Mumbai Confidential http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com crime-noir comic book created by Saurav Mohapatra and Vivek Shinde Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Chapter 1 Ashcans for Free Comic Book Day (FCBD 2010) http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2010/02/21/chapter-1-ashcans-for-free-comic-book-day-fcbd-2010/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2010/02/21/chapter-1-ashcans-for-free-comic-book-day-fcbd-2010/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:11:26 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=152 Ordered some ashcans off of ComiXPress of the Chapter 1 preview for Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) on May 1, 2010. I shall most probably be giving these away at my awesome local comic book store That’s Entertainment in Worcester, MA on FCBD 2010.

The ashcans really came out great. Going to order some more of these to give out at Albany Comic Con in April 2010, if I decide to attend it. Here are some hastily snapped cellphone photos. Click on the images for larger versions.

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2010/02/21/chapter-1-ashcans-for-free-comic-book-day-fcbd-2010/feed/ 1 Chapter 1 Preview online http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/12/23/chapter-1-preview-online/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/12/23/chapter-1-preview-online/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:26:36 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=131 Mumbai ConfidentialChristmas came early this year. :) As promised, we are posting a preview of Chapter 1 of Mumbai Confidential Book 1 “Good Cop, Bad Cop“.

So we’ll be back in Jan with new exploration and never before seen concept art and some other goodies. The MC Team has always valued our fans and community and this is our christmas gift to you. :)

If you want to link to it :

http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/preview/previewchapter-1/.

Also we’re on TWITTER and FACEBOOK too, so drop us a ping if you feel like it.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/12/23/chapter-1-preview-online/feed/ 1 Site updated http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/12/19/site-updated/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/12/19/site-updated/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:49:58 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=124 So after getting quite a few quotes north of $500, I decided to just bite the bullet and create a WordPress theme for Mumbai Confidential website myself. It was not much of a pain. The current theme you see is created from scratch and was coded using the excellent Komodo Edit in a box running Ubuntu Karmic Koala. I made the site layout I wished in GIMP and then chopped it up into an HTML page.

I found a really nice resource for coding WP Themes by hand at themeshaper.com. So after a night’s slog, I had a working theme. It’s my first wordpress theme and would love if you dropped me a note if you encounter a glitch in the matrix while browsing the pages.

All in all it was fun unleashing the geekery once again :) , now back to xmas holidays and waiting for the christmas blizzard of ‘09 to hit Shrewsbury. We’ll be back in Jan with new art, a full preview of chapter 1 and many more goodies.

See you on the other side.

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/12/19/site-updated/feed/ 2 Final(ish) cover :) http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/10/04/finalish-cover/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/10/04/finalish-cover/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:09:46 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=106 So Vivek turned in the final images and after dressing it this is what we ended up with. (click for hires)

Mumbai Confidential (Book 1) cover

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/10/04/finalish-cover/feed/ 3 Worklog update and new cover samples http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/08/21/worklog-update-and-new-cover-samples/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/08/21/worklog-update-and-new-cover-samples/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:25:53 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=99 So vivek has fired in some more pages and we are working on a cover concept. I’m going to post two of the cover tries. these are mockups we made to play around with various layouts/compositions and these contain some placeholder content.

Click on the images for higher resolution versions.

as usual do feel free to let us know what you like or don’t like about the two layouts.

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/08/21/worklog-update-and-new-cover-samples/feed/ 3 Mumbai Confidential on the Web http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/08/05/mumbai-confidential-on-the-web/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/08/05/mumbai-confidential-on-the-web/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:09:12 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=96 This is just a brief post to mention the other web / community pages for Mumbai Confidential.

Website: http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com (well, duh! :) )

Twitter : http://twitter.com/mumbaiconfid

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mumbai-Confidential/128123608452

So join us on Twitter and Facebook and spread the word. MC is creator owned and we’re banking on fans such as you to get the word out.

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/08/05/mumbai-confidential-on-the-web/feed/ 0 SDCC Goodness – Three pages of awesomeness from Vivek :) http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/07/21/sdcc-goodness-three-pages-of-awesomeness-from-vivek/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/07/21/sdcc-goodness-three-pages-of-awesomeness-from-vivek/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:37:28 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=53 Here is a three page preview :) (Strong language and swearing, so not suitable for minors) (click for higer res pages)

Page 1Pitch 2PAge 3

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/07/21/sdcc-goodness-three-pages-of-awesomeness-from-vivek/feed/ 10 Good things happening! http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/05/28/good-things-happening/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/05/28/good-things-happening/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 01:31:04 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/05/28/good-things-happening/ In case you were wondering where the updates went, it’s just that we had to keep quiet for the right reasons. Mumbai Confidential has almost found a publisher and the good news is it’ll be released in India first :)

So keep your fingers crossed and RSS Readers peeled, for I’m going to make the announcement soon…ish!

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/05/28/good-things-happening/feed/ 0 character explorations http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/01/08/character-explorations/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/01/08/character-explorations/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:46:13 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=36 Here are some initial character explorations for MC as sent in by Vivek

]]> http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/01/08/character-explorations/feed/ 5 Change in team http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/01/08/change-in-team/ http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/2009/01/08/change-in-team/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:55:18 +0000 mohaps http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/?p=33 Unfortunately Sid Kotian has left the art team due to some personal engagements, but fikar nawt folks, artist Vivek Shinde (PROJECT: KALKI, SNAKEWOMAN, SPECIAL OFFICER SAWANT) has stepped in as my collaborator on Mumbai Confidential.

Vivek has already turned in some explorations which I’ll be posting soon-ish and I must say his take on the characters is really really kick-ass.

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