Amar Chitra Katha
01/04/2010 · Mansi Shah
Special Exhibition Lecture:
Heroes and Villains in India’s Amar Chitra Katha Comics
Sunday, January 10 | 2:00 pm @ LACMA
Karline McLain, assistant professor of South Asian religions at Bucknell University, will discuss the mythological and historical heroes and villains of India’s most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha. She will provide insight into the stylistic, editorial, and ideological choices that went into the making of these comic books. Her recent book, India’s Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009) was awarded the Edward Cameron Dimock Jr. Book Prize in Indian Humanities by the American Institute of Indian Studies. This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India’s Comics.
Brown Auditorium | Free, no reservations
This lecture is made possible by the Southern Asian Art Council at LACMA.
Selections from Manoj / Raj Comics
06/28/2009 · Grant Davis
Maut Ka Khilauna (Death’s Toy) from Manoj Comics
Maut Ka Olympic (The Olympic of Death) from Raj Comics
Friendy, the killer doll, from Raj Comics
Shaktiputr Aur Hitler Ka Bhoot
06/27/2009 · Grant Davis
Filled with mystery and thrill, one of Shaktiputr’s new horror comics:
Shaktiputr and Hitler’s Ghost, Horror Special presented by A.H.W. Santosh.
Raj Comics: Fighter Toads
03/30/2009 · Grant Davis
Raj Comics Special Issue, Junk City: Fighter Toads
पिंकी – चोर सिपाही (Pinki – Chor Sipahi)
02/17/2009 · Grant Davis
Pinki – Chor Sipahi (Cops and Robbers)
Pinki: Grandpa! Will you play a game with me?
Grandpa: Which game?
Pinki: Cops and robbers! You be the robber, I’ll be the cop.
Grandpa: Okay.
Pinki: Take this mask. A robber wears a mask, right?
Grandpa: I’ll run now, you catch me.
Police Officer: Come with me to the police station.
Grandpa: Oh brother, I am a fake thief.
Police Officer: But I am a real police officer.
Pran Kumar Sharma, better known as Pran, is one of the most successful Indian cartoonists. After graduating with a Master of Arts (Political Science) degree, he completed a course in Fine Arts from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Mumbai.
With the comic strip Daabu, Pran began his career in 1960 as a cartoonist for the Delhi-based newspaper Milap. In 1969, he sketched his infamous Chacha Chaudhary cartoon for the Hindi magazine, Lotpot. Pran has also created characters like Shrimatiji, Pinki, Billoo, Raman, Channie Chachi and others, which are regularly published in Indian magazines. – From Wikipedia