New Indie Graphic Novels

1) - Shisir Basumatari’s graphic novel ‘The Real Mr Barkotoki’ released

2) - Amruta Patil on forests and the making of her graphic novel 'Aranyaka

Kaali Origins

Mindrune Comics First Issue - Kaali Origins

Written by Hasan Mithiborwala, Art by Ujval Purabiya, Letters and Graphic Design Kishan Harchandani, Cover Artwork by Gaurav Srivastav and Colors Prasad Patnaik.

Special Thanks to Vivek Pramodini Goel and Diptarup Ghosh Dastidar

#kaali #mindrune #culturepopcorn

Nanhe Samrat Memories

Artist Sukhwant Kalsi - "'नन्हे सम्राट' का पहला विज्ञापन। 'क्रिकेट सम्राट' में छपे इस विज्ञापन को बनाते समय मैंने अनुपम सिन्हा और जावेद द्वारा बनाये गये चित्रों को खास तौर से शामिल किया था। मेरा "मूर्खिस्तान" इसी अंक से शुरु हुआ था।"

Fiction Comics Kala Manch

Fiction Comics is accepting submissions by budding artists and writers.

MRP Book Shop Initiative

New startup providing rare, vintage comics and books at MRP or discount rate.

Fiction Comics Season Promo Artworks

Rakshabandhan promo art

Independence day promo art

Angara ka Sagar Manthan #fanwork

Angara ka Sagar Manthan (fan made comic)

Artists - Navneet Singh, Balbinder Singh

Premam #1 (India Ink)

Comic series announced by India Ink

Premam #1 artworks

Writer - Tarun Kumar Wahi | Art - Lalit Kumar Singh

Xavi Origins Issue 1

Xavi Origins Issue 1 (Dhaansu Productions)

Available here - https://bit.ly/2T4UFqE

Story and script - Yudhveer Dahiya

Sequential lineart- Tadam Gyadu

Colors - Naval Thanawala

Letters- Kishan Harchandani

Cover art- Devmalya Pramanik

Cover colors- Yogesh R Pugaonkar

Tragedy strikes young Xavi’s family when his mother is abducted and killed. Following which, Xavi‘s father sends him off to a boarding school. Due to little contact with his father and being forced to stay away, he becomes resentful of his dad. After spending years away from home, when he finally returns, he finds things are far different from what he expected. His father is no longer the law-abiding citizen he once was. Even though their relationship is far from ideal, little does Xavi realize that his own motivations and outlook towards life are not too different from his father‘s. In this twisted world of power, will his struggles and choices against chaos help him see the light he desperately seeks… or will it only lead to more chaos? Witness the story of an ordinary boy forced into extraordinary circumstances- A boy who refuses to live a life dictated by others.

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Review by Himanshu Khatri

ye story h xavi naam ke ladke ki jiski life ek aise event ne change kr di aaj uske pass apna kehno ko kuch nhi hai . jindagi ki struggle ne usse ekdum change kr diya h wo har bure event ke reaction dene ko tayar rehta hai par unproper training ki wajah se mat kha jata jiske liye wo khud ko tayar krne lagta. main iss issue me yahi par iske saath aise bahut event hote xavi ke saath jisse aap padh ke khud ko usse juda payengy. 

writer ne jiss khubi se har charcter ko bnaya hai aur unke beech ki bonding wo aapko real life me kahin na kahin dekhne ko mil jayegi. art and color iss comics ki jaan specialy action scene.....tadam ka art isse pasand aayega unke pichle work se aur naval ji ki coloring shandaar huyi hai. kulmila ke new grounded heroes type story ke liye iss cmx ko chance de sakte hai nirash bilkul nhi hongey...

rating - 9/10

Indian Comics Fandom Awards 2018 - List of Winners #ICFA_2018

Total Winners - 29 (9 Categories)

Hall of Fame 2018 Inductees - 6

Honorable Mentions - 4

Best Blogger-Reviewer

Prabhat Kumar Singh (Gold), Rahul Raj (Silver), Himanshu Khatri (Bronze)

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Best Cartoonist 

Sushant Panda (Gold), Husain Zamin (Silver), Samir Narayan (Bronze)

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Best Colorist

Aditya Kishore (Gold), Pasang Amrit Lama (Silver), Vibhav Pandey (Bronze)

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Best Comics Collector

Prahlad Dubey (Gold), Shalu Gupta (Silver), Gopal Sharma (Bronze)

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Best Fanfiction Writer

Hukum Mahendra (Gold), Balbinder Singh (Silver), Talha Faran and Samvart Harshit [Tie] (Bronze)

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Best Fan Artist 

Himmat Singh (Gold), Baljinder Singh Korwa (Silver), Dheeraj Anand and Hemant Dhawal [Tie](Bronze)

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Best Fan Work (Comic, Video, Music etc)

Apocalypse - FMC (Gold), Toon Tales: Hasgulle (Silver), Sarpvan ka Pishach (Bronze)

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Best Webcomic

Green Humour (Gold),  Delicate Desi - Akoodles (Silver), TaccoMacco (Bronze)

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Best Cosplay 

Rudra Rajpoot (Gold), Nikhil Verma (Silver), Agam Sharma (Bronze)

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Hall of Fame 

Mohan Sharma, Aabid Surti, Bharath Murthy, Shambhu Nath Mahto, Arun Prasad, Akshay Dhar

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Honorable Mention

*) - Emerging Publications - Fiction Comics, Comix Theory

*) - Best Community - Indian Comics Universe Fan Club (ICUFC)

*) - Best Magazine - Nanhe Samrat

Delicate Desi (Akoodles)

Artist - Akansha Choudhury #webcomics

Comix Theory India's Future Projects

Artist, Comix Theory Founder Mr. Shambhu Nath Mahto shared -

"I can not stop myself to post this because this is personally a dream come true moment for me ...all thanks to great artist Milind Mulick ji for granting us permission for featuring Late. Shree PRATAP MULICK ji in the COMIX THEORY'S LEGEND CALENDAR 2019 "Legends of Comics, Novels & Popular Print Culture"! (also Mr. Sukhwant Kalsi ji and Mr. Ansar Akhtar ji will be featured in this calendar). Many of my friends knows that Pratap ji is my idol artist, my lines in my art belongs to him. They know that personally its a very special moment for me to work on something related to Pratap ji, featuring him in Legend Calendar is a dream come true situation for me. हिंदी में 'तपस्या' सफल हो गई कहते हैं इसे। I will do everything possible to make this legend calendar 2019 a memorable experience for every reader, collectors and fans of indian comics !! I will do every possible thing to connect all!"

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Two Comic Series - Superhero Vintage, Superhero Badass

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"2018 is the best year of my life ...it gave me what can not be summed up in few words or resolutions for next year it deserves a full lenght book ... Every person connected with me deserves to be mentioned and thanked for being together... the book titled "COMIX THEORY" is on its way and it will cover the venture till launch of Legend Calendar 2019 and its success with a exclusive Dvd on this journey with pics, videos and some exclusive data which is not revealed anywhere else yet....this book will be my love for the indian comics!"

TBS Planet Comics Augmented Reality Treasure Hunt Game

Event - Mumbai Comic Con 2018

*) - TBS Planet Augmented Reality Treasure Hunt game

*) - Launch of Comic book Samay