Friends, two new images from Sarnath Banerjee and an interview, an edited version of which has already been published in First City. Sarnath is known as India’s first graphic novelist, and Corridor is known as India’s first graphic novel. In between Corridor and his second book, The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers, Sarnath set up Phantomville with Anindya Roy. Phantomville is a publishing house that produced India’s second graphic novel (The Believers). Then Sarnath’s second novel, Barn Owl, technically India’s third graphic novel, came out. Phantomville has now come out with it’s second book, Kashmir Pending, India’s fourth graphic novel. Just setting the series straight for the news media.
NEW IMAGES (CLICK ON THEM FOR FULL SIZE)
There are skills one can improve in one’s lifetime, by practice and perseverance. Occasionally, one may even achieve excellence. But certain skills can’t be acquired no matter how much one tries. Timour Lang’s horsemanship, Muhammad Ali’s left hook, Rehman’s shammi kebab and Pandey’s back hand chop.
Sarnath is working on a series of drawings on small businesses that have disappeared or disappearing, including this man who made theatrical props for a living.
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So while I was busy running the streets in Amsterdam with crazy Dutch people dressed in orange, it seems our dear friend DJ Fadereu has gotten busy (image from AnimationXpress).
His work has been profiled in two articles recently: one was in the AnimationXpress); the other in the Financial Express. I quote (FE):
You would normally expect an IIT engineering graduate to be a part of some corporate setup, his creativity limited to choosing a tie with a dinosaur carved on it. But instead, Fadereu, as he prefers to be called, can be seen walking in Bandra, Mumbai, with a big moustache, donning a Multani salwar-kameez. “My friends call me Marwari Mujahid,†he quips, letting out a hearty laugh, which sort of compliments his appearance. Someone who has a knack for changing jobs (four in the first six months), Fadereu is a quintessential storyteller. But his stories are not the kind you would expect your grandmother to tell you. Fadereu’s stories begin from circa 1910, when electricity first arrived in Bombay, and have names like Akkad Bakkad Bombay Boss.
Also check out our own HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
Published by Angad Chowdhry March 11th, 2007
in graphic novels and guest writer.
Readers, it is with great pleasure that we introduce to you our new guest writer, Sarnath Banerjee. Sarnaths first book, Corridor (Penguin, 2004), India’s first graphic novel, was a critical as well as commercial success. His second book, The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers (Penguin, 2007) has just been launched using a multi media performance with actors, soundscapes, image projections and music by the jalebee cartel . He is a dear friend, but let that not stop me from being objective: buy his books! they are fantastic! He is also the director of an award winning claymation film called ‘Hakim Tartoosie’s Potency Oil’. Here are some images from Barn Owl.
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