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May 03, 2005

Gotham releases Indian SpideyLiterature

The long-awaited debut of “Spider-Man India”:

Gotham Entertainment Group (GEG), based in Bangalore and New York, has launched four issues of the comic in the United States and will introduce the first of the four-part series in India next month, in a deal with Marvel Enterprises Inc. [Reuters/Yahoo!]

The first issue is available directly from the publisher. Possible drinking game: Take a shot every time you catch a peek up Pavitr Prabhakar’s dhoti.

apul on May 3, 2005 04:21 PM in Literature · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



3 comments

 1 · Sin on May 4, 2005 01:24 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Oh good lord. Now THAT'S a drinking game I'll happily take part in. He looks kinda hot.


 2 · Rishi Sharma on May 5, 2005 05:24 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Its not bad actually. Its being done by Indian writers as well, so the stories are interesting. Green Goblin is like a rakshasa, and Uncle "Bhim" gets killed in an alley ala "great powers comes greate responsibility." Also Pavitr gets his powers from a yogi. Neat.


 3 · bak on May 9, 2005 11:02 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I just read this this weekend. It's actually not bad - the art and inking is really nice, and the storyline is interesting. I especially like the way it's been re-written in an Indian context (there's even a glossary at the end of each story with explanations for the Indianized terminology - eg Bhaijaan, salwar-kameez, Shahrukh Khan). My only beef: I wish they'd stuck to the radioactive spider as the reason for Spider-man's 'powers', instead of giving it a supernatural twist.


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