Pratap Mullick (1 July 1936 – 18 June 2007) was an Indian

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and comics artist. He was best known for illustrating

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which gained lot of popularity under him and was later handed to Anupam Sinha who made Nagraj an actual superhero. He worked for the Indian comic book series

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created by writer and editor

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. Mullick drew the first 50 issues of

from 1986 until 1995. He designed the comic-book character Supremo (based on movie star

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), who featured in a series published for two years in the 1980s. As a veteran illustrator, Mullick ran his own comics studio and training workshop in

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. He was also the author of an art-instruction book ''Sketching'', which according to the publisher's website is "a condensation of Pratap Mulick’s life-long devotion to figure drawing and illustration". A blurb on the book claims that 50,000 copies have been sold till date. Sanjay Gupta studio head and co-founder of

shared his work experience with Pratap Mulick, during an interview with CulturePOPcorn. Karline McLain, a researcher who worked at the Amar Chitra Katha production offices, wrote a book which discusses the work of Amar Chitra Katha artists and records conversations with Pratap Mullick.

Work

As Author and Illustrator

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Sketching
' by Pratap Mullick (Jyotsna Prakashan)

Awards & Recognitions

Late. Pratap Mullick was featured as Indian comics legend creative in the Legend Calendar 2019 released by Comix Theory in January 2019. He is featured on the front cover of the legend calendar.

Family

Pratap Mulick's son, Milind Mulick, is a well known watercolour artist based in Pune.

References

External links

Legend of Pratap Mullick Godfather of Indian Comics Industry at CulturePOPcorn

Pratap Mullick covers on YouTube

'Pratap Mulick' at WorldCatLegend Calendar 2019

Indian comics artists Place of birth missing (living people) Living people 1936 births {{comics-artist-stub