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.
This is just a brief post to mention the other web / community pages for Mumbai Confidential.
Website: http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com (well, duh! 
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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.
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.
Wow, I never though I’d get this kind of response when I put up this site. Mumbai Confidential is a creator owned project, so every bit of support helps. Currently we (Sid and I) are thinking about pitching it for publication both in India and the US. But we want definitely to keep our ownership of the project. So most probably we’ll try out Image Comics and other publishers open to that.
Also the India publication is a must. This books audience resides in India and as far as I’m concerned it shall be available in India from day one.
The plan for now is to create two versions of the book (same art) — an Indian Edition where the dialogue is a mix of Hindi and English (I tried that out in Mumbai Macguffin ( Virgin Comics 2008) and it came out well, I think) and an International Edition with English only dialogue.
Here is an art dump of the thumbnails of the first sequence and character concept for Sawant, the bad guy. Sid has done a good job in translating my jumbled notes into a real visual treat. The opening sequence is a shootout between Sawant and Kadam in Dharavi. It’s night and monsoons are lashing Mumabai Our two dudes are at it shooting each other… why you ask? 
well check out the book when it comes out.
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