I grew up reading "Amar Chitra Katha" or also known as "Immortal Picture Stories". However, as I got older, I stopped caring for those Indian comic books as I thought to be for kids only.
However, as I have kids of my own, I am beginning to appreciate kiddies things from my past and it brings back memories. My kids do not know much but they are beginning to read some stories as it is in comic form which they know and like.
Amar Chitra Katha was started in 1967, by Anant Pai, who thought that kids that time did not know much about Indian culture and he wanted to change that. First 10 Amar chitra was American Fairy tales in various Indian languages and from number 11 started with story of Krishna. Now Amar Chitra Katha is owned by ACK media from US NRI Indians I believe and they have started adding many news titles to collection. Numbering of comics is bit challenging for me as some of the Amar chitra katha re-released with different numbers.
Many of ACKs are single copy of 32-36 pages, however some of the special editions were over 100 pages. I like some of the art, drawings from old Amar chitra katha.
Here are some of the amazing covers from Mahabharat Series.
I like new art, but old Amar Chitra Katha's art is simply supurb and amazing.
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