Shamik Dasgupta
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Shamik Dasgupta is an Indian comic book writer. He has done work for Virgin Comics, specifically for Ramayan 3392 A.D.[1] a series based on the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana and set in a distant future. He has also written a one shot horror graphic novel called Virulents.[2]
He is the editor in chief of Arkin Comics, a popular 3D comic book in India which is custom made to feature the comic reader.
In 2012 he started working on a graphic novel named 'The Caravan' for Yali Dream Creations. This was released in 2013. The Caravan is a horror graphic novel written by Shamik Dasgupta. Dasgupta described it as "a classic horror/action/adventure in the trend of From Dusk till Dawn and 30 Days of Night copiously coated with spicy Bollywood masala."[3] For the same publisher, he did the graphic novel adaptation 'Devi Chaudhurani', which was originally written by Bankim Chandra Chatterji.[4]
Career
His career started with Virgin Comics, and now he is employed by Yali Dream Creations as a Chief Creative Director. Since 2012, Shamik Dasgupta has created The Caravan, The Caravan Blood War, Devi Chaudhurani, Rakshak: Origin Series and The Village. He also created TNT for Speech Bubble Entertainment.[citation needed]
Dasgupta's comic book series, Rakshak, has been acquired in December 2019 by director Sanjay Gupta for motion film adaptation.[5]
References
- ^ "Comic capers for India", The Hindu, 21 May 2007.
- ^ Virulents on Goodreads, www.goodreads.com
- ^ Boatwala, Zeenia (28 May 2013). "Anitracks Media to Launch Graphic Novel 'The Caravan' at Comic Con Bangalore". AnimationXpress. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "It's a bird, it's a plane - It's an Indian woman". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Sanjay Gupta to adapt superhero graphic novel". The New Indian Express. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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