boys and girls, meet tau. just another random, friendly alien. work in progress, the smudges and blurs will be gone with time. hopefully. ps- staedtler is one bigass liar. they;d told me the pens would be waterproof. of course, they weren’t. meh.
Juxtaposing the cute with the undeniably violent, Sebastien Millon’s illustrations have stolen hearts around the world Starting his journey as an artist who explored the world of oil painting to create painstakingly realistic illustrations, Sebastien Millon embraced his trademark humorous sketches (that make a beeline for your funny bone) through his love of comics. “I’m very…
From mythology to sleuthing, from classic literature to horror inspired by Ramsay brother, Shamik Dasgupta has indeed explored quite a bit of graphic story telling. Standing proud amidst an army of bandits, her drawn sword reflects the dangerous glint in her eyes… Bankimchandra Chattopadyay’s “goddess queen” or Devi Chaudhurani has taken her first few steps…
Great that you have finally joined the bandwagon Hollywood swears by and sold your hearts to the superheroes. Even better if you have chosen to explore the realm defined by Neil Gaiman, Marjane Satrapi and the likes. But really, if you have never bothered to explore the world of Indian graphic novels and believed that…
No comic book is complete without the letterer taking stage and completing the story. After all, words speak louder than anything else Yes, we all love comic books, but very rarely do we find ourselves thinking about anyone apart from the writer or the artist every single time we choose to praise it to high heaven.…
Journey with Appupen to the land of Halahala, where words are scarce and images, powerful Legend has it that Appupen is an old man, a masterful storyteller, and a name all Malayalis foster familiarity with since childhood. Loosely translated to “grandfather” or “old man”, it was George Mathen’s ‘pet name’ Appu, that led to the…
In November last year, Pablo Stanley presented a tribute to Freddie Mercury that was undeniably epic. With Mercury featuring as a superhero amongst other avatars, Don’t Stop Me Now used the lyrics from the Queen super hit and went on to not only become viral on the Internet but brought Stanley a much deserved place…
The finale to graphic novel series Ravanayan will be out in September. We get the story behind protagonist Ravana’s nuanced portrayal That the character of Ravana has more dimensions than we have been led to believe by a blinkered retelling of the Ramayana over generations has now been acknowledged. It is precisely these nuances — both…
being the first girl to be born in the family in two odd decades, accepting patriarchy and even encouraging it was not something out of the ordinary for me. though i was the most spoilt one in the family, i was never the one who enjoyed most freedom, and then, it was a small price…
when you are left on your own to close an entire magazine, not only do you feel absolutely manic, you also tend to think of some bizarre things. triggered by this video, it didn’t take me too long to come with a list of people who i’d gladly shed my clothes for. more than anything…
sol. lies. snapshots. 