Basutei shoujo.

You’ve got the music in you ay.

Zoognosis – 1: Zoologically Disappointing

Zoologically Disappointing, first published in Ecomixer – I. The first of a few zoo stories. All words straight out of Tripadvisor reviews of zoos.

Fun (noun) UK/US/fʌn/ pleasure, enjoyment, or entertainment

—Cambridge Dictionary

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Pg 2 of 8

The Reckoning.

The dog waiting to cross the road. The elephant in the temple fair. The solitary fish in the aquarium. The bird in her golden cage.
Every time we see them, we are reminded of the truth – this land, this river, this air belongs to them too.
We were the usurpers, we have eaten well.
Justice will be served, shortly.

Imagining a better world on Earth Day at designfabric.in, with this short comic collaboration with Pratheek and Tina Thomas at Studio Kokaachi. Other illustrated pieces in this series here.

Wandering Wolves – I

Wandering Wolves – I, the story of wolf OR-7′s journey across Oregon to California and back. First released at Christchurch Zine Fest 2017.
Two-colour double-sided riso print, A3-folds-into-A5; printed by the awesome M/K Press.

SPRING Magazin#13.

SPRING Magazin is a comics anthology now in its 13th volume. In spring this year, this volume was conceptualized, discussed, argued over, doodled, drawn and quartered by 16 German and Indian comic artists at Nrityagram, Bangalore (supported by Goethe Instutut, New Delhi). The theme of this volume is The Elephant in the Room (published by Mairisch Verlag, 2016). Each graphic story speaks on womens’ issues in different, individual ways – exploring different facets of that elephant who inhabits many rooms.  Here’s my elephant on the cover (with assorted supporting characters).

Having spent two months previously in the company of several unforgettable canines, as well as drawing at Nrityagram with the two resident dogs close at hand – it was almost inevitable that my graphic story for SPRING turned out to be about bitches – the ones that raise society’s eyebrows by conforming to no known expectations and going forth true to themselves. Here are the pups without whom the story would never have happened.

And here are some drawings that helped define the characters I was going to draw at the residency, with the help of Dash, Bolt and Socks (and their humans, Pratheek and Tina Thomas of Studio Kokaachi).

Some further explorations of style and personality in my sketchbook at Nrityagram, using our daily drawing exercises and Guru and Swami as willing, easygoing, biscuit-guzzling models.

And here is an extract from the finished comic.

 

 

The Table Tennis Bird.

Short story in The Hindu/Young World, May 27/2016. Based on true events and (imagined) real bird.

Wolfmother.

{ A monster-within-a-monster for Studio Kokaachi. }

 

A Trail of Breadcrumbs.

Witch in dystopia, fairy tale in disarray, kids on sugar and possible lurking leopard-induced deaths, in A Trail of Breadcrumbs, a two-page story for ELLE magazine, Nov 2014 issue.