Ha! saw this during a wikipedia browsing session. Kinda made my day! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Zhingchak_(comics).
JZ was a real blast to write. I have fond memories of writing it. The character of Bhappi-da, the last of the DISCO gods is hands down my favorite ever, closely followed by Fukku Bhai from Mumbai Macguffin. Last I heard [...]
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Jimmy Zhingchak on Wikipedia
Whiskey and Masala Dosa – The Quick Gun Murugan saga comes to the big screen
Way before Benny Lava …. Much before Zhingchak… Gaudy Heroism had a patron saint… his name :
Quick Gun Murugan.
what started off as this
has become this (finally!!! )
Quick Gun Murugan – The Motion Picture coming soon to a screen near you.
Jimmy Zhingchak is now a quiz question :)
As per fellow IIT KGP alumnus Pankaj Sethi, who pointed me to : http://seattle.aidindia.org/chakraview
CNN/IBN on Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O.
More zhingchak… this time from CNN/IBN.
Full Story
Here is the Video Link on AOL video.
Excerpt from the article
Bring out the bell bottoms, pump up the disco music and prepare for a blast from the past – Jimmy Zhingchak-Agent of Disco is the latest superhero to dance his way into a graphic novel by UTV Spotboy [...]
D.I.S.C.O. in the D.N.A.
DNA (Daily News and Analysis) has posted a nice article about Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O. (thankfully they got the name right and it’s not typo’d as Jimmy Zhinchak ).
Full Article Text
Excerpt from the article :
The comic is replete with other Hindi film references, dialogues and situations: Mithun’s sidekick-turned-girlfriend is Agent [...]
Zhinchak or Zhingchak? :P
Well looks like lotsa folks are writing about Jimmy Z, but they have typo’d the title as “Jimmy Zhinchak” instead of Jimmy zhingchak. Who cares… a rose by any other name… blah blah…
but wait… google does differentiate… so here goes google foot print of Jimmy Zhingchak/Zhinchak
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zhinchak+comics&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zhingchak+comics&btnG=Search
For those who googled for zhinchak [...]
The Telegraph uses the Zhingchak :)
Now The Telegraph has done their bit in unleashing the Zhingchak. Here is the link to the piece in their Limelight section.
More Zhingchak
Well, Jimmy Zhingchak seems to be doing quite a boogey these days . Looks like there is a market after all for 80’s DISCO. Yeah behveee and aiee saala and all that.
It’s kinda a kicker for me since Jimmy Zhingchak (even the word Zhingchak itself) harks back to a simpler more ….ummm… zhinghcakier time [...]
The Zhingchak, It's been unleashed! :)
Well it’s finally here, Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O. is now out in comic book stores across the US and also available for purchase at Virgin Comics Store
And the initial reaction has been great
Raja Sen of Rediff.com did a “First Look” review.
In the blogopshere, reviews have started popping up and in general [...]
Rediff.com First Look at Jimmy Zhingchak
Rediff has a review up about my new release Jimmy Zhingchak, Agent of D.I.S.C.O.
An excerpt from the review:
Jimmy Zhingchak, Agent Of D.I.S.C.O is one of the latest comics on the Virgin assembly line, and the first issue on stands across the US right now. A collaboration between Virgin Comics and UTV Spotboy [...]
