Saurav Mohapatra - comic book writer

Weekly Twitter Digest 2012-02-05

mohaps — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:35:00 +0000

watching white collar with @prets she agrees that matt bomer (neal caffrey) would make a good clark kent or bruce wayne #
I just ousted @deecho as the mayor of Draeger's Market on @foursquare! http://t.co/tSWlWkgh #
just posted a pic: http://t.co/Tmwj1hSY #
just posted a pic: http://t.co/RHa2S9sx #
just posted a pic: http://t.co/4dO3Lnq3 #
Word Power (Indian Cricket Edition) – Word of the day "MELANCHOLY" http://t.co/NtnWE3Y4 #
Looks like someone already beat me to the "Kha.One" joke http://t.co/FrTJDY2V #
In case you missed it, most of my comics (that I did for Virgin Comics) are coming back online at @GraphicIndia http://t.co/pC2p2adU #
and in other news… wrestling with PAXOS! #
Do you inhale???? Who wrote copy for this cigarette ad? Austin Powers? http://t.co/2BQlplGo #
Gawd! even my cat is a geek. He got locked in my home office last night and chose to pee on Knuth's "Sorting and Searching" #
since tweets use 64bit k ordered id scheme (32 bit timestamp) #Snowflake @twitter is going to have a #Tweetocalypse in 2038 ??? #
Like a masochistic freak, I'm up again at midnight to watch Team India play cricket. Hopefully, they won't suck too much tonight. #
#BeforeWatchmen – DC announces prequel comics to #WATCHMEN Alan Moore not involved. But the writer/artist list looks pretty sharp. #
#BeforeWatchmen DC announces #WATCHMEN prequels. Alan Moore not involved, but writer/artist list looks pretty sharp. http://t.co/lwjb9xMu #
"the most dangerous enemy of a better solution is an existing codebase that is just good enough." http://t.co/DhG11lkJ #Plan9 #UNIX #
Monotask – the ultimate productivity tool? blocks twitter/facebook/reddit with the click of a single button https://t.co/FjEHsm95 #
"@ibnlive: Always tried to play with straight bat: Justice Ganguly http://t.co/2Cpo2RLO" fyi @greatbong : i thought it was my namesake #
http://t.co/M2W6ofbE — The title and the photo have an unintentional (???) hilarious juxtaposition "Kim Jong Un Looking At Things" #
This one is for you, @ronmarz #FantasyFootball is nothing but #DungeonsAndDragonsForJocks http://t.co/393Ddt8F #
#LHC #PickupLines – "Your #Bosons give me #Hadrons quot; #
Sahara to BCCI : it's not us, it's you #
Coincidences like this make my day http://t.co/sq2U9BKO vs. http://t.co/11pRdkuP #Dhurandhar vs #Blacksad #
#QuantumPhysicsPickupLines "Excuse me, are you by chance a #PhotonQuantum You totally are exciting my #ValenceElectron " #
just posted a pic: (@ Cost Plus World Market) http://t.co/pk09hJhk #

Weekly Twitter Digest 2012-01-29

mohaps — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:35:00 +0000

"publishers cling to the model wherein readers purchase books individually, usually before they’ve been read" http://t.co/FkAhyemf #
ayan trying out a race car bed (@ Baby World) http://t.co/HkDcvmkL #
hey, @Pictorialcinema and @toonfactory, seen this? http://t.co/lI0yrrmF #
#worklog Last 15 pages of Mumbai Confidential book 1 script pending. #
.@RonMarz talks about Shelf Life: The Art of Lettering – Comic Book Resources http://t.co/5sYuf5EW via @cbr #
#AusVsInd #Cricket "Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results" #
"Please, think of the #PolymorphicViruses " http://t.co/z2qtiYhd Hilarious attempt of a call center based scam #
So as per this url the "Polymorphic Virus" call center scam originated from a company called Comantra http://t.co/1PYiyBAM #
Hehe. So I can't read the instructions BEFORE adjusting my chair? http://t.co/BvvBUlsf #
Eternia had some kind of rudimentary Craigslist where Skeletor could post something in the gigs section. http://t.co/UXXvM2cT #
ayan's birthday cake with a piggy on top http://t.co/1tKrMj6O #

Weekly Twitter Digest 2012-01-22

mohaps — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:35:00 +0000

#redemption @imvkohli slowly moving ahead of arman and now behind kukku on #100GreatestKohlis of all time. #1 is still madhuri's #kohlidance #
"This is the beginning of a beautiful #FRANDship " http://t.co/5GMDk43D nokia sells a bunch of GSM patents to #PatentTroll #
http://t.co/siPM2GqF "you mess with 'teh' internets, you get the 403's" #
W3C should create an HTTP response code 1337 Pwned #
http://t.co/UZv14f2w (via @ESPNCricinfo) READ: Warner is the new Cameron White, or the Australlian Mohd. Kaif! #
A #programmer

Weekly Twitter Digest 2012-01-15

mohaps — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:35:00 +0000

Thinking of getting a tattoo. Narrowed down to two options (see image). Can't decide. Any opinions? http://t.co/ehsM9TN8 #
So what's it gonna be Euler or Mobius??? #
Bayes' Rule and De Morgan's Law were close runners-up. Now the toss up is between Euler's Identity and Mobius strip in Cyllindrical Coords. #
"@newsycombinator: NGINX takes 2nd place in Web Servers from Microsoft IIS http://t.co/DqdhggJB" nginx ftw! #
pssst… @Marvel … cover idea for #ironman http://t.co/qEDfGY76 #
just posted a pic: (@ Century 12 Theater) http://t.co/kuiusFrF #
https://t.co/8IBLaEls i wish hollywood spent this much energy in creating stories than on #SOPA #
difference between "comics" & "graphic novel" is amount of navel lint available and time spent twirling it by the respective definers. #
http://t.co/pYXuiquA "while pounding in nails with my trusty flathead,it was taking really a great deal of work." #
Going to bed. try this. x = 0.999999… (ad infinitum) => 10x = 9.9999… so 10x-x = 9x = 9 => x = 1 #BetterThanCountingSheep #
look what came in the mail today! it's a @brubaker kinda day http://t.co/hyZPcVbQ #
Okay, thanks for voting! The winner by a ton of votes is Euler's Identity : http://t.co/lgZwUZRL #
Hehe, #SpaceLingam was a hoot to write! read Mumbai MAcguffin at @GraphicIndia http://t.co/m0P1Z7jx #
you stare at the last page for 30 mins tasting the grim and the grit of #LastOfTheInnocent (kudos to @brubaker & @seanpphillips) #CRIMINAL #
Also after #Criminal vol 6 #LastOfTheInnocent I can never ever read another #Archie comic without a shudder running through my spine. #
Excuse me, do you happen to have a six pack of "child bear" in the fridge? #WeAreLikeThisWonly http://t.co/Pn5Vc9Cv #
sometimes it seems to me that Yoda designed the C programming language "do or do not. there is no try." #exceptionHandling #
#Phantom sketch by @ChrisSamnee http://t.co/IYNaNcrr #GhostWhoWalks #
Hindu pantheon has 330 million gods, but we can probably name barely 1%. Wonder if there's an occupy style movement brewing??? #
Vishnu Sahashra Naama has 1000 names for Vishnu. 1% of the gods have all the names assigned. What about the rest 99%? #OccupySvarga #
+1 RT @ronmarz "@ChrisSamnee Tarzan! Tarzan in NYC in 1932, getting the drop on the Shadow!" #
help… i have become a meeting ninja! http://t.co/XXBdd6DV #
when trapped in 'i got this killer idea and i want someone to build it for me'… err on the side of 'just shut the eff up and do it'. #
Why the #DeadTree Print Editions of newspapers are doomed #CutCopyPaste #WebFirst ??? http://t.co/VJDcSUgH #
It's not so organized, BTW http://t.co/lHmGxK8v #
"Intel now has a beachhead and its terrifying, industry-clobbering, 60%-gross-margin wehrmacht will surely follow." http://t.co/Tl66Sn1S #
.@ronmarz speaking of #JamesBond have you seen this? http://t.co/zOZaTFcw #
"He used to be a wealthy villain, but then he took a #BulletToTheKnee quot; #JamesBond #SkyRim #CasinoRoyal http://t.co/iMmyFSkV #
"Imma gonna git one o 'em a #ToolFree Numbers!" #FaceBook #Phishing #Spam [Got this beauty in e-mail today] http://t.co/1FCrQVbl #
"It wasn't a complete piece of crap cause it had boobies & that's always a plus in my book" [The True Fans speak up] http://t.co/tEQJACQp #
So, since I already paid Willow TV. will be watching the test match tonight. C'mon Team India, at least last 5 days. am losing money here #
#KLPD – http://t.co/s7GZ3INr #
#BCCI suggests to #ICC to outsource all pitch making to Dubai Roadworks. #FlatTrackBullies @fakingnews #
#BCCI please makecricketers' income tax rate inversely proportional to runs scored / wickets taken. #DugnaaLagaan worked for Bhuvan #
how come Rediff comments didn't make the list? http://t.co/tmlSAiMj #
Team India should pay an actor to say this over and over: "Khaane ko roti nahin hoga. Pehne ko kapra nahin hoga. #DugnaaLagaan quot; #cricket #
RT @HAL9000 "You know, if Dave had said "Sudo Open the Pod Bay Doors" I would have let him in." #
I just unlocked the “Flame Broiled” badge on @foursquare! Cheeseburgers all around! http://t.co/pF0KuyUT #
just posted a pic: (@ The Counter – San Mateo) http://t.co/scz1STiI #

Elaine of Blueberry Lane

mohaps — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:44:33 +0000

Long back, I had written a silly rhyming story / poem for my daughter Adya called “Elaine and the Bug-eyed Bugaboo“. It was different from all that I had written before and I had a whale of a time writing it. Since last year, Devaki Neogi has been adapting it into a kid’s book that we hope to publish as an interactive app on the iPad once it’s done. I’m really impressed by all that Devaki has been able to do with the source material and breathe life into it. If we have a good response to this, I plan on expanding the series into a bigger narrative called “Elaine of Blueberry Lane“.

The first story is about a little girl and her invisible friend who along with her dog rescue the bugs of the meadow from an evil tyrant.

Weekly Twitter Digest 2012-01-08

mohaps — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:35:00 +0000

Happy New Year! Projects for 2012: Mumbai Confidential (obviously ) & a pitch that Sid Kotian & I did sometime back http://t.co/yenDHVDG #
after SHERLOCK *ing @mrcumberbatch & @mrmartinfreeman, can no longer watch the old Jeremy Brett series. Too much standing and talking #
#SeparatedAtBirth Dave Whatmore http://t.co/tQt5cmOk vs. Satish Kaushik http://t.co/XEhPpFVs @ESPNcricinfo 1 for the pages #
Check out the Frank Frazetta Homage comic that @Pictorialcinema and I did a while back – http://t.co/SG41ghlt #
"No one tells you the plane's not coming – they just tell you it's 20m late, … perpetually." http://t.co/zJvPdIvt #
Why this harakiri harakiri … Aaaaaa di? #Indianbatting #
BCCI should really consider pushing for #trialBalls to ensure sachin's 100th hundred #
BCCI should …ahem… suggest #TrialBalls or adopt Baseball style #ThreeStrikes rule to ensure Sachin's 100th century gets scored soon. #
One of my favorite characters (from the ones I created) #SkyBaba from #MumbaiMacGuffin (read at @graphicindia) http://t.co/U9wwKFM5 #
RT @BoredCricket : Indian bowlers love the ICC Stump Auctions – they can finally buy a frigging wicket. [Damn Right!] #
RYDERS w: me / a:Dean Hyrapiet is now live at @graphicindia http://t.co/Ou1MHH4y I wrote this one as Mad Max meets Fast and Furious #
All "iz" *NOT* well? http://t.co/xTGHS9OM #
HELHAMMER (a pitch I worked on with Sid Kotian. Here's the 5 page preview we shopped around). http://t.co/xbrBbmbD #MutantGoats #Mythology #
Adya's reaction to #ChikniChameli : "daada, why does chameli have chicken?" #kidsSayTheDamndestThings #
Indian scorecard in dire need of #FDI #cricket #
http://t.co/mKBoDJGX — This is nothing. Rick Perry has been to three planets. Earth, Oops and…. I said oops already, didn't I??? #
just posted a pic: (@ http://t.co/342zLl9x HQ @ The Landmark) http://t.co/ZUUhQEbZ #
All my stuff at @GraphicIndia : http://t.co/9LsSFyq7 #MumbaiMacguffin #Ryders #IndiaAuthentic #MythsOfIndia #
http://t.co/jPpxQCge how goldman sachs created the food crisis.. good read about impact of #GSCI and its impact #
I just ousted @nancy as the mayor of Blue Bottle Coffee at Burlingame Produce on @foursquare! http://t.co/duiJS7Eu #
I just ousted Will L. as the mayor of Burlingame Produce on @foursquare! http://t.co/vFgcoTH5 #
#SocialEnterprise … it's everywhere fyi: @benioff @salesforce (@ Mollie Stone's Markets) http://t.co/sbUVTeSb #
http://t.co/2HggdQ10 "respect my authoritah" #HungryKimJongUn http://t.co/ddnJPA8E #
instead of agneepath tour, the #ausvsind cricket tour shoulda been the Kamasutra tour. How many more positions can india team get f'd in? #
"@nytimes: Romney Criticizes Obama; His Rivals Line Up to Criticize Him http://t.co/nviBlpn8" ah, the good old political circle jerk #
http://t.co/tbr1h5hC — A magic 8 ball style #TimePass webpage inspired by #KolaveriDi #
"India's Ed Wood" finally get's his biopic! http://t.co/kW3PdofW (via @greatbong) #gunda #KantiShah #
saturday afternoon http://t.co/ks4v0WSc #
why men shouldn't write advice columns (via george takei) http://t.co/aj1dKWiu #

HELHAMMER

mohaps — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:48:38 +0000

Once upon a time, Sid Kotian and I decided to create a pitch for a mix of mythology, post-apocalyptic dystopian fantasy and a healthy dose of kick-ass action. The result was something we called HELHAMMER. We shopped it around (and trust me it garnered interest at some fancy places), but due to various reasons it didn’t make it through to the finish line. Sid and I moved on to other stuff, but this was always the one that got away

Lately I’ve started working again on the script for this, because I’m absolutely in love with this world and its characters. For that reason, I won’t give away much of the plot (but I’m sure the astute reader will make the connection after one read) Just let me wrap up with this: The story has feuding gods, a wasteland wandering loner with a mysterious past, a severed head that talks and (my personal favorite) mutant hill-billy goat people with shotguns.

So here’s the five page pitch that we prepared for shopping around. Do leave us some comments/crits

Open publication – Free publishing – More ragnarok

The comic is hosted on issuu.com and needs Flash to view. For mobile devices, you can install the ISSUU app from Android Market. As for Apple/iOS devices, hard luck

The Witch and The Warrior – Frank Frazetta Homage

mohaps — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:28:54 +0000

As I mentioned earlier, Saumin Patel and I had collaborated on creating a short comic book homage to the work of the late Frank Frazetta for Chitrakatha website – a project by Saumin and Alok Sharma to produce a documentary about comic books in India.

Both Saumin and I are big fans of Frank’s work and personally for me, the first mental image I envision for high fantasy or sword and sorcery themes is always Frazetta-esque.

Don’t know if it ever made it to the Chitrakatha pages. Here it is in its entirety , for your viewing pleasure.

Open publication - Free publishing - More chitrakatha

The comic is hosted on issuu.com and needs Flash to view. For iOS devices, you can go to http://issuu.com/mohaps/docs/the_witch_and_the_warrior_final1 and choose to download the comic book in PDF format.

Weekly Twitter Digest 2012-01-01

mohaps — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:35:00 +0000

the what milk bar ? (@ Draeger's Market) http://t.co/hfa1sN3U #
"The most marketable skill in India today, is the ability to abandon your identity and slip into someone else's." http://t.co/fRQ3yitb #
my neighbor is tired of those kamikaze dog walkers .. http://t.co/y1zsGTOz #
I just ousted Alex C. as the mayor of Central Park on @foursquare! http://t.co/0d09wK20 #
from citizen lawmaker to "let them eat cake"? http://t.co/9WGtZmGA #
"All hail V'Ger!" http://t.co/uzTjrWlD #
Of star trek and ripped shirts The Star Trek Mix of "I'm Too Sexy for my shirt" http://t.co/gRAMyRJX #
I don't have to look for artists for my next project. i got one in-house http://t.co/iEwAaxea #
an adya mohaptra original sketch. let the bidding begin http://t.co/r2OaGu9n #
Dravid!!!!!!!!!! #DroppedTheMatch ??? #
Umesh Yadav is bowling his heart out. Phase I of Ishantification : check now waiting for him to bowl slow leg cutters in 2012 #
.@greatbong Tony Greig is sure that Lyons lbw would've been reversed had UDRS been in place #
Holy Lalit Modi! Ashwin is actually Spinning his off breaks! #
#SOPA Analogy: If a thief uses a particular road for a getaway, we should dig it up so that no one else can use it again. #
Wonder what happened to the last guy? http://t.co/CskImapo Stephen Hawking looking for technical assistant to work on his speech system #
i was always a weird kid. my hero growing up was mycroft holmes #
was dreading this day. adya had me make a house for her my little pony toy http://t.co/4ZJjW1eH #
just posted a pic: (@ Draeger's Market) http://t.co/gPcyGBr2 #
since adya has grabbed my old mac & am learning iOS programming, looking for a macbook+display (Refurbished okay). any deals? #
Of all the pigheaded things… RT @ibnlive: Dresses reasons for rape: Andhra Pradesh DGP http://t.co/5AiFcyjm #
http://t.co/681JWnRK and this is why the mayans gave up after 2012 #
have you seen this @GraphicIndia http://t.co/xzjIyH4s #

Weekly Twitter Digest 2011-12-25

mohaps — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:35:00 +0000

Batman vs. Batman – http://t.co/CFL9CDMU #
Oracle/Solaris takes a leaf out of Kardashian-Anderson playbook?? http://t.co/asuZM94W #
"wishing for a Hooters waitress to come running down the aisle of the next Apple PR event and hurl a sledgehammer" http://t.co/lGs7NB4J #
#mathematical #shawnism – "Gus, don't be an exponential function of a quadratic curve." http://t.co/KsJPTvVi @Psych_USA #
Haha, @MuffledBane is like #Kenny from South Park on steroids … quite literally! #
#freakonomics #SOPA edition: "Startup idea: $2 a month DNS servers based in Vancouver, Toronto, Bahamas & Tijuana" http://t.co/BQMliGgc #
"that's what I'm #TOLKIEN about!" – http://t.co/ZVmLiSdd The #Hobbit #Trailer #
I don't know if you've heard, but @samitbasu is jumping the shark with his sequel to #Kolaveri called #Basumati @fakingnews #
There's a 3.5 inch floppy and a hard disk joke in here somewhere http://t.co/fUKpasjU #
Idle Thought: why isn't data flow through a social network modeled after the phenomenon of Osmosis / Capillary action? [cont] #
[contd] the logical model of spread/percolation of information in a social network is very much like ink on a blotting paper #
http://t.co/SC7EgTFG "Gingrich is seeking the support of ppl with mental disorders that make it hard for them to retain basic information":P #
http://t.co/SC7EgTFG – “The problem is, most of those people are currently running for President” #
Repeat after me "Pizza is *NOT* a vegetable!" http://t.co/eXEMYeYS #
RT @newsycombinator: Canadians to start HIV vaccine clinical trials http://t.co/GIbQZayg #
RT @newsycombinator Killing the Internet to save Hollywood http://t.co/D8bMUHYp #
new year's resolution + holiday plan: relearn linear algebra -> calculus -> discrete maths #
I just ousted Rob L. as the mayor of Blue Bottle Coffee on @foursquare! http://t.co/oeOZSbHg #
halva! (@ Burlingame Produce) http://t.co/BSdZOVrC #