Shamik Dasgupta

Shamik Dasgupta
Shamik Dasgupta
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Ramayan 3292 AD; The Caravan; The Village; Rakshak;

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.

External links

Shamik Dasgupta Interview : I cannot do anything else but comics

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[1] "Comic capers for India", The Hindu, 21 May 2007.

[2] Virulents on Goodreads, www.goodreads.com

[3] Boatwala, Zeenia (28 May 2013). "Anitracks Media to Launch Graphic Novel 'The Caravan' at Comic Con Bangalore". AnimationXpress. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[4] "It's a bird, it's a plane - It's an Indian woman". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015.

[5] "Sanjay Gupta to adapt superhero graphic novel". The New Indian Express. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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