in their Limelight section.