Lotpot

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Lotpot
Lotpot english logo.png
EditorP. K. Bajaj
Categories Comic book
FrequencyFortnightly
First issue1969
Company Mayapuri Group
Country India
Language Hindi, English
Website lotpot.com

Lotpot is an Indian bilingual comic magazine published by Mayapuri Group. Lotpot title was registered by P. K. Bajaj in 1969 and the first issue came out in the same year and has been published without a break since then.

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History

Initially it was a weekly magazine which later on switched to fortnightly magazine after 2011. Later on, the magazine started publishing in English as well as Hindi. [1] [2] [3] The circulation of Hindi versions reached 175,000 and of English version to 225,000. [2]

Lotpot Comics belongs to the Mayapuri Group. [4] It was started by late P. K. Bajaj, who successfully ran a printing press for calendars after he migrated from Pakistan to India in 1947. After the success of Lotpot Comics, he launched Mayapuri Magazine, which is for Bollywood journalism.

Characters of Lotpot Comics got the opportunity to feature on air and became television shows for children such as Motu Patlu and Sheikh Chilli on Nickelodeon and Discovery Kids respectively.

Comic character Chacha Chaudhary was created by Pran Kumar Sharma in 1969 for Lotpot magazine, though it made its first appearance in 1971 in Lotpot. [5]

Associations

Lotpot Comics has had popular brand associations and collaborations in the past few years. Below are some of the associations.

Characters

The main comic strip characters of the magazine are:

References

  1. Lotpot - Owner Bajaj
  2. 1 2 With evergreen comic strip, "Motu Patlu" and other interesting topics & stories Lotpot is still a rage among children since 1969
  3. "# Lotpot". 26 February 2010.
  4. "Mayapuri Group".
  5. "प्राण कुमार शर्मा [Pran Kumar Sharma]".
  6. "Amrit Mahotsav Iconic Week of Ministry of Finance concludes".
  7. "आपको Tax Expert बनाने आ रहे हैं Motu-Patlu, निर्मला सीतारमण ने लॉन्च की ये खास कॉमिक्स बुक".
  8. "Motlu Patlu Come Alive at Madame Tussauds in Delhi". 7 June 2019.
  9. "Madame Tussauds Set to Open at DLF Mall of India | Noida News - Times of India". The Times of India . 6 May 2022.
  10. "Austrian Embassy Launches a Comic Book in Collaboration with Lotpot Comics Character Motu & Patlu". 9 March 2022.
  11. "Austrian Cultural Forum New Delhi". 11 January 2022.
  12. Lotpot & Toonpoor Ka Superhero Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine