Ram V

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Ram V
BornRamnarayan Venkatesan
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Grafity's Wall, These Savage Shores, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, The Swamp Thing , Justice League Dark , Catwoman , Detective Comics , Carnage
www.ram-v.com

Ramnarayan Venkatesan [1] , known professionally as Ram V, is an Indian comics writer who has worked for small press, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics. He has been nominated for Eisner, Harvey, and Ringo Awards.

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Career

Ram V began his comics writing career in 2016 by self-publishing Black Mumba., [1] [2] which featured art by Devmalya Pramanik, Kishore Mohan, Rosh and Aditya Bidikar, through Kickstarter. [3] He then went on to publish Grafity's Wall at Unbound in 2018 [1] , which went on to be picked up and published by Dark Horse Comics in 2020. [4] These were followed by These Savage Shores (Vault) in 2019 and Blue in Green (Image) in 2020. [5] In 2021, he reunited with Blue in Green artist Anand RK for a new series for Vault Comics, Radio Apocalypse. [6] In 2022, he was nominated for an Eisner and Harvey Award for The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, [7] [8] a Boom! Studios comic he did with Felipe Andrade. [9] In 2024, V and Andrade reunited to make another comic, Rare Flavours, for Boom!, [10] which was then nominated for a Ringo Award. [11]

In 2018, he wrote his first story for DC Comics in Batman Secret Files #1, "The Nature of Fear." [12] [13] In 2020, in was announced that he and Mike Perkins were going to be doing a new Swamp Thing series, [14] involving a new protagonist named Levi Kamei. [15] Then, V and artist Fernando Blanco took over as the creative team for Catwoman at issue #25. [16]

In 2021, he was announced as the new co-writer of Venom alongside Al Ewing. [17] [18] "I think the story interactions between Venom the symbiote, Venom—his father's symbiote, Dylan's own history and his attempt at finding a new equilibrium are all fascinating things to delve into as we tell this drama through an action-packed tense thriller with a hint of sci-fi, horror." [18] In March 2022, he became the writer of a new volume of Carnage . [19]

In 2022, it was announced that Ram V. and Rafael Albuquerque were going to be the new creative team for Detective Comics beginning with issue #1062. [20] Their run ended in 2024 with issue #1089. [21] [22] In 2023, he was announced as the writer of The Vigil, a new team book among the "We Are Legends" line of AAPI heroes. [23] [24] Additionally, he and artist Christian Ward teamed up for Aquaman: Andromeda, a three-issue mini-series from DC Black Label. [25]

In 2024, it was announced that he would be the writer for The New Gods alongside artist Evan Cagle. [26] [27] [28] [29] "Many of the story elements come from my reading of Hindu mythology. The original work takes a lot from Greco-Roman mythology; the gods are modeled on archetypes. The Hindu gods that I grew up with are more nuanced and complex, often making silly mistakes because they are powerful, not because they are perfect. Their slightest whim has dramatic consequences." [30]

In 2024, he was also announced as the co-writer (alongside Dan Watters) for Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! , [31] one of the Universal Monsters comics put out by Skybound/Image. [32] [33] [34] In April of 2024, Polygon announced that Dawnrunner, a Dark Horse comic by V and Evan Cable about mechas, [35] was "one of the year's best new comics." [36] In November of 2024, it was announced that Ram V, Garth Ennis, Marguerite Bennett, Joe Pruett, and Adam Glass were forming an imprint of Image Comics called Ninth Circle. [37]

Personal Life

Ram V was born and raised in Mumbai [30] [7] , but has worked and traveled all over the world. [38] Before he was a writer, he worked as a chemical engineer [38] . "I used to travel a lot as a Chemical Engineer. I went to a lot of countries I had never visited before, stayed on my own in obscure industrial towns where tourism is sparse. I discovered cultures and traditions and local stories and legends. And yet through it all, I found that there is commonality of human experience. People fundamentally want similar things, they worry about similar things, the things that bring them joy are similar. If I can communicate this fact through my fiction, it will have been a rewarding experience." [4]

Currently, he lives in London. [12] [39]

Bibliography

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  3. ↑ Kalo, Tanveer (2018-12-20). "Ram V talks Batman, 'These Savage Shores,' and the future". Adventures in Poor Taste. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  4. 1 2 Silber, Gregory Paul (2020-08-13). "INTERVIEW: Ram V on GRAFITY'S WALL and the weight of circumstance". The Beat. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  5. ↑ Horne, Karama (2020-10-16). "Indie Comics Spotlight: Blue in Green is a gorgeous exercise in improvisational jazz and horror". SYFY Official Site. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  6. ↑ McMillan, Graeme (2021-01-18). "How 'Radio Apocalypse' Combines Music and Comics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  7. 1 2 Babu, Ritesh (2022-07-22). "Ram V Is Changing the Face of Comics with Laila Starr, Grafity's Wall, and Batman". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  8. ↑ "Harvey Awards Unveil 2022 Nominees". www.harveyawards.com. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  9. ↑ Powell, Nancy (2021-05-18). "INTERVIEW: Ram V and Filipe Andrade on Death's rude awakening in THE MANY DEATHS OF LAILA STARR". The Beat. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  10. ↑ McMillan, Graeme (2023-06-20). "Rare Flavours: Inside Ram V and Filipe Andrade's reunion after the hit comic The Many Deaths of Laila Starr". Popverse. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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  12. 1 2 Paul, Sharmindrila (2019-01-28). "Ram Venkatesan on Batman Secret Files #1". animationxpress.com. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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  37. ↑ Brooke, David (2024-09-23). "New Image Comics imprint Ninth Circle launching December 11". Adventures in Poor Taste. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  38. 1 2 "Ram V Brings Myths and Magic to DC's Most Misunderstood Heroes". DC. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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Preceded by
Blake Northcott and Sean Murphy
Catwoman writer
2020-2022		Succeeded by
Preceded by Detective Comics writer
2022-2024		Succeeded by
Preceded by Venom writer
2021-2023
(co-written with Al Ewing)		Succeeded by
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