Comics
Last few days I’ve been reading up a whole bunch of Batman comics. Darn cool! “The Long Halloween” issue was specially intriguing and extremely well done. And it was reall fun to read the Else World issue on Batman/Superman. To top it all of, we’re planning to go the International Comics Convention (http://comics-con.org) here at the San Diego Convention Center on this saturday. Its gonna be so cool!!
The thing I like about Batman is that he’s like our Indian comic book hero — Super Commando Dhruva. He ain’t got no fancy supernatural powers — flying around or throwing around spider webs or flashing a green lantern or indestructible body or whatever. The other reason I love reading Batman is that most stories (the plot, the illustrations) have this “dark” feeling in them; the kind you get when you’re watching a movie like The Godfather or The Untouchables.
But that left me kind of wondering.. I mean these Batman comics are done quite seriously — both plot-wise and illustration wise (not our Bankelal chhap stuff!!).. and they’re read by really reall young kids. Superman is different — his comics are all bright and sunny (well, mostly). And with his array of super powers, one really doesn’t expect things to go that wrong. However, with Batman, you can almost imagine that its all real. I wonder what impact does that have on young kids, reading all this darky stuff.
not our Bankelal chhap stuff!!)..
Chap if u wud ever get a chance to dwell into the Hilarious world of Bankelal then only u will get the inherent pleasure and thrills of that plots ofcourse hypotthetical, but who in the comic world is a real guy ?
@abhishek: Oh believe me, I’ve read my share of Baankelal, and then some! It was enjoyable to say the least. Some of the Bankelal comics were, as you say, truly hilarious. But they quickly became mundane — the plots were all too predictable, the story line all too thin. I think the Indian comic industry is in dire need of some kind of revolution — I mean, its a *huge* market.
yeah , rite its a huge market .. i dont like copying western style in indian comics.. indian readers prefer manga style
*@nishu*: wow, its a pleasant surprise to see a comment on such an old post! :-) How did you find it? I checked out your blog — pretty cool! I didn’t know about the issues online at Raj Comics, very nifty. Those were the good days man …