Anupam Sinha is an Indian
comic book artist
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and writer, credited as the creator of the
Raj Comics
Raj Comics, is an Indian comic books publisher, based in New Delhi, India. It published a line of Indian comic books through Raja Pocket Books since its foundation in 1984 by Rajkumar Gupta, Manoj Gupta and Sanjay Gupta. Some of its most we ...
superhero
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Super Commando Dhruva
Super Commando Dhruva is an Indian superhero appearing in comic books published by Raj Comics. The character, created by writer and illustrator Anupam Sinha, first appeared in GENL #74 ''Pratishodh Ki Jwala'' published in April 1987 and since t ...
. The ''BusinessWorld'' website said that Sinha revolutionised Indian comics with his work at Raj Comics.
Career
Starting his career in 1975 at the age of 13 for a small magazine called Deewana Tej at Kanpur, Sinha got his “big break” four years later, when he joined Diamond Comics. While working on popular comics such as Tauji aur Jadoo Ka Danda, Tauji aur Jadugar Sambha, Lalchi Jadugar and Atyachari Ka Atank. Sinha also attended Kanpur’s Christchurch College. He worked with Diamond Comics creating Fauladi Singh comics Fauladi Singh Aur Shaitan Tarwill, Fauladi Singh Ki Tarwill se Takkar and Fauladi Singh aur Vinash Ke Pujari.
ANUPAM SINHA DADDY OF INDIAN FANTASY
/ref> In 2012, he published his very first full-length fiction, ''The Virtuals''.
Raj Comics
Anupam Sinha joined Raj Comics in 1987 and created Super Commando Dhruva which took the markets by storm. Due to widespread success of the narratives Sinha used to construct, he was given the task of expanding Nagraj universe. Beginning from 1995, Sinha penned many Nagraj Comics and evolved the universe to cater to a mature audience. After a brief hiatus from Nagraj, Sinha is now helming Nagraj again with Manoj Gupta
Manoj Gupta (born December 23, 1967) is an Indian publisher, editor, and the President and Co-founder of Raja Pocket Books and its subsidiary Raj comics. He established the most popular and longest running comic book company Raj Comics together wi ...
in their latest and most ambitious project yet, Sarpsatra. This is also the first series to bring together the characters Nagraj and Tausi. Tausi was originally owned by Tulsi Comics but acquired by Raj Comics in 2016.
Diamond Comics
See also
* Chitra Bharti Kathamala Chitra Bharti Kathamala was a popular Indian comic book publication during the early 1980s. It was the comic publication line of one of the India's biggest publishers of Engineering and technical books - S.Chand and Company Ltd, New Delhi. They fin ...
* Diamond Comics
Diamond Comics is an Indian comic books publisher and distribution company, headquartered in Delhi. It is the largest comic book distributor and publisher in India. Diamond Comics created several original Indian comic characters like Chacha C ...
* Super Commando Dhruva
Super Commando Dhruva is an Indian superhero appearing in comic books published by Raj Comics. The character, created by writer and illustrator Anupam Sinha, first appeared in GENL #74 ''Pratishodh Ki Jwala'' published in April 1987 and since t ...
* Fauladi Singh Fauladi Singh is science fiction comic character in India in the decades of seventies and eighties, known as the protector of mankind. The comic was ahead of its times, at least, considering the cartoon/comic scene in India in the early eighties.
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References
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1962 births
Indian comics
Indian comics artists
Living people
Superhero comics