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Anupam Sinha with the unveiled statue of his popular comic book superhero Super Commando Dhruva, at Comics Fest India, 2013
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Born | Anupam Sinha 13 Feb 1962 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
Nationality | Indian |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer |
Notable works
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The Virtuals, Super Commando Dhruva, Nagraj |
Anupam Sinha is an Indian comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the Raj Comics superhero Super Commando Dhruva. The BusinessWorld website said that Sinha revolutionised Indian comics with his work at Raj Comics.
Starting his career in 1975 at the age of 13 for a small magazine called Deewana Tej at Kanpur, Sinha got his “big break” four years later, when he joined Diamond Comics. While working on popular comics such as Tauji and Jadoo Ka Danda, Sinha also attended Kanpur’s Christchurch College. He worked with Diamond Comics creating Fauladi Singh comics Fauladi Singh Aur Shaitan Tarwill, Fauladi Singh Ki Tarwill se Takkar and Fauladi Singh aur Vinash Ke Pujari.
In 2012, he published his very first full-length fiction, The Virtuals.