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Dec 20, 2009

Graphic Novels from India

I was excited like a kid finding a new toy when I read an article about the upcoming graphic novels based on Ratnakar Matkari’s Marathi stories (the comics are in English) in today’s Loksatta. Now, I consider Ratnakar Matkari as the Marathi Stephen King. And being an ardent fan of S.King and Graphic Novels, I am not able to contain my excitement.

Is this the beginning of getting something similar to 100 Bullets, V for Vendetta, Sin City and Sandman from India? Wow.

Please visit The Feast and other visions of malevolence to get a glimpse of these comics. Ashish Padlekar and Saumin Patel are the people behind this. Congratulations and Best of Luck to them!

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4 Responses to “Graphic Novels from India”

  1. girish said:
    December 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Interesting.

    “Gahire Paani” was one of my fav.

  2. Somu said:
    December 20th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    Have you seen this?

    http://mohaps.com/

    Link

  3. sandy said:
    December 22nd, 2009 at 2:15 am

    @girish: I had read it long back. Need to revisit.

    @Somu: Thanks for that link. The Loksatta article also mentioned one Sarnath Banerjee - http://www.sarnathbanerjee.net/ - and his creations - ‘Corridor’ and ‘Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers’. I am going to buy these on my next visit to the bookstore.

  4. Devadatta said:
    January 10th, 2010 at 1:17 am

    Welcome back!

    Ratnakar Matkari’s book “Khekda” was awesome! Vachle aahes ka?

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