Samit Basu

Coming up soon, a comicbook written by Mike Carey and Samit Basu. For reals! When my editor at Virgin, MacKenzie Cadenhead, asked me if I’d like to co-script with Mike, my initial reaction was disbelief; I’m a huge fan of everything he’s written, and he’s one of the first writers whose work I sought out and devoured when I started reading comics seriously. And I’m happy to say he’s not only a super-pro-writer who taught me many, many things about telling stories, but also incredibly flexible and easy to work with. The book is fun, too. The solicit is here.

Just back from a long-needed and wonderful holiday - London, Paris and Cambridge revisited, much happiness happinessed. Also feeling several degrees cooler because I got to hang out with the supremely gifted and astonishingly nice Mike Carey at the Angel (John Constantine’s bar) and talk about comics, life and other such things. How I got to know Mike in the first place is still, alas, covered by confidentiality clauses, but more on this when the solicits are out. Also got to see Tall Tales issues #3 - #5, which I didn’t have, at Forbidden Planet in London. I should put them up on the recently released section on this site, but am feeling too lazy at this point. Oh, and Scholastic’s new Witches and Wizards anthology has a story by me in it. Will link to that too at some point. Maybe when I take off the 3-D glasses that came with the Black Dossier. Bwahaha.

Going on holiday is supposed to reinvigorate your work. This doesn’t seem to have worked for me; all I want to do now is take off again. I-don’t-feel-like-writing writer’s block is not as bad as I-don’t-have-any-ideas writer’s block, but it’s just as effective. There’s so much to do, so much to learn, so many places to go. Ok, I’m tired already. I think I’ll go play video games or something now.

Hup.

Hoo.

Urk.

Just working/travelling/living. And meeting truly exciting people. Two films and a book and a comics series to write, all due yesterday, and another book and art project to work on, so the idea of MORE typing is killing. But yet again, I resolve to try.

A comic I’ve been hugely excited about working on (because I pretty much worship my co-writer) is coming out soon. As is another Scholastic book of short stories, Witches and Wizards, which looks like great fun.

Also, Indrajit Hazra’s book is out. Go buy. And Rimi B. Chatterjee’s novel City of Love is launched at the Attic today, 630 pm. See you there.

Saurav Mohapatra, the resident mad scientist of Massachusets, writes in to direct my attention and yours to the Eagle Awards nominations.  India Authentic, which he’s written, is already up for best new comic. So go there, vote for him, or nominate your own - it’s a fun award, where you add to the list of finalists by just picking things you like. The Oscars should work this way too.

ComicBookResources brings you the news of the Virgin/Top Cow crossover event in which Witchblade and Devi get together to kick some demonic posterior. I’m writing the Virgin issue, the second one that concludes the story. Really looking forward to the books; not only will it be great fun working with Mukesh Singh again, but Ron Marz is writing the Top Cow issue.

Zig has the juice on the seamy underbelly of the Kitab Litfest. Enjoy.

Kala Ghoda was wonderful, by the way.

…here’s some stuff to distract you and make things worse.

Alan Moore (God) on porn.

Kassia Kroszer on the future of publishing via The Mumpsimus.

Yes, I know how you feel.

Again, thanks everyone who came to the Cal launch, much fun was had.

So, Bombay:

 In which you come and sample the wonders of the Kala Ghoda Literary Festival, watch hastily-home-made videos celebrating the fantasy genre and films that have found their way into my books, and gaze in wonder at author Sonia Faleiro as she has a conversation with me.
So do come, bring your friends, and check this page closer to the day for updates.

There you go. Also, look up the KGAF site for plenty more fun and games. Several friends of mine will be there as well: Anita the Roy and Rimi the B. Chatterjee are both doing workshops, as am the I with Sarnath the Banerjee. Will link everything up in a bit.