Cross-posting from 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.
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.
Mumbai confidential is close to finding a home (read: publisher). Will update more, as soon as I have details.
Well, it’s been a long time since my last post. Just been busy. Not too many gigs to speak of. Most in progress are stuck with artists. One interesting bit though, just now putting finishing touches on a short story commisioned for an anthology based ona favorite character of mine. Will post more details as soon as I’m allowed to.
In other news, got my San Diego reservations done. Looking forward to it.
Some new Nine Panel Grid columns are also online at http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/ninepanelgrid.html
A new Nine Panel Grid Column about Over-writing and Purple Prose is online at http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/npg11.html
About Nine Panel Grid:
9PG is an infrequent column I write about the art and craft of writing in general and comics in particular.
Latest installment of Nine Panel Grid at Comics Waiting Room – http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/ninepanelgrid8.html
Know when to walk away… 
Ever since the “Liquification” of Virgin Comics things have been a bit light on the writing front. So I decided to take some time off to focus more on life especially my daughter, Adya.
I just sent in a script for a graphic novel commisioned by an indian publisher about the legend of Abhimanyu from the Mahabharata. So I end 2008 with a clean slate.
What’s in store for 2009?
Well there’s Mumbai Confidential , my creator owned crime-noir series set in the city of Mumbai (duh!). 
Also have started putting together a few pitches as the conn season opens with NYCC in first week Feb ’09. There is a full length OGN project called SYZYGY that was in discussion with Archaia Studio Press around last SDCC, but in light of the restructuring there decided to wait till things settle down before bugging Mark Smylie (owner of ASP and all around awesome guy!) with it. So first half of 2009 will see that in full swing too.
There pitches and feelers/schmoozes pending with some other companies, which hopefully will translate into gigs in 2009.
So all in looking forward to a fruitful 2009 and while I’m at it — a happy new year to you and yours.
I’ve started collaborating with Sid Kotian (EAT THE DEAD, THE STRANDED) on a crime noir comic book set in Mumbai called MUMBAI CONFIDENTIAL. We just got the blog/site online at www.mumbaiconfidential.com. Site is still under construction, will update it with some fantastic pencils/inks Sid has sent in, soon-ish.
I write a (very infrequent, but that’s going to change ) column for Comics Waiting Room called Nine Panel Grid. I just posted the fifth installment of that titled “22 Pages of Doom“. 9PG is an attempt to share whatever I learned from exploring the craft of writing comic books as a writer starting out.
You can read all the [digg-reddit-me] posts here.