Mumbai Film and Comic Con Oct 20-21: Final Book Launches

Comic Con India is launching over 10 titles at the Mumbai film and Comic Convention. These title include spiritual, religious, powerful, funny as well as science fiction stories. So all the comic fans, who are ready to delve in the world of graphics, be there to witness these launches and grab a copy.

1. Title- Angry Maushi
Created, Illustrated & Written By: Abhijeet KiniThe synopsis: The comic digs into the origins of the character, and tells the violent tale of how a frustrated middle class woman can overcome social evils, zombies and robots to achieve her ultimate goal – SAVING MUMBAI!

	2. Title- Beast Legion Created By: Jazyl Homavazir The Synopsis: Beast Legion (www.thebeastlegion.com), India’s first award winning manga styled web series is back with Volume 2, comprising of issues 5-8 of the epic fantasy adventure. Follow Xeus as he faces his inner demons after his loss to Dragos & continues on his adventure. For the first time, issue 8 will be released in print as it is updated online. There will also be special little treat which will be revealed for those who buy the set at the Convention. Be sure not to miss this.”

2. Title- Beast Legion
Created By: Jazyl Homavazir
The Synopsis: Beast Legion (www.thebeastlegion.com), India’s first award winning manga styled web series is back with Volume 2, comprising of issues 5-8 of the epic fantasy adventure. Follow Xeus as he faces his inner demons after his loss to Dragos & continues on his adventure. For the first time, issue 8 will be released in print as it is updated online. There will also be special little treat which will be revealed for those who buy the set at the Convention. Be sure not to miss this.”

	3. Title- Draupadi: The Fire-Born Princess Published By: Campfire Publishing Author: Saraswati Nagpal The Synopsis: A mysterious prophecy resounds, and the bewitchingly beautiful princess Draupadi arises from the sacred fire in Panchala. Draupadi is in love with Arjuna, the Pandava prince. But fate weaves a strange story and Draupadi finds herself wedded to five men – Arjuna and his four Pandava brothers. Draupadi’s life is complicated further by the Kauravas – her husbands’ wicked cousins – who try everything in their power to harm her and the Pandavas. The fiery princess Draupadi’s terrible destiny begins to unfold. From majestic queen with five warrior husbands, she is reduced to a servant girl. Evil waits at every corner, and a great war looms ahead. Her only comfort is her friend, Krishna.
Will the impulsive Draupadi brave the humiliation destiny has written for her? Must she lose everything she has loved?Adapted from the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, this graphic novel is the story of an astonishingly outspoken woman, who is abandoned at every turn, and forced to make the difficult choice between revenge and compassion.

3. Title- Draupadi: The Fire-Born Princess
Published By: Campfire Publishing
Author: Saraswati Nagpal
The Synopsis: A mysterious prophecy resounds, and the bewitchingly beautiful princess Draupadi arises from the sacred fire in Panchala. Draupadi is in love with Arjuna, the Pandava prince. But fate weaves a strange story and Draupadi finds herself wedded to five men – Arjuna and his four Pandava brothers. Draupadi’s life is complicated further by the Kauravas – her husbands’ wicked cousins – who try everything in their power to harm her and the Pandavas. The fiery princess Draupadi’s terrible destiny begins to unfold. From majestic queen with five warrior husbands, she is reduced to a servant girl. Evil waits at every corner, and a great war looms ahead. Her only comfort is her friend, Krishna.

Will the impulsive Draupadi brave the humiliation destiny has written for her? Must she lose everything she has loved?Adapted from the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, this graphic novel is the story of an astonishingly outspoken woman, who is abandoned at every turn, and forced to make the difficult choice between revenge and compassion.

	4. Title- Aghori (Book – 2) Published By: Holy Cow EntertainmentThe Synopsis: The Aghori’s journey continues. Vira teams up with Ashwin again – this time to follow the words of a goddess, hoping that they will lead him to his son. Vira and Ashwin find themselves in the deserts of Rajasthan where strange things happen in the dark of night. The dead are rising and old wars shall be fought once again. Vira will delve deep into the void of fear and try to find courage even in the face of desperation. Will Vira find his son? Will the reunion be all that he imagined it would be? Will there be love and joy – or only fear and death?

4. Title- Aghori (Book – 2)
Published By: Holy Cow EntertainmentThe Synopsis: The Aghori’s journey continues. Vira teams up with Ashwin again – this time to follow the words of a goddess, hoping that they will lead him to his son. Vira and Ashwin find themselves in the deserts of Rajasthan where strange things happen in the dark of night. The dead are rising and old wars shall be fought once again. Vira will delve deep into the void of fear and try to find courage even in the face of desperation.
Will Vira find his son? Will the reunion be all that he imagined it would be?
Will there be love and joy – or only fear and death?

	5. Title- Mumbai Confidential (India Launch) Created By: Writer Saurav Mohapatra and Artist Vivek Shinde The Synopsis: The first installment of the Mumbai Confidential series is a one-shot OGN titled GOOD COP, BAD COP and is about the Encounter Specialist cops of Mumbai Police, who were given the nod by the establishment to carry out extra-judicial killings of gangsters.MC is an attempt by the creators to capture some of their fondest memories of gritty crime / pulp novels and movies that are a staple of bollywood as evidenced by the works of Ram Gopal Verma and Anurag Kashyap.
It is inspired by the Hong Kong crime flicks of John Woo and Johnnie To as well as seminal crime-noir comics like Frank Miller’s Sin City, Ed Brubaker’s Criminal, Brian Azarello’s 100 BULLETS and Greg Rucka’s Gotham Central

5. Title- Mumbai Confidential (India Launch)
Created By: Writer Saurav Mohapatra and Artist Vivek Shinde
The Synopsis: The first installment of the Mumbai Confidential series is a one-shot OGN titled GOOD COP, BAD COP and is about the Encounter Specialist cops of Mumbai Police, who were given the nod by the establishment to carry out extra-judicial killings of gangsters.MC is an attempt by the creators to capture some of their fondest memories of gritty crime / pulp novels and movies that are a staple of bollywood as evidenced by the works of Ram Gopal Verma and Anurag Kashyap.

It is inspired by the Hong Kong crime flicks of John Woo and Johnnie To as well as seminal crime-noir comics like Frank Miller’s Sin City, Ed Brubaker’s Criminal, Brian Azarello’s 100 BULLETS and Greg Rucka’s Gotham Central

	6. Title- Retrogade 2 Published By: Pop Culture PublishingThe Synopsis: One day, all of modern human technology and civilization suddenly grounds to a halt. A small group of survivors try to rebuild their lives in this chaotic, disaster stricken new landscape. How long can they keep the chaos out? How much longer can they hold themselves together? Find out in the action-packed apocalyptic series Retrograde.

6. Title- Retrogade 2
Published By: Pop Culture PublishingThe Synopsis: One day, all of modern human technology and civilization suddenly grounds to a halt. A small group of survivors try to rebuild their lives in this chaotic, disaster stricken new landscape. How long can they keep the chaos out? How much longer can they hold themselves together? Find out in the action-packed apocalyptic series Retrograde.

	7. Title- Kubera Published By: Amar Chitra KathaThe Synopsis: Kubera, the wise and benevolent king of the yakshas, once ruled over the city of Lanka. He would travel the world in his magnificent flying chariot, the Pushpaka Vimana, which had been gifted to him by his great-grandfather, Brahma. Lanka enjoyed an age of peace and prosperity under Kubera’s reign. But all that changed when his fearsome half-brother Dasagriva, the leader of the rakshasas decided to claim the city as his own.
Amar Chitra Katha pieces together from various sources in Indian mythology, the story of the Lord of Wealth.

7. Title- Kubera
Published By: Amar Chitra KathaThe Synopsis: Kubera, the wise and benevolent king of the yakshas, once ruled over the city of Lanka. He would travel the world in his magnificent flying chariot, the Pushpaka Vimana, which had been gifted to him by his great-grandfather, Brahma. Lanka enjoyed an age of peace and prosperity under Kubera’s reign. But all that changed when his fearsome half-brother Dasagriva, the leader of the rakshasas decided to claim the city as his own.

Amar Chitra Katha pieces together from various sources in Indian mythology, the story of the Lord of Wealth.

	8. Title- Sudershan (Chimpanzee) Published By: Hachette IndiaThe Synopsis: Sudershan (Chimpanzee) lands on the shores of Mumbai and struggles to make it in the land of dreams. It is the sixties and animal stars of all kinds, from dog detectives to royal Rajput steeds are the rage. But can a monkey find a hold on the greasy ladder to stardom? Can he survive the scandals and the inevitable heartbreak? And can he learn which lines must never, never be crossed?The deeply moving and darkly comic tale of a chimp in Bollywood, and the creatures – human or otherwise — in his life.

8. Title- Sudershan (Chimpanzee)
Published By: Hachette IndiaThe Synopsis: Sudershan (Chimpanzee) lands on the shores of Mumbai and struggles to make it in the land of dreams. It is the sixties and animal stars of all kinds, from dog detectives to royal Rajput steeds are the rage. But can a monkey find a hold on the greasy ladder to stardom? Can he survive the scandals and the inevitable heartbreak? And can he learn which lines must never, never be crossed?The deeply moving and darkly comic tale of a chimp in Bollywood, and the creatures – human or otherwise — in his life.

	9. Title- Dr. Ajax- The Ant-Agonists Published By: Pipedream LabsThe Synopsis: “What chance does an ant have against a human? One single ant! May be negligible. But what if there were millions of ants, cruising over a forest, chewing every single fiber of wood in their way, bringing the entire jungle down? What if, it’s an army; you can’t beat with guns, cannons or nukes? Doctor Ajax is stretched to his limits to save his pride; his family and an entire community from a mad scientist and his invincible “polar bearants”.

9. Title- Dr. Ajax- The Ant-Agonists
Published By: Pipedream LabsThe Synopsis: “What chance does an ant have against a human? One single ant! May be negligible. But what if there were millions of ants, cruising over a forest, chewing every single fiber of wood in their way, bringing the entire jungle down? What if, it’s an army; you can’t beat with guns, cannons or nukes? Doctor Ajax is stretched to his limits to save his pride; his family and an entire community from a mad scientist and his invincible “polar bearants”.

	10. Title- The Big Bang Story Published By: Pipedream LabsThe Synopsis: “Initially there was nothing, Not even time. Then came the sun. Years passed by and the Merearth was born around the sun. And hence came the time, the life, the love and then the death.The universe before the bigbang was an endless cluster of inward planets.And like in every universe that ever existed or ever will exist, there was only one unique planet that could host complex life forms in this universe. The Merearth.
Merearth was a huge planet. Big enough to make it impossible for its residents to know how big it is. Big enough to have the sun in its center.This is a very old story. This is the story of a universe, which existed before the big bang. This is also the story of how that universe came to an end and how ours was born.But more importantly this is the story of the man who made it all possible. Ligo!”

10. Title- The Big Bang Story
Published By: Pipedream LabsThe Synopsis: “Initially there was nothing, Not even time. Then came the sun. Years passed by and the Merearth was born around the sun. And hence came the time, the life, the love and then the death.The universe before the bigbang was an endless cluster of inward planets.And like in every universe that ever existed or ever will exist, there was only one unique planet that could host complex life forms in this universe. The Merearth.

Merearth was a huge planet. Big enough to make it impossible for its residents to know how big it is. Big enough to have the sun in its center.This is a very old story. This is the story of a universe, which existed before the big bang. This is also the story of how that universe came to an end and how ours was born.But more importantly this is the story of the man who made it all possible. Ligo!”

11. Title – Munkeeman
Published By: Pop cultureThe Synopsis: In the summer of 2001, a strange creature called Munkeeman wreaked havoc in the streets and rooftops of Delhi. As suddenly as he had appeared, one day he disappeared, never to be seen again…until now. Where was he? What was he doing for all these years? What is the story of the missing years?Dr. Dheeraj Dhalla (or DD) was the subject in a genetic experiment that went wrong. He thus became the most misunderstood uperhero in all history…Munkeeman. Because he could not bear to see his beloved stepsister Sayaani fasting to remove Munkeeman from the city, DD had decided to leave Delhi once and for all. So along with his mentor and research partner Dr. Akula, he moves to Kanpur … where Dr. Akula promptly sets about work to try and find a ‘cure’ for DD, who gets busy fighting some local crime. Meanwhile the government is really concerned about the threat of Munkeeman. They decide to deploy our nation’s most top-secret weapon…half
man, half machine…Captain Tamga.Will Capt. Tamga catch Munkeeman? Will Dr. Akula find a cure? Will DD’s secret be discovered? What is Sayaani’s secret? All this and more in Munkeeman Vol. 2: The Missing
Years.

Main Attraction at MFCC Preview of

“Indian Comics Journal – A Periodical by Comic Con India”

It is a periodical about comic, books, comic strips, graphic novels, & in fact anything & everything about the Indian comics industry. The journal covers the happenings of the comic world, profiles of established & new writers & artists, reviews on latest publications & reports about every ‘comical’ development that gets caught in their radar.

The 1st issue of ICJ was launched at the 2nd Comic Con India in Feb 2012 and the 2nd issue was launched at the Comic Con Express Bangalore in September 2012.

The 3rd issue of ICJ will be unveiled by author & artist Abid Surti, through a special preview of the cover story of the upcoming issue on 20th October, 2012, at the Mumbai Film and Comic Convention.

Highlights of the 3rd issue of ICJ:

Featuring cult comic book hero Bahadur, this exclusive preview will see the author take us through the journey of Bahadur so far & also what lies ahead for him in future.
This comes along with an in-depth conversation with the creator of Bahadur & the supremely talented Abid Surti, who talks about his inspirations, passion & very obviously, Bahadur.
Get ready to be swept off by the twin wonder from Brazil – Gabriel Ba & Fabio Moon, who have stormed into the American comic book industry.
ICJ goes filmy, as director Abhishek Sharma & producer Sid Jain talk about their childhood fascination of comic books.
Their comics come with a religious spin – meet Mohammed Ali Vakil of Sufi Comics.
Writer Saurav Mohapatra of Mumbai Confidential (First Indian title to be published internationally), lives his experience of creating the highly-awaited title to be published by Archaia comics.
An initiation into everything Sci-fi by resident geekboy & comic book writer, Akshay Dhar.

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