Tag Archives: Devi

[CRAFT] 22 Pages of Doom – on pacing a comic book issue (a NINE PANEL GRID column)

Posted on July 5, 2010 by mohaps

22 Pages, mark this number down my friend, the bane of every writer who has a monthly gig – the industry standard story page count of a monthly issue of a comic book. Filling up the said 22 pages is … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, Craft, Nine Panel Grid, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass, Writing | Tagged craft, Devi, India Authentic, nine panel grid, ron marz, Sadhu, Writing | 2 Comments

Stick and Twisted – why writers should thumbnail or at least try to

Posted on March 28, 2010 by mohaps

When i started writing comics, I’d make short photo collages to help visualize the page/panel layout and caption spaces etc. these were rough visual guidelines, which I’d then translate to a script. click on the images for larger versions Shown … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Devi, Personal, Virgin Comics, Writing | Tagged Comics, Devi, Edison George, ron marz, Thumbnail, Virgin Comics | 3 Comments

A Heaven for Trishanku

Posted on January 7, 2010 by mohaps

The website for my new graphic novel project “A Heaven for Trishanku” (drawn by R. Manikandan) is live at AHeavenForTrishanku.com. Mani and I did Sadhu volume 2 : The Silent Ones together and it is a real kicker to be … Continue reading →

Posted in A Heaven For Trishanku, Comics, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Worklog, Writing | Tagged Comics, Devi, Heaven, Idealism, Identity Crisis, Jimmy zhingchak, Materialism, Modern India, Mumbai Macguffin, OGN, R. Manikandan, Sadhu, Saurav Mohapatra, Trishanku | 3 Comments

Mukesh Singh interview

Posted on September 29, 2008 by mohaps

I recently did an interview with Mukesh Singh (DEVI, Gamekeeper, Shadow Hunter) for Comics Waiting Room. Mukesh was the artist for issues 1-5 of DEVI for Virgin comics and then moved on to Gamekeeper and Shadow Hunter. He was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, Comics, Devi, Interviews, Personal, Virgin Comics | Tagged comics waiting room, Devi, Gamekeeper, interview, Mukesh Singh, Shadow Hunter, Virgin Comics | 1 Comment

Mumbai Macguffin behind the scenes :)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by mohaps

KRATHA by Saumin Patel Saumin Patel, my collaborator on Mumbai Macguffin and Devi has posted a lot of the behind the scenes type artwork showing the evolution of the concept visually. Do check it out at his blog/portfolio site – … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Devi, Mumbai Macguffin, Personal, Virgin Comics | Tagged Devi, Kratha, Mumbai Macguffin, Saumin Patel, Virgin Comics | Leave a comment

DEVI vol 4 (#16-20) TPB out

Posted on June 29, 2008 by mohaps

[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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Devi, New Releases, News, Virgin Comics, Writing | Tagged Comics, Devi, G Willow Wilson, luke ross, New Releases, ron marz, Saurav Mohapatra, Shekhar Kapur, TPB, Virgin Comics | 1 Comment

Sequential Tart Interview

Posted on May 12, 2008 by mohaps

I was recently interviewed by Rebecca Buchanan of Sequential Tart. Here is the link to the interview. Share

Posted in Comics, Devi, India Authentic, Interviews, News, Personal, Sadhu, Virgin Comics, Writing | Tagged Comics, Devi, India Authentic, interview, mohapatra, Sadhu, saurav, Saurav Mohapatra, sequential tart, silent ones, Virgin Comics | Leave a comment

NYCC documentary

Posted on May 12, 2008 by mohaps

While attending NYCC ’08, I was approached by Luis Medina, a filmmaker who was making a documentary about [sic] “People of color in comics”. While I made my views clear on that “classification” (the only part that made it into … Continue reading →

Posted in Appearances, Comics, Devi, India Authentic, Interviews, News, Personal, Sadhu, Virgin Comics, Writing | Tagged blind mango picker's daughter, Comics, Devi, documentary, gunplay, india authentic. meme, jorge vega, luis medina, minority, platinum studios, race, Sadhu, Virgin Comics, writer, youtube | Leave a comment

Trying my hand at drawing :)

Posted on March 31, 2008 by mohaps

Had some free time. Did a doodle of DEVI (Virgin Comics). click for a hires version. The pose is from an Aeon Flux poster (one of my favorites as was pointed out recently by a friend ) Share