Shamik Dasgupta
| Shamik Dasgupta | |
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| Born | 28 August 1982 Kolkata, India |
| Area(s) | Writer |
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Shamik Dasgupta (born 28 August 1982 in Calcutta) 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]
Shamik Dasgupta is infamous for his racist and sexist comments on the social media. Some of them had even gone viral.
Career[]
His career started with Graphic India, 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.
Shamik Dasgupta's comic book series, Rakshak, created for Yali Dream Creations has been acquired by director Sanjay Gupta for motion film adaptation.
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.
External links[]
- Shamik Dasgupta Interview : I cannot do anything else but comics
- Sanjay Gupta to adapt superhero graphic novel published by Yali Dream Creations
- Shamik Dasgupta's interview with Animation Express on Rakshak
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