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The Long and Winding Road - Grant Morrison's 18 Days
posted 5 Jul 2015, 16:02 by Ben HansomGraphic India - The Power of Story! 0 items - $0.00 / Checkout. GRANT MORRISON’S 18 DAYS – KARNA: LEGEND OF THE SIXTH SON. Oct 06, 2020, 11:52PM IST Source: ANI. Anger is mounting high in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan against Islamabad’s attempt to change the political status of the occupied region.
This week saw the release of the first issue of Grant Morrison's 18 Days from upstart comic book publisher Graphic India, a project 7 years in the making and the cause of some confusion online as to its provenance. I thought it might be a good idea to get a bit of a chronology up here to iron out once and for all what this book is (and probably isn't) and how it came to be. 18 Days - then called MBX - was first announced in a surprise appearance by Grant Morrison on a Virgin Comics panel at the 2008 New York Comic Convention. A free-wheeling sci-fi adaptation of the Indian epic poem The Mahabharata - running to more than 74,000 verses and around 1.8 million words in total - Morrison described it thus,'Like the Beatles took Indian music and tried to make psychedelic sounds…I'm trying to convert Indian storytelling to a western style for people raised on movies, comics, and video games.' A couple of months later Virgin Comics and digital animation shop Perspective Studios announced they'd be debuting footage from MBX at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con - there's a low-quality version still online here, and though I suppose it does look kind of clunky now, but let me tell you young whippersnappers, it actually looked pretty swish back in 2008. Encompassing a planned 'movie' (intended from the beginning to be cut up into shorter episodes if desired) and a video game, there was - initially at least - no plans for a comic book adaptation. While I don't know for sure I'd imagine this was because at that time Morrison was signed exclusively to DC Comics for his comic book work. Animation, movies and video games though - all falling outside of Grant's DC contract - were fair game. No release date was set, but a limited run (1,000 copies) sketchbook was sold at the convention - pulling double duty as a $25 ticket to Virgin's Grant Morrison signing at the Con - featuring excerpts from Morrison's series bible and the complete script for episode one, alongside pages of concept artwork by Indian superstar artist Mukesh Singh. With no further news on a distribution channel for the proposed animated series, it seemed like the Dynamite book was an attempt to at least make some money off the material that had already been completed. Morrison didn't do much (any?) publicity for the book though, and it seemed like maybe his involvement with the stalled project had come to an end. Unfortunately, to say the web series has departed somewhat from Devarajan's contention that 'most of the Asian epics and themes don't define good and evil in the same very linear way that we see black and white in the West; it's much more about the gray,' would be putting it mildly. The extremely limited voice cast has dictated that all the good guys sound like good guys, while the baddies all sound like mustache-twirling pantomime villains. The story itself is undoubtedly epic in scope and puts the characters into some complex moral binds, but the delivery has often left much to be desired. A couple of months back, unencumbered now by exclusive contracts DC or otherwise, Graphic India finally got around to soliciting an 18 Days comic - or soliciting it in the West at least. It seems that there are already a coupleof trade paperbacks of Grant Morrison's 18 Days comics available in India published by Westland Books, running to 288 pages between them (I think that's about 12 regular sized issues?). Curiously, both the existing Indian books and - more noticeably - the ongoing YouTube series seemed to have been completely overlooked by the comics internet when the Grant Morrison's 18 Days solicits appeared - with at least one site reporting it as 'The Return of Grant Morrison's 18 Days', as though the series had never been seen since the Dynamite book some 5 years ago. Once again, Morrison hasn't really been involved in the marketing push for this book, and it seems pretty unlikely at this point that he would produce all-new material for Grant Morrison's 18 Days #1 - I'd imagine what we have here is an adaptation of Grant Morrison's 7 year old scripts for 3 ten minute episodes of an animated series, repurposed into a comic series. That's not to say the book is neither good nor worthwhile.. Just don't expect it to go on for a whole lot longer with a Grant Morrison solo writing credit. While I was writing this, I found this blurb for an upcoming panel at this year's SDCC - happening this Thursday (9th July) in fact: 'Legendary creator, Grant Morrison (Batman, All Star Superman, 18 Days, The Multiversity) discusses storytelling, global mythology, mysticism, the rise of Indian superheroes and his latest comic launch, 18 Days: The Mahabharata. Morrison will also announce his latest groundbreaking, mythic/sci-fi project with Graphic India for the first time.' So it looks like we'll find out a bit more about Grant's ongoing involvement with Graphic India and 18 Days (and what if any new stuff he's got up his sleeve) later this week. Should have just saved writing this til after then really shouldn't I? |
Born | March 6, 1975 New York, USA |
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Website | www.liquidcomics.com www.graphicindia.com |
Sharad Devarajan is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Liquid Comics LLC,[1]a digital entertainment company that uses the medium of graphic novel storytelling to develop original content for various digital platforms, publishing, theatrical live-action films, animation and games. Devarajan is also the Co-Founder and CEO of the recently formed Graphic India Pte. Ltd., which he co-founded with CA Media LP, the Asian investment arm of Peter Chernin's The Chernin Group, LLC. Graphic India, is focussed on launching characters, heroes and stories that tap into the unique creativity and culture of India but appeal to audiences worldwide. In the same way the West has created superheroes or Japan launched anime.[2]
Prior to Graphic India, Devarajan was the co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of Virgin Comics LLC and Virgin Animation Pvt. Ltd, a set of companies he co-founded with Sir Richard Branson and the Virgin Group, acclaimed author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and entrepreneurs Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman. Iswift 4 2009. Mr. Devarajan led a management buyout of Virgin Comics and renamed the Company, Liquid Comics.[3]
Devarajan is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Business School[4] where he teaches, Media Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Transmedia & Transcreation: How Technology and Globalization are Transforming Media, and Virtual Reality & the Future of Storytelling. Fonepaw data recovery 2 0 0. He also co-teaches the class, Just Capitalism & Cause Driven Marketing, with author Deepak Chopra, and teaches
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At Liquid Comics, Devarajan built a studio of artists and writers to create a new wave of mythic character properties in comics, games, animation and live-action films. Devarajan has also created entertainment products with acclaimed filmmakers, actors and musicians including John Woo,[5]Guy Ritchie,[6]Edward Burns[7], Nicolas Cage,[8]Barry Sonnenfeld[9],[10]and Wes Craven.
Mr. Devarajan is also a Producer / Executive Producer on a number of theatrical live-action film projects based on the companies’ comic properties including, the film adaptation of Gamekeeper with director Guy Ritchie,[11]The Leaves with Summit Entertainment.,[12] Ramayan 3392 A.D with Mandalay Entertainment,[13] Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens, with director Barry Sonnenfeld and producer Arnold Rifkin[14] and a creator of Ani-Max and First Family, two television shows in development with FremantleMedia Enterprises.[15]
In 2013, Devarajan worked with Stan Lee to create a new Indian superhero, Chakra the Invincible and was the Director and Executive Producer of an animated film based on the character which launched on Cartoon Network.[16]Chakra the Invincible was also selected as one of the first wave of third party content to be launched from Rovio Entertainment worldwide through the Angry Birds app's ToonsTV platform.[17]
In digital entertainment, Devarajan worked with Batman comic book writer, Grant Morrison as Executive Producer and co-writer on Graphic India's digital web series, 18-Days,[18]which is a modern reinvention of the epic Indian myth, Mahabharata. Devarajan also worked with filmmaker John Woo and Tiger Hill, as Executive Producer on the animated web series, “Seven Brothers,”[19]which premiered on YouTube's, Machinima channel.
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In 2011, Devarajan worked with the estate of Elvis Presley to launch a book, Graphic Elvis, which he served as Editor and Co-Author of and which was released on the 35th anniversary of Elvis's death.[20] Lost lands 4 the wanderer. As part of the creation of the book, Devarajan was granted access to many of Elvis's personal writings and notes in how many books at Graceland which were featured for the first time in the book.
In 2010, through Liquid Comics, Devarajan partnered with the Open Hands Initiative, to bring together a group of American and Middle Eastern students with disabilities to work together and create a new superhero that reflected their shared challenges and shared values.[21]The superhero, “Silver Scorpion”, received worldwide acclaim for promoting advocacy for the rights of the disabled in the Middle East and was launched as a digital web series on MTV Voices. President Bill Clinton honored the students at the Clinton Global Initiative, stating that the comic book “will help to establish trust and understanding between cultures, to empower young people with disabilities.”[22]
Previously, Mr. Devarajan was also the Co-Founder, President & CEO of Gotham Entertainment Group, South Asia's leading comic book publisher. Mr. Devarajan was instrumental in securing and launching the South Asian publishing program for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. introducing the South Asian market to such notable comic magazines including Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, Hulk, and X-Men. In 2004, Mr. Devarajan worked with Marvel Comics to reinvent the Spider-Man character as an Indian boy growing up in Mumbai. Unlike traditional translations of western comic magazines, the new series, Spider-Man: India was heralded as the industry's first “transcreation” where instead of a literal translation for a foreign market, the character was 'trans-created' into an Indian boy named Pavitr Prabhakar living in Mumbai.
References[edit]
- ^'About Us'. Liquid Comics. May 6, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^'About Us'. GraphicPop. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^'Liquid Comics Buys Out Virgin Comics'. Newsarama. September 24, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/cbs-directory/detail/583656/Sharad%20Devarajan
- ^Gardner, Chris (July 13, 2006). 'Virgin Comics woos Woo'. Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^Graser, Marc (July 26, 2007). 'Guy Ritchie to direct 'Gamekeeper''. Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^Fleming, Michael (July 26, 2007). 'Ed Burns, Virgin pact on 'Walloper''. Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003646.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1
- ^Fleming, Jr., Mike (May 10, 2011). 'How Would Aliens Fare Against Dinosaurs? Barry Sonnenfeld Aims To Find Out'. Deadline. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^Bhushan, Nya (July 24, 2010). 'Craven to create graphic novel for Liquid'. The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^Graser, Marc (July 26, 2007). 'Guy Ritchie to direct 'Gamekeeper''. Variety. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989351.html?categoryid=1350&cs=1
- ^https://variety.com/2011/film/news/kelman-tapped-to-adapt-ramayan-3392-ad-1118044141/
- ^<https://www.imdb.com/news/ni10481134/>
- ^https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006360.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1
- ^Tartaglione, Nancy (October 16, 2013). 'Stan Lee's Indian Superhero 'Chakra' To Debut On Cartoon Network In South Asia'. Deadline. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^Holdsworth, Nick (September 25, 2013). 'Rovio Announces Second Season of 'Angry Birds Toons' Series'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^Bhushan, Nyay (July 22, 2013). 'Comic-Con: Grant Morrison to Launch Indian Animated Series on YouTube'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ^Bhushan, Nyay (December 20, 2011). 'John Woo Launches Animated Web Series 'Seven Brothers' with Liquid Comics (Video)'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^Truitt, Brian (July 17, 2011). ''Graphic Elvis' illustrates The King's love of comics'. USA Today. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^McCormack, Claire (March 8, 2011). 'Can a Disabled Muslim Comic-Book Superhero Save the World?'. Time. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^Bhushan, Nyay (April 25, 2012). 'U.S.-Syrian Superhero 'Silver Scorpion' Debuts as MTV Web Series'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
External links[edit]
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- NPR Radio Interview: a Spider-Man: India radio interview on NPR with one of the creators Sharad Devarajan
- New York Magazine: a New York Magazine article on Spider-Man India
- [http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41367 WSJ article on Virgin
- ^Overdorf, Jason (July 25, 2004). 'A MULTICULTURAL WEB'. Newsweek. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^Fleming, Michael (July 23, 2009). 'Fremantle dives in with Liquid Comics'. Variety. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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