Shamik Dasgupta

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]

Shamik Dasgupta
Born (1982-08-28) 28 August 1982
Kolkata, India
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
  • Ramayan 3292 AD
  • The Caravan
  • The Village
  • Rakshak

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 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
  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". Telegraph India.


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