Raj Comics

Raj Comics
A division of Raj Pocket Books
Industry Comics
Founded 1986
Headquarters New Delhi
Key people
 Sanjay Gupta
Manish Gupta
Manoj Gupta
Anupam Sinha
Website

http://www.rajcomics.com Masook raza

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Raj Comics is an Indian comic book publisher. It published a line of Indian comic books through Raja Pocket Books since its foundation in 1986 by Rajkumar Gupta.[1][2] Some of its most well known characters include Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruva, Bhokal, Doga, Parmanu, Shakti, Inspector Steel, Kobi/Bheriya, and Anthony.[3] Raj Comics is credited as being one of the leading comic book distributors in India.[4]

The company mainly publishes four types of comics: medieval fantasies, horror, mystery, and superhero-centric comics, with a predominant focus on superhero content.[5] Their comics are usually published in the Hindi language, with only a few titles and special editions in English. It has produced close to 35,000 comics to date and has been read by people in India and abroad.[6] Raj Comics also publishes stories that do not focus on superhero characters in genres and topics such as mystery, fantasy, and knight tales. The company also publishes an online exclusive web series named Raj Rojana, with a new page uploaded every day.

Raj Comics publishes in multiple formats, which include e-book, print, and motion comics.[7] The company also sells hardcovers of their old and new comics, as well as bundled collections of their characters.[8]

In 2008 Raj Comics was the focus of a research project conducted through The Sarai Programme at CSDS's Sarai Media Lab. The resulting research was published as a free PDF via the Sarai website.[2]

Key people

Raj Kumar Gupta
(Founder & Chairman)
Manish Gupta
(CEO)		Manoj Gupta
(President)		Sanjay Gupta
(Studio Head)

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Characters

The major characters in Raj Comics divided among their respective

Heroes of Raj Comics Drawn by Lalit Singh, color by Pradeep Sherawat

Members of team Brahmand Rakshak (Protectors Of the Universe)

Members of team Research and Investigation Paranormalism [RIP]

Characters based in ancient times

Comedy characters

Inactive characters

Member of Vistrit Bhramand Rakshak (Extended Protectors of Universe)

Members of W.A.R

History

The Golden Age

In 1997, television ad for Nagraj featuring Sonu Sood aired on TV for advertising.[10]

Series

King Comics

King Comics was a line of comics published through Raja Pocket Books. While the division was initially successful, its popularity declined and the line went defunct after only about 2-5 years of activity. It was intended that many of King Comic's characters would be merged into Raj Comics, but only a few characters such as Gamraj were merged. During its run the division published six monthly comics.

Past and current series

Ongoing series

Upcoming series

Jubilee and Kalpana-lok awards

In 2010 Raj Comics celebrated its Silver Jubilee by launching the Kalpana-lok Awards. Participants are nominated by editors at Raj Comics and can be voted on by readers and fans on the Raj Comics website.

Raj Comics Films

In 2014, Anurag Kashyap had spoken about making a film on Doga—a vigilante killing machine in the style of Marvel Comics’ Publisher—but the project was shelved after his Bombay Velvet flopped. Raj Comics co-founder and studio head Sanjay Gupta, who has had a number of unsuccessful meetings with producers and studios, says "Bollywood is yet to warm up to the idea of licensing comic book characters that come with detailed universes and visuals ready for the screen. We want to start with animated Web series first. We are expecting to make our first live-action film the year after.”[8][11][12]

Digital Distribution

Raj Comics are available in digital form through several sources.

Free Services: In 2017, Raj Comics started free comics from there android app.

Paid Services: Google Play in 2017.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Raj Comics: About Us
  2. 1 2 "Raj Comics for the Hard Headed : s a r a i". sarai.net. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Why Nagraj, Dhruva, Doga aren't finding space on big screen? (view pics)". India TV News. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Raj Comics now in regional flavor". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  5. ↑ Lent, John A. (2001-01-01). Illustrating Asia: Comics, Humor Magazines, and Picture Books. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9780824824716.
  6. ↑ "After a hiatus, Indian comic book industry growing steadily". DNA India. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Raj Comics to launch motion-comics". Bollywood.com News. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  8. 1 2 Pratap, Rashmi. "Super-heroic ventures". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  9. ↑ Pratap, Rashmi (2014-04-25). "Super-heroic ventures". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  10. ↑ "Blast From The Past: Watch Sonu Sood Play 'Nagraj' in This Raj Comics Ad". News18. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  11. ↑ Ghosh, Sankhayan (2016-09-02). "In search of the Indian superhero". http://www.livemint.com/. Retrieved 2017-05-17. External link in |work= (help)
  12. ↑ "Why Nagraj, Dhruva, Doga aren't finding space on big screen? (view pics)". Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  13. ↑ "Raj Comics (Hindi हिंदी) - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2017-05-17.

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