Anupam Sinha

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Anupam Sinha
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Anupam Sinha with the unveiled statue of his popular comic book superhero Super Commando Dhruva, at Comics Fest India, 2013
BornAnupam Sinha
13 February 1962
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality Indian
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Notable works
The Virtuals, Super Commando Dhruva, Nagraj

Anupam Sinha is an Indian comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the Raj Comics superhero Super Commando Dhruva. The BusinessWorld website said that Sinha revolutionised Indian comics with his work at Raj Comics. [1]

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Cover art of Super Commando Dhruva Super Commando Dhruva in his Debut issue.jpg
Cover art of Super Commando Dhruva

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. [2] 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. [3] 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 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

DC#Character / SeriesNameArtistWriterWriter
32Fauladi SinghKhatarnak ShadiyantraAnupam Sinha
40Fauladi SinghParmanu Bomb Ke ChorAnupam SinhaPart 1
42Fauladi SinghShikanjaAnupam SinhaPart 2
49Tau JiJadu Ka DandaAnupam Sinha
51Fauladi SinghShaitan TarwillAnupam SinhaPart 1
58Fauladi SinghTarwill Se TakkarAnupam SinhaPart 2
60Tau JiJadugar SambhaAnupam SinhaRajiv
76Tau JiLalchi JadugarAnupam Sinha
82Lambu MotuGaddaron Ki ToliAnupam SinhaPart 1
85Lambu MotuGaddaron Ka VinashAnupam SinhaPart 2
101Fauladi SinghVinash Ke PujariAnupam Sinha
134Tau JiAtyachri Ka AtankAnupam Sinha

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References

  1. "Businessworld - Master of Fantasy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  2. "Businessworld - Master of Fantasy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2010-08-15. Master Of Fantasy
  3. ANUPAM SINHA DADDY OF INDIAN FANTASY