A sketchy album Of all the albums of Tintin, Land of Black Gold remains the sketchiest book in my opinion. When I was a kid, I read this in Bengali and never got my head around many things that were happening in the story. I enjoyed the parts where the Thompsons were lost in the … [Read more…]
Last weekend, I came across a used copy of Kari. I had bought her later work, Adi Parva, about an year ago. When I saw the book for dirt cheap price, I couldn’t help myself from buying it. The story Kari is a narrative set in the same visceral Mumbai that played the backdrop to … [Read more…]
So far, PepperScript has released two books in their CN Remix lineup, each containing three stories, based on the “Cartoon Cartoons” shows. I was a kid in the 90s and thoroughly enjoyed these shows. As an avid comics / manga collector, it felt good that some Indian publisher was licensing the comic strips. Hoping a … [Read more…]
Just like the two volumes of Tintin in Orient, there is a B&W facsimile edition of Tintin in America. Last month I managed to get my hands on one of the copies. Chronologically, Tintin in America came much earlier than Cigars of the Pharaoh or The Blue Lotus. This was the time when Tintin as … [Read more…]
My history with the manga (and anime) The first mainstream manga that I had ever picked up was Naruto. Back then there were no foreign book distributors in India. I got the first four volumes and I really liked the vibe of the manga. The volumes were expensive (they still are), so I resorted to … [Read more…]
Yowamushi Pedal While I was on vacation, I spent a lot of time watching anime. One show that caught my attention was Yowamushi Pedal. The story was nice and simple and somehow focuses on the joys of cycling through the eyes of competitive, high-school sportsmen. The sequel / continuation is currently airing as Yowamushi Pedal … [Read more…]
Mumbai Confidential is a graphic novel based on Mumbai Underworld. Written by Saurav Mohapatra and illustrated by Vivek Shinde, it tells the story of Arjun Kadam, an erstwhile police officer-turned-junkie. I picked it from a local bookstore on a whim. After the disappointing Devi (Ok! I mildly liked the first book.), I really did not … [Read more…]
Tintin in Tibet by Hergé : This is my absolute favourite book – comics or not. Maybe its the sense of adventure in a Himalayan setting, maybe its the story of friendship that echoes through the book or maybe its sheer nostalgia, the sixty-two pages contained within the jacket are therapeutic to me. Akira by Katsuhiro … [Read more…]
A few months ago, I had written a blurb about a book called “Stupid Guy Goes to India”. I had thoroughly enjoyed it. I have observed that I like books, shows and documentary that gives me an outsider’s view of my country (kind of like TheSurfingViolinist’s India adventures). This post is about its sequel – … [Read more…]
In this interview at Edinburgh book festival 2013, Neil Gaiman shares a lot of history regarding his venture into American Comics, anecdotes of times with DC and his thought process while creating Sandman.
