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Comics

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.

MONTHLY SERIES

DEVI

DEVIDEVI 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
First Issue : #11
Edited by: Ron Marz
Publisher: Virgin Comics


INDIA AUTHENTIC

INDIA AUTHENTICDEEPAK 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
First Issue : #1
Edited by: Mahesh Kamath, Mariah Huehner
Publisher: Virgin Comics


MINISERIES

SADHU : THE SILENT ONES (Virgin Comics) (AUG 2007 – ???)

SADHUSADHU 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


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 MACGUFFINMUMBAI 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


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).