Thread: Comics

ok i noticed that most of my forumites arnt too keen on the literary section

but im sure all us would have read comics as kids, and i guess many still do (i do whenevr i get the chance)

So plz share wat comics u used to (still) read and your fav ones.

I don't remember the last time I read comics. But I used to read these.

In Malayalam.
ഡിങ്കന്
കപീഷ്
മായാവി
ശിക്കാരി ശംഭു
ജമ്പനും തുമ്പനും
ബ്ലാക്ബെല്റ്റ് കുഞ്ഞാപൂ

In English

Tin tin, only

BTW. Where is your list ?

I used to read any comics I could see... some names I recall are-

super commando dhruv,
chacha chowdhry(loved saabu),
nagraj,
billu,
baankelal,
fauladi singh,
bhokal,
parmanu,
amar chitra katha,
pinky,
ram-rahim,
doga,
ninja turtles,
champak,
nandan,
nanhe samrat(loved 'Bond' in it),
bal hans,
phantom

In english-
I guess it was archies only though couple of yrs back I got my hands on many Spiderman comics too...

p.s.- I'll add more if I recall any...

I am huge comics' fan. I have the following in my home library:

a) Lots of Archie digests - at least 60-70, I think
b) All of Tintin's
c) All of Asterix (my username is based on a character from 'Asterix and the Normans')
d) Scanned downloads of at least 400 Indrajal Comics (Phantom, Mandrake, Flash, etc.)
e) I had lots of Amar Chitra Katha that I lost

My home library is equiped with lots of fiction, classics, Marathi literature, etc. I may be having over 200 books. I am a voracious reader and I buy books whenever I feel like.

super commando dhruv,
chacha chowdhry(loved saabu),
nagraj,
billu,
baankelal,
fauladi singh,
bhokal,
parmanu,
amar chitra katha,
pinky,
ram-rahim,
doga,
ninja turtles,
champak,
nandan,
nanhe samrat(loved 'Bond' in it),
bal hans,
phantom

oooooohhhh hmy:
ye sab to mainae bhi paddi hai

BTW: how about savitabhabhi now
I know few of my friends who really like to read that :lol:

Hmmm
Dont have a huge collection or anything like that but

TinTin
Asterix
Archies
Tinkle [Indian]
Batman , Spiderman , Justice League of America, superman etc etc
Calvin And Hobbs [still my fav]

Some very old ones like

Fantastic four and Flash
Captain America
Captain marvel
The Phantom

Originally Posted by itsmemad

I used to read any comics I could see... some names I recall are-

super commando dhruv,
chacha chowdhry(loved saabu),
nagraj,
billu,
baankelal,
fauladi singh,
bhokal,
parmanu,
amar chitra katha,
pinky,
ram-rahim,
doga,
ninja turtles,
champak,
nandan,
nanhe samrat(loved 'Bond' in it),
bal hans,
phantom

In english-
I guess it was archies only though couple of yrs back I got my hands on many Spiderman comics too...

p.s.- I'll add more if I recall any...

Same here...but I was not a big fan of parmanu and bhokal..

My fav ones were Bankelal, Kurukband,Dhruv,Nagraj etc

my fav was chaachaa choudhary, billu pinki, naagraj and dhruv

You didn't like Bankelal???

ohhhi fogot to mention that

thanks for refreshing my old days

yes yes baankelal :yes:

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

BTW: how about savitabhabhi now
I know few of my friends who really like to read that :lol:

Couple of my friends also like it...

well when i was small.. i never tried to look also in comics.. lol i felt so boring to read.. thinking better to watch cartoons..!! :lol:
recently i downloaded some of comics from torrents.. its just jpeg images.. still i dont find it interesting..

my medical text books are better i guess.. :lol:

my all time fav are the archie comics.
but they'v gotten so expensive now

Originally Posted by Alexina

my all time fav are the archie comics.
but they'v gotten so expensive now

An Archie Double Digest is Rs. 90 to Rs. 100. It is expensive to buy everyday, but I am sure one can afford a couple of them a month.

Originally Posted by just4kix

An Archie Double Digest is Rs. 90 to Rs. 100. It is expensive to buy everyday, but I am sure one can afford a couple of them a month.

I have stopped buying them ... but comparing the price with that of few years ago ... i would say they have come down ! not gone up

how come its so expensive? something special in comics? :lol:

The problem with Archie digests is that many times the stories are repeated.

calvin and hobbes is supposedly a popular comic among growwn ups, havnt read it though so cant comment on the quality of it.

Calvin and Hobbes is my favourite. I have the entire collection.
You definitely need to check it out.

-F

Calvin and Hobbs is known for its wacky one liners ...... And Calvin is def a Damn cute kiddo

Originally Posted by Alexina

calvin and hobbes is supposedly a popular comic among growwn ups, havnt read it though so cant comment on the quality of it.

C&H is for kids and grown-ups both. As far as I have seen, its the most witty comic strip of all time. In the outside it is filled with wacky humor but in the inside it is filled with dark satire and some crazy views on life.

The boy in that strip is named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French Reformation theologian and the stuffed tiger is named after Thomas Hobbes, a 17th-century English political philosopher. As u can see, the names were also chosen very carefully. Once u start reading C&H, there is no turning back.

-F

It's one of those comics where you can read it over and over
again and find it funny each and everytime ;-)

-F

Originally Posted by itsmemad

I used to read any comics I could see... some names I recall are-

super commando dhruv,
chacha chowdhry(loved saabu),
nagraj,
billu,
baankelal,
fauladi singh,
bhokal,
parmanu,
amar chitra katha,
pinky,
ram-rahim,
doga,
ninja turtles,
champak,
nandan,
nanhe samrat(loved 'Bond' in it),
bal hans,
phantom

In english-
I guess it was archies only though couple of yrs back I got my hands on many Spiderman comics too...

p.s.- I'll add more if I recall any...

OMG......u actually read this only....??? n i can guarantee tht u neva read ur english readers or studied maths.....my goodness......
its a real nice habit to read but soo many comics...wow....!!!!

well i ve jus been reading Archies....n cheryl.....thts it....!!! Apart from tht i used to like those fairy tales n story books....taking one to da dream world.....lol !!!!! n which girl wudnt b a fan of Mills n Boons....though it was all da time crazy in love.....totally girly....!!!

Originally Posted by itsmemad

I used to read any comics I could see... some names I recall are-

super commando dhruv,
chacha chowdhry(loved saabu),
nagraj,
billu,
baankelal,
fauladi singh,
bhokal,
parmanu,
amar chitra katha,
pinky,
ram-rahim,
doga,
ninja turtles,
champak,
nandan,
nanhe samrat(loved 'Bond' in it),
bal hans,
phantom

In english-
I guess it was archies only though couple of yrs back I got my hands on many Spiderman comics too...

p.s.- I'll add more if I recall any...

I also used to read all of these....

Maddy, we can add few more names here :


Raman (Cartoonist Pran)
Chacha Bhatija
Mama Bhanja
Lambu motu
Daabu (Another chracter from cartoonist Pran)
Rajan Iqbal
Tausi
Suman Saurabh
.....

will add more if I can recall...

The golden days...miss them a lot....

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

OMG......u actually read this only....??? n i can guarantee tht u neva read ur english readers or studied maths.....my goodness......
its a real nice habit to read but soo many comics...wow....!!!!

Reading comics was the best time pass.I was so efficient and fast in reading comics that it used to take me less that 12 mintues to complete a 48 page comics.There were times when I could read 6 comics in a day...

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

OMG......u actually read this only....??? n i can guarantee tht u neva read ur english readers or studied maths.....my goodness......
its a real nice habit to read but soo many comics...wow....!!!!

well i ve jus been reading Archies....n cheryl.....thts it....!!! Apart from tht i used to like those fairy tales n story books....taking one to da dream world.....lol !!!!! n which girl wudnt b a fan of Mills n Boons....though it was all da time crazy in love.....totally girly....!!!

Yeah I read comics more than my coursebooks... But still some how I manged to rank in top 10 out of 60... And mind u... I was in best school in my state... So, that ranking was something I'm still proud of... I remember I was caught reading comics while lecture was on in 6th grade....lol But no regrets...

Now I read novels whenever I get time or always while traveling... Never dared to read M&B... My cousins were huge fan...