[Reader-list] [Announcements] The Third Comic Book Reading

[Vishal Rawlley]

Dear Amitabh and other reader-listers,

This is fantastic! If I were in Delhi I would never miss this talk.

I rececently re-discovered Raj Comics on a train journey. At the Rourkela
train station
(the small town I grew up in - which I was visiting after almost a decade) I
decided to recreate my train journey experience as a child and bought three
comics: Jaljala by Raj comics, a Billu by Diamond comics (with a new logo)
and a revamped Tinkle by IBH. All three are on a revival. They were
prominently displayed at the Wheeler stall. The sales of Raj Comics has been
picking up again after a lull period claims the stall owner.The new look of
Tinkle is actually putting off some old fans, but Diamond comics is just the
same.

Jaljala by Raj Comics was truly fantastic. Nagraj, Dhruv, Doga, Inspector
Steel, Tiranga, Pramanu, Shakti, Bhediya aur uska doosra roop and Chandika,
all combine to fight Mahamanush, Bajil and Doctor Virus form Antartica to
Mumbai. An orgy of super heroes and their super powers: sharirik taakat and
mansik taakat aur adbhut vagyaanik shaktiyon ka prayog. A battle fest in a
unique narrative style that goes on for 120 pages. Awesome stuff!!!

I wish the talk by Raj Comics creators can be documented and put up online.
What's next?? Pran from Diamond Comics??!!

Guys look up www.rajcomics.com and www.diamondcomic.com

Googling Raj Comics also fetched me your murals on the Sarai campus, Amitabh
- cool stuff!


Shaktidar salaam,

Vishal



On 11/22/07, Amitabh Kumar <amitabh at sarai.net> wrote:
>
>
> Sometime around the late 1980s, when Indrajaal comics was beginning
> to close shop and Amar Chitra Katha had stopped creating new stories
> and was printing re-runs, three brothers decided to open their own
> comic book publication. In their quest for the Indian Superhero , Raj
> Comics was born.
>     The late 1980s were also a tumultuous time in India. The then
> Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi had been shot dead, there was trouble
> brewing in Punjab, Delhi was still recovering from the 1984 communal
> riots, and the Kashmir issue was just beginning to seethe. The stage
> was set for a saviour, a super hero who would rid the world of crime,
> corruption and the loaded word taking root in the Indian
> psyche:terrorism. And so, (arguably) India's first Superhero, Nagraj,
> was born.
>      After 25 years of producing a galaxy of Indian superheroes, Raj
> Comics remains the single largest comic book publication house in
> India today. Their flagship characters include Hindi comic- book
> legends such as Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruv, Doga, Parmanu, Bhokal,
> Shakti, Bhediya, and Tiranga.
>
> Sarai-CSDS and the FIRC (French Information Resource Center) are
> happy to announce that for the first time in its history, Raj Comics
> will be talking about its origin, history, evolution and future.
>
> The Third Comic Book Reading will be taking place on 30th November
> 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
> Venue:
> FIRC(French Information Resource Center)
> 2, Aurengzeb Road,
> New Delhi.
>
>
>
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