Indian Girl-Goddess Gets Her Own Comic

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Sept. 3, 3003 - Sangeeta Mukherjee is the daughter of well-to-do,

traditional Indian parents, dealing with a bratty little sister and a

possible arranged marriage -- when an out-of body experience reveals

that she is not an ordinary young woman. Sangeeta is, in fact, the

reincarnation of India's ancient protector, the Goddess of Mumbai.

 

But how will Sangeeta use this new-found power? Can she make a

difference in a male-dominated society? Sangeeta must defy

traditional expectations to choose what kind of life she wants and

discover her true self.

 

In gorgeous full-color artwork, Anthony Mazzotta brings his vision

of "an Indian heroine in India" to life with Bombaby, a new

miniseries coming in November from SLG Publishing. Above all,

Mazzotta says, Bombaby is a story about "a young heroine on a journey

of self-discovery." Creating the comic has been something of a

personal journey for himself, as well. He describes Bombaby as "a

story I need to tell" and explains that "it is the product of where

and how my life has guided me."

 

The personal significance of the project shines through in Mazzotta's

beautiful artwork, which captures the aesthetic, as well as the

emotional exuberance and spectacle, of 1960's Bollywood movies in the

character designs and color palettes. The color was so much a part of

the mood and design of the project that SLG Publishing decided to

make Bombaby its first full-color miniseries since it published

Ranklechick and His Three Legged Cat by Rosearik Rikki Simons and

Tavisha Wolfgarth Simons in 2001.

 

"We look for projects in which the artist's devotion to their story

and the art form really come through," said SLG's editor-in-chief

Jennifer de Guzman, "and Bombaby is a perfect example of this. Antony

shows that he cares deeply about this project in every detail, from

the stunning artwork and Sangeeta's lively, clever narrative voice to

the exploration and development of his themes of independence and

self-discovery."

 

Bombaby is a 24-page, full-color, four-issue miniseries. It will be

published quarterly, beginning in November 2003 and retail for $3.50

A preview of issue one is available at SLG Publishing's website,

www.slavelabor.com.

 

Source: SLG GOES BOLLYWOOD WITH 'BOMBABY'

by Jonah Weiland, Executive Producer

URL: http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2745

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Whoa!

 

This is GREAT!!! Just great! I can't wait to get this!

 

Thank you so much for finding this and posting it!

 

Namaste,

 

prainbow

 

, "Devi Bhakta"

<devi_bhakta> wrote:

> Sept. 3, 3003 - Sangeeta Mukherjee is the daughter of well-to-do,

> traditional Indian parents, dealing with a bratty little sister and

a

> possible arranged marriage -- when an out-of body experience

reveals

> that she is not an ordinary young woman. Sangeeta is, in fact, the

> reincarnation of India's ancient protector, the Goddess of Mumbai.

>

> But how will Sangeeta use this new-found power? Can she make a

> difference in a male-dominated society? Sangeeta must defy

> traditional expectations to choose what kind of life she wants and

> discover her true self.

>

> In gorgeous full-color artwork, Anthony Mazzotta brings his vision

> of "an Indian heroine in India" to life with Bombaby, a new

> miniseries coming in November from SLG Publishing. Above all,

> Mazzotta says, Bombaby is a story about "a young heroine on a

journey

> of self-discovery." Creating the comic has been something of a

> personal journey for himself, as well. He describes Bombaby as "a

> story I need to tell" and explains that "it is the product of where

> and how my life has guided me."

>

> The personal significance of the project shines through in

Mazzotta's

> beautiful artwork, which captures the aesthetic, as well as the

> emotional exuberance and spectacle, of 1960's Bollywood movies in

the

> character designs and color palettes. The color was so much a part

of

> the mood and design of the project that SLG Publishing decided to

> make Bombaby its first full-color miniseries since it published

> Ranklechick and His Three Legged Cat by Rosearik Rikki Simons and

> Tavisha Wolfgarth Simons in 2001.

>

> "We look for projects in which the artist's devotion to their story

> and the art form really come through," said SLG's editor-in-chief

> Jennifer de Guzman, "and Bombaby is a perfect example of this.

Antony

> shows that he cares deeply about this project in every detail, from

> the stunning artwork and Sangeeta's lively, clever narrative voice

to

> the exploration and development of his themes of independence and

> self-discovery."

>

> Bombaby is a 24-page, full-color, four-issue miniseries. It will be

> published quarterly, beginning in November 2003 and retail for

$3.50

> A preview of issue one is available at SLG Publishing's website,

> www.slavelabor.com.

>

> Source: SLG GOES BOLLYWOOD WITH 'BOMBABY'

> by Jonah Weiland, Executive Producer

> URL: http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2745