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WITCHBLADE #140-141 (Top Cow/Dec 2010) – co-written with Ron Marz / art: Stjepan Šejić
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I started out writing a series of Graphic Shorts for the Flash fiction e-zine Heavy Glow and in 2006 started writing INDIA AUTHENTIC for Virgin Comics (now defunct and reborn as Liquid Comics). Below is a brief list of titles I have written.

FREE COMICS ONLINE
Virgin/Liquid Comics has posted some comics for free online (completely legit). My stuff among all those posted:

• INDIA AUTHENTIC #1 – GANESHA
• INDIA AUTHENTIC #2 – KALI
• MUMBAI MACGUFFIN
• THE SADHU: THE SILENT ONES Issue #1 on SCRIBD
• THE SADHU: THE SILENT ONES Issue #2 on SCRIBD
• THE SADHU: THE SILENT ONES Issue #3 on SCRIBD
• THE SADHU: THE SILENT ONES Issue #4 on SCRIBD
• THE SADHU: THE SILENT ONES Issue #5 on SCRIBD

Here’s a more comprehensive list of comics I wrote that are available online and are free to read.
Enjoy!

ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL

MUMBAI CONFIDENTIAL

Mumbai Confidential is a creator-owned crime-noir comic book series set in (of course!) the Indian city of Mumbai, by writer Saurav Mohapatra and artist Vivek Shinde. The first installment of the Mumbai Confidential series is a one-shot OGN titled GOOD COP, BAD COP and is about the Encounter Specialist cops of Mumbai Police, who were given the nod by the establishment to carry out extra-judicial killings of gangsters. FREE ONLINE PREVIEWS Chapter 1 Preview Digital Short #1 – REMASTER

MONTHLY SERIES

DEVI

DEVI is the story of a young woman who has the spirit of a warrior goddess fused with her own soul. My run starts with DEVI #11 onwards. [more…] Created by: Shekhar Kapur Written by : Saurav Mohapatra Art by : Saumin Patel, Chandrasekhar, Edison George, Sid Kotian Issues : #11 – #20 Edited by: Ron Marz Publisher: Virgin Comics

INDIA AUTHENTIC

DEEPAK CHOPRA PRESENTS INDIA AUTHENTIC is a series of one shots reimagining Indian myths and legends for an international audience.[more…] Created by: Deepak Chopra Written by : Saurav Mohapatra Art by : Various Issues : #1 – #15 Edited by: Mahesh Kamath, Mariah Huehner Publisher: Virgin Comics

MINISERIES

SADHU : THE SILENT ONES

SADHU is the story of a british soldier named James Jensen who comes to India as part of the East India Company in the 19th century. The Silent Ones is a 5 issue miniseries that follows his journey as he battles an evil cult of demon sadhus.[more…] Created by: Gotham Chopra Written by : Saurav Mohapatra Art by : Manikandan Issues : #1 – #5 Edited by: Ron Marz Publisher: Virgin Comics READ ALL 5 ISSUES ONLINE FOR FREE AT SCRIBD Issue #1 on SCRIBD Issue #2 on SCRIBD Issue #3 on SCRIBD Issue #4 on SCRIBD Issue #5 on SCRIBD

ONE SHOTS

JIMMY ZHINGCHAK – AGENT OF D.I.S.C.O.

JIMMY ZHINGCHAK – AGENT OF D.I.S.C.O. is a spoof and a homage of ’80s bollywood disco zeitgeist, detailing the adventures of a disco dancing superspy who fights Sir John and his evil F.I.R.A.N.G. for the Dept. of Internal Security and Covert Operations (D.I.S.C.O.)[more…] Written by : Saurav Mohapatra Art by : Anupam Sinha Edited by: Mahesh Kamath Publisher: Virgin Comics

MUMBAI MACGUFFIN

MUMBAI MACGUFFIN is the story of CIA operative Ike Flint who comes to India tracking a downed spy satellite. He comes face to face with the zany underbelly of the city of Mumbai meeting a crazy cast of characters including a wheelchair bound gangster hooked on John Wayne westerns, Russian mobsters, Jehadis from Afganisthan, a cult lead by a man named Sky Baba and of course Chor Bazar — the fabled market of thieves located in the heart of the largest slum in Asia.[more…] Written by : Saurav Mohapatra Art by : Saumin Patel Edited by: Seth Jaret Publisher: Virgin Comics

RYDERS

RYDERS a story about a near future America where much of the country is a barren wasteland after a cataclysmic nuclear strike by rogue nations. The population survives in huge fortified city states, where in order to keep them docile any form of ownership of private vehicles is denied by law.[more…] Written by : Saurav Mohapatra Art by : Dean Reuben Hyrapiet Edited by: Mariah Huehner and Charlie Beckerman Publisher: Liquid Comics

WEB COMICS

THE MAN WHO HATED SUNSETS A 3 page short published in Kiosko Web Anthology #1. I did the script and letters while the art is by Miguel Santos. An experiment in adapting something moody I once wrote that came off really well (at least I think so 🙂 )

REALLY BAD COMIX (2005-2006) An experiment in creating a web comic using available public domain content and technology. The humor is pretty crude (South Park style) and is recommended for mature audiences only.

HEAVY GLOW QUARTERLY SHORTS A series of hardboiled graphic shorts that ran in the e-zine HEAVY GLOW. Stories include MAGNUM OPUS TRILOGY, HOMECOMING, CONFESSION, TEMPTATION. Each was a 4-5 page b and w graphic short (intended for mature audiences because of violent content).